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One4yu2c

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I'm not about to threadcrap, but I wanted to bring a particular thread to attention. It's my personal opinion that there should be a rule against things of this nature:

There's a thread selling a new, unopened 250gb Maxtor 16mb cache for $140 shipped. This has been all over the deal sites such as Techbargains, etc and he undoubtedly bought it from CompUSA on sale for $99 with NO mail in rebates. The CompUSA link is HERE.

To my knowledge, this sort of thing is not against the For Sale rules, but what are your thoughts on this?
 
umm... why should there be a rule for that? If a person doesn't do his research and he hastily buys a hard drive from the fs/ft forum for more than it would cost him to get it in a store then that is his own fault. I don't understand why it should be the forum's responsibility to protect against that. Not to mention that it would be nearly impossible to enforce; who is going to look at every post and look at the prices for each item and determine if a person could get it cheaper somewhere else?

I'm not trying to be harsh, but I really don't see it as an issue. If everyone feels it is overpriced then nobody will buy it and the seller will either lower the price or not sell it. If somebody buys it then obviously both parties involved felt it was a fair price and there is no harm done.
 
One4yu2c said:
I'm not about to threadcrap, but I wanted to bring a particular thread to attention. It's my personal opinion that there should be a rule against things of this nature:

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In that thread, he's selling a new 250gb Maxtor 16mb cache for $140 shipped. This has been all over the deal sites such as Techbargains, etc and he undoubtedly bought it from CompUSA on sale for $99 with NO mail in rebates. The CompUSA link is HERE.

To my knowledge, this sort of thing is not against the For Sale rules, but it's a shame to have an [H] member taken advantage of like this.
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There is no rule because some people couldn't get that deal. For me, that's STILL a deal, I was unable to get the compusa one, and I'd consider buying it. If you find a good deal, profitting by it isn't against the rules. If you're overdoing it, people won't buy.
 
I've noticed that from CompUSA the original price is $169.99 and has a $70.00 instant savings(to me this is like an instant rebate) so don't say no rebates or anything 'cause they are giving a discount without this discount ppl will pay $169.99. Probably this guy is not aware of this and he is probably selling it a little less that what he pay for. Why don't you present this to this guy and let him know 'cause I think he needs to know because obviously he doesn't know. To be honest I don't know what the big deal is.
 
I do understand the other point of view, and it definitely has merit. Some threads just seem more obvious than others to me, and it brings into question the spirit of the For Sale thread.

As far as someone not being able to get that deal at CompUSA for whatever reason, what would be the harm then in putting a link in the post for those that can?

I like to think of a forum as a community of members helping each other, and these sort of things seem to go against that concept. But hey, that's just my opinion and I'll continue to use the resources of the For Sale forum. It's not something worth getting ruffled over, but I do think it's worthy of conversation - hence, this thread.
 
No one is being taken advantage of. If a 250GB hard drive is worth $140 to them, then that's their problem. A product is worth what someone will pay for, no more no less. Stop whining. :p
 
There's a difference between whining and discussing, the question mark in the thread title should clue you in on this... ;)
 
We are here to provide a place for members to trade, buy and sell to other members. If two people agree on a price and the deal is done, it's no one's business but theirs whether the deal is thought to be good, bad or indifferent to other parties. As long as the item is legitimate to sell or trade, it will be allowed. If anyone thinks it's not a good deal then stay out of the thread and move on, no harm/no foul. Any negative comments on a deal is considered to be thread crapping and is frowned upon by the mods and admins.
 
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Any negative comments on a deal is considered to be thread crapping and is frowned upon by the mods and admins.
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It's more than frowned upon, it's downright against the rules (as it should be), which is why I made no posting whatsoever in that thread. I am, however, interested in people's opinions regarding the concept.
 
One4yu2c said:
As far as someone not being able to get that deal at CompUSA for whatever reason, what would be the harm then in putting a link in the post for those that can?
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Hi, I'm trieing to sell my hardrive for $140. You can buy it for $100 here . PM me if you want to buy my drive.




Thanks.




Does that make any sense to you?
 
No, but ideas taken out of context rarely do.

The way I look at is this. Say a friend of mine is about to buy a a component from a store for, say, $200. That same component is being offered down the street for $160. Naturally, I would tell him so he could save himself $40.

That same concept can't be applied to a community in a forum. It's threadcrapping and would quickly turn the For Sale thread upside down. I would not be in favor of this.

My point of discussion is that you hate to see someone pay significantly more than they have to (we're not talking a few dollars) because they're unaware of the same sale the original poster is taking advantage of. If you casually drop by the forum, then it's not much of an issue. But when you see it happen and you recognize the members participating in the sale, there's nothing you can do.

So, should we be allowed to take advertised sales and profit off of the community? The overwhelming majority in this thread so far are saying "yes." And that's fine. I don't have to agree with the majority's opinions, nor does anyone have to agree with mine - we all, however, have to respect the rules in place and follow them.
 
One4yu2c said:
I'm not about to threadcrap, but I wanted to bring a particular thread to attention. It's my personal opinion that there should be a rule against things of this nature:

Thread Link

In that thread, he's selling a new 250gb Maxtor 16mb cache for $140 shipped. This has been all over the deal sites such as Techbargains, etc and he undoubtedly bought it from CompUSA on sale for $99 with NO mail in rebates. The CompUSA link is HERE.

To my knowledge, this sort of thing is not against the For Sale rules, but what are your thoughts on this?
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It shouldnt be against the rules...i mean "worth" is only what you can get someone to pay for it...so if someone buys it for $140 then its worth it to them. Thats their fault for not researchin first i guess. i mean how do you think CompUSA got it? They bought it cheaper than $99, im pretty sure. its just reselling
 
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