kronin323
Font of Useless Knowledge
My purpose here isn't to make a suggestion on changing the forum or the rules, but merely to have a general discussion on what everybody thinks about this.
(But I thought this section was the best place for it; mods please feel free to move it if you think it should be somewhere else...)
The exchange rules state that you must post a price in WTS threads. There is no rule, though, that you must state a price in a WTB thread, nor should there be. And people typically don't.
But what do you think about the practice? Is not posting a price really the best strategy or could posting a price actually be better?
It seems like the reason not to post what you're willing to pay is in the hopes that someone will make an offer lower than your budget and you end up with a good deal. Does that really happen, though?
I think that if somebody states what they're willing to pay, that would solicit more and/or faster responses. And that's part of the point of posting a WTB, to do a transaction quickly instead of waiting until one happens to get listed, right? If nothing else, it could help avoid receiving a bunch of offers way over your budget; those sellers most likely wouldn't bother.
Again, not trying to suggest things should change, just looking to debate the pros and cons of the different strategies...
(But I thought this section was the best place for it; mods please feel free to move it if you think it should be somewhere else...)
The exchange rules state that you must post a price in WTS threads. There is no rule, though, that you must state a price in a WTB thread, nor should there be. And people typically don't.
But what do you think about the practice? Is not posting a price really the best strategy or could posting a price actually be better?
It seems like the reason not to post what you're willing to pay is in the hopes that someone will make an offer lower than your budget and you end up with a good deal. Does that really happen, though?
I think that if somebody states what they're willing to pay, that would solicit more and/or faster responses. And that's part of the point of posting a WTB, to do a transaction quickly instead of waiting until one happens to get listed, right? If nothing else, it could help avoid receiving a bunch of offers way over your budget; those sellers most likely wouldn't bother.
Again, not trying to suggest things should change, just looking to debate the pros and cons of the different strategies...