Irritation in the trade forum - Blu-ray Forum

Cidien · 08-09-2008, 09:09 PM

This isn't a big deal, but I kind of want to know why. Why is it so many people feel the need to let me know that they sold half their collection. Do you think this is going to make me want to buy your other movies or what? You're not a store. You're not temporarily out of stock. It's gone. How about instead of taking the time to highlight it, or put a line through it or simply type sold at the end... you press your backspace button. I don't give a $%#$ if you used to have I am Legend, and I doubt anyone else does either. It's not a huge deal, but it makes me wonder about these people.

Jesterkeeters · 08-09-2008, 09:11 PM

Honestly it makes buyers more comfortable to see that you marked out the item they paid for and assures them in a sense that you are not ripping them off...

jsteinhauer · 08-10-2008, 12:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Cidien

This isn't a big deal, but I kind of want to know why. Why is it so many people feel the need to let me know that they sold half their collection. Do you think this is going to make me want to buy your other movies or what? You're not a store. You're not temporarily out of stock. It's gone. How about instead of taking the time to highlight it, or put a line through it or simply type sold at the end... you press your backspace button. I don't give a $%#$ if you used to have I am Legend, and I doubt anyone else does either. It's not a huge deal, but it makes me wonder about these people.

I think it's a bit of posterity. Used to be that this forum did not have trade ratings, and the only way to know, if someone was trustworthy was their reputation here. The good trader thread and the documented sales/trades in their own thread were the only way to know. I stopped posting sales/trades on my thread once the rating system became well established, but I did not delete what I had recorded in the thread.

Original-6ix · 08-10-2008, 12:28 AM

if you dont like it as bob segar sings "turn the page"

Cidien · 08-10-2008, 02:35 AM

I don't understand that argument. Send them a PM saying you sent them the item. How does a line through something tell the buyer that the seller is honest? There's no way to police this. If I wanted to I could rip lots of people off. If you don't live really close to me you aren't going to spend the money to do anything about it. It's the fact that people are mostly honest that trade forums can exist in the first place. Before the rating system most trading places i've been to just listed the people they had good trades with. I could post a new list and pretend to sell things and mark them as sold, so that argument just doesn't work.

But whatever, it just seems really silly to me.

Blu Kreme · 08-10-2008, 04:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Cidien

I don't understand that argument. Send them a PM saying you sent them the item. How does a line through something tell the buyer that the seller is honest? There's no way to police this. If I wanted to I could rip lots of people off. If you don't live really close to me you aren't going to spend the money to do anything about it. It's the fact that people are mostly honest that trade forums can exist in the first place. Before the rating system most trading places i've been to just listed the people they had good trades with. I could post a new list and pretend to sell things and mark them as sold, so that argument just doesn't work.

But whatever, it just seems really silly to me.

I agree with you. Not complaining - I just find it kinda pointless and funny at the same time. Never did understand why people also had a list of items they traded off/sold. Lol.

atoal · 08-10-2008, 09:23 AM

maybe its a way to keep people from offering them movies they have already once owned and dont want to own again

Rob71 · 08-10-2008, 02:41 PM

I just recently started using the Trade Forum to pick up movies. Was there always a trading score, never really noticed until recently? Maybe it just a hold over from before then? Kind of letting people know who traded with them to build trust?

inuyashalover21 · 08-10-2008, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by atoal

maybe its a way to keep people from offering them movies they have already once owned and dont want to own again

I like this theory. If I saw a bluray multiple times and sold it. I would not want to delete it off cause someone would try to sell or trade me the same blu.

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Originally Posted by Rob71

I just recently started using the Trade Forum to pick up movies. Was there always a trading score, never really noticed until recently? Maybe it just a hold over from before then? Kind of letting people know who traded with them to build trust?

the trading scores been there for a while I believe.

Aaron · 08-11-2008, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by inuyashalover21

the trading scores been there for a while I believe.

Trading scores have been here since just a few weeks before you joined.

jw · 08-11-2008, 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Blu Kreme

I agree with you. Not complaining - I just find it kinda pointless and funny at the same time. Never did understand why people also had a list of items they traded off/sold. Lol.

Understandable, totally .The funniest thing I have seen is a legend/key is needed to navigate a trade thread

Blu Kreme · 08-11-2008, 03:23 AM

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Originally Posted by jwbbud

Understandable, totally .The funniest thing I have seen is a legend/key is needed to navigate a trade thread

Yeah, I almost forgot about those threads. Hilarious too! A legend - to navigate your post! Bwahahahaha

jsteinhauer · 08-11-2008, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Cidien

I don't understand that argument. Send them a PM saying you sent them the item. How does a line through something tell the buyer that the seller is honest? There's no way to police this. If I wanted to I could rip lots of people off. If you don't live really close to me you aren't going to spend the money to do anything about it. It's the fact that people are mostly honest that trade forums can exist in the first place. Before the rating system most trading places i've been to just listed the people they had good trades with. I could post a new list and pretend to sell things and mark them as sold, so that argument just doesn't work.

But whatever, it just seems really silly to me.

There was a moderated good traders thread where you would report other members as being good or bad traders. You might rip off a few, but you would be exposed. You simply can't protect yourself from every a-hole, you know. Anyway, the good trader thread was long and cumbersome. If you listed your good trades, one could easily search the good trade thread to find the positive reports of transactions. Listing the titles made a lot more sense when there were not so many titles available.

08-09-2008, 09:09 PM	#1
Cidien Banned Member since:Jan 2008	Irritation in the trade forum This isn't a big deal, but I kind of want to know why. Why is it so many people feel the need to let me know that they sold half their collection. Do you think this is going to make me want to buy your other movies or what? You're not a store. You're not temporarily out of stock. It's gone. How about instead of taking the time to highlight it, or put a line through it or simply type sold at the end... you press your backspace button. I don't give a $%#$ if you used to have I am Legend, and I doubt anyone else does either. It's not a huge deal, but it makes me wonder about these people.

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08-09-2008, 09:11 PM	#2
Jesterkeeters Banned Member since:Apr 2008 Location:On the Internet Blu-ray collection:15 Trading Score:115	Honestly it makes buyers more comfortable to see that you marked out the item they paid for and assures them in a sense that you are not ripping them off...

08-10-2008, 12:28 AM	#4
Original-6ix Special Member Member since:Jan 2008 Location:just north of Toronto Home Theater Gallery:12 Blu-ray collection:166 Blu-ray reviews: 4 Trading Score:29	if you dont like it as bob segar sings "turn the page"

08-10-2008, 02:35 AM	#5
Cidien Banned Member since:Jan 2008	I don't understand that argument. Send them a PM saying you sent them the item. How does a line through something tell the buyer that the seller is honest? There's no way to police this. If I wanted to I could rip lots of people off. If you don't live really close to me you aren't going to spend the money to do anything about it. It's the fact that people are mostly honest that trade forums can exist in the first place. Before the rating system most trading places i've been to just listed the people they had good trades with. I could post a new list and pretend to sell things and mark them as sold, so that argument just doesn't work. But whatever, it just seems really silly to me.

08-10-2008, 09:23 AM	#7
atoal Active Member Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Twin Cities Blu-ray collection:160 Trading Score:2	maybe its a way to keep people from offering them movies they have already once owned and dont want to own again

08-10-2008, 02:41 PM	#8
Rob71 Blu-ray Knight Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Florida Home Theater Gallery:13 Blu-ray collection:295 Trading Score:5	I just recently started using the Trade Forum to pick up movies. Was there always a trading score, never really noticed until recently? Maybe it just a hold over from before then? Kind of letting people know who traded with them to build trust?

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