Cars for sale threads locked or not

[steven f]

so why put this comment then???? a complete waste of time when your not really intrested in the car

Originally Posted by steven f
when it was up for sale i thought mm wouldnt mind trying to buy that but then everybody says its to cheap and worth another 10-20k i thought well he aint going to take a bid on that now so all these comments did was put of potentiol buyers

how do you know i am not interested in the car ???

[FOR24D]

I think ...

[steven f]

I think ...

if he would take a bid i would be interested in buying it is it worth talking to the seller ???

[FOR24D]

if he would take a bid i would be interested in buying it is it worth talking to the seller ???

Yes yes yes !!!

[Chesney]

The RS 1800 I have put for sale for my uncle as he is not really into the Internet , was in good faith to find a buyer , put some use it as a chance to have a rant buy the car or shut up I did pm custom a week ago to remove the add but he did not get back to me and that was after giving £25 to the running of the site all we wanted to do was try and give you guys ( the real escort fans the 1st chance ) it may land up on eBay now ?? It's up to Peter

Happy Days

I think putting up on here is excellent cos I believe that most folk on here are true escort fans and aplaud your decision to give us guys first dibs.

Alex sold his rs2k recently thru the rsoc site and didn't put it on here. His choice but what a car people on here have missed the oportunity to buy, was a real nice example.

No-one minds the banter but some comments are just bo llox imo.

[FOR24D]

I think putting up on here is excellent cos I believe that most folk on here are true escort fans and aplaud your decision to give us guys first dibs.

Alex sold his rs2k recently thru the rsoc site and didn't put it on here. His choice but what a car people on here have missed the oportunity to buy, was a real nice example.

No-one minds the banter but some comments are just bo llox imo.

Spot on son

[vinny]

Lock them all,apart from RUDDYS and VINNYS!!!!

nice one son

difficult one, pros and cons to locking for sale threads, at the end of the day its daves forum and he choses to run it like that the fair enough

[NORTH YORKS RS SPARES]

The only reason people get ****,ed about replies on adverts is because

1, they are telling lies about there car

2, Its stupidly overpriced

3, the car is a shed

other than above why should there be any reason for anyone to say anything negative ( other than the plonkas who say " its to cheap " well if its to cheap buy the ****ing thing and sell it for more )

If the car is as described and is what it is advertised to be and the price is fair then there is no reason it wont sell and wont get negative comments

[Charlie Chisholm]

Lock them !

Silly comments just cause bad press for site , enough said

Porsche club / Audi all locked for reasons discussed in thread

[Chesney]

When i brought LAR i kept quiet, saw the add after a tip from frosty, rang aaron, viewed the car 4 days later and brought it. i was pooing meself all week that someone would beat me to it. The talkers are just that and will most likely never buy. Surely when buying a car the least people that know the better. Other than friendly banter etc as i said earlier the rest of the talk is just pointless.

I do feel that folk that may have seen a car and put positive comments about it can help the sale and so locking threads could hinder a sale from that point of view.

[NORTH YORKS RS SPARES]

If you tell the truth about the car you have nothing to worry about so why lock the thread

[Chesney]

Perhaps a pm to custom, he posts And then locks it to read only is the way to go ?

Ref your nova advert chesney, you are a chimp and deserve everything u get

next time i see you son your getting a slap

well said

really

[Frosticles]

I may be in the position to buy soon. I guarantee I won't mess anyone around!

[RS2000CUSTOM]

I have had a look around other websites and the general concensus is that "any" for sale thread that is locked has a cost associated with it - some sites even allow the vendor to lock the thread at the point they post their advert or leave it open.

If a seller advertises on here and is then subsequently unhappy with a specific reply or "banter" posted on their advert then simply click the report Post icon and I will mediate, edit or remove the post as neccasary.

What I do not agree with though is requests from any seller that requires a live thread to be removed (I will gladly lock and it will eventually fall off the page) - if you did not want to offer the item for sale in the first place do not put a for sale advert on the internet !

A seller must be 100% confident in the information they provide regarding the item that they are offering for sale as any discrepencies in such a "product knowledgable" community will soon be found out.

This site only allows a thread or post to be edited within a short period of time of the post being made and no further editing is allowed - I do this to stop a member editing any of their posts at a later date that then distorts the context of posts made after the "edited" post.

Most of the banter on here is between members who ALWAYS have banter between themselves anyway and unless it get personal or threatening etc then no probs (unless either party concerns "reports" the post of course)

So to clarify

To advertise on here is FREE

MUST INCLUDE

A price and where possible contact details and location (but isnt that obvious if you want to attract a buyer )

Only advertise what you intend to sell as no advert should ever need deleting

As for selling via a "locked" advert on the likes of Ebay/Pistonheads etc then you must realise that Ebay and Pistonheads are in the "Public Domain" and as such are "fair game" for people who may wish to link to and discuss "issues" on this and many other forums !

[RUDDY]

I've got nothing left to sell ......