Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 08:56:39 -0500
Reply-To: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject: Re: Things for sale on the list
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I'm one of the persons that post parts for sale to the list quite often
and I have a web page with all (most) of my parts that I have for sale.
Anytime I post an item I try to give a price or a link to the page that
has the picture of the part and the price.
A full disclosure would require:
Item Name
Item picture
Disclosure of the condition (new / used / NOS)
Price (negotiable Yes/No)
Shipping Point City / State / Zip
Weight
Carton Size
Phone number
Please; If I post something that doesn't have enough information......
just send me the following note.
*Don't tease us, give us all the info*.
I appreciate the business I get from list members and I try to represent
the used items I have for sale honestly and to date have not had any
complaints about my honesty, packaging, price or speed of shipping.
I'm also a regular buyer of items posted to the list and although the
info is sometimes incomplete it leads me to items that aren't listed for
sale because some members have a substantial supply of spare parts or
several vehicles that they need parts for.
Thanks
Stan Wilder
83 Air cooled Westfalia
On Sat, 8 Sep 2001 03:46:35 EDT Benjamin Tan <BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM> writes:
> In a message dated 9/7/01 6:58:43 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> kitzmann@EXIS.NET
> writes:
>
> << Why is it that it seems none of the people who try and sell
> things via the
> list can ever a) give you an asking price or b) give us some clue
> of what
> part of the country they are in? And before I'm pounced apon, yes
> some of
> them do give one or the other, but most don't.
> Just been bugging me for a while >>
>
> I am in my home in America. I am asking what the market will bear.
> Does that
> count?
>
> Personally I tell people what I want unless it's an auction like
> eBay. I have
> offered things for free and people still ask how much. In the case
> of an eBay
> posting, my listings tell you where the item is all the way down to
> a zip
> code. How much closer do you want it to read?
>
> I agree that prices should be indicated on postings. It is such a
> waste to
> have to email the person just find out that you can't afford it. I
> have
> addressed this in the past only to be told that it is just
> "marketing". It's
> a free country (most of the time). Just as you can beef about it,
> they can
> withhold their asking price or location if they wish. Most people
> just plain
> forget or don't know any better. Do what I do. If I don't like
> someone's
> marketing practices, I just ignore those postings. It's your choice.
>
> OK, now you may ignore mine.
>
> =)
> BenT
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