Evaluating your rifle on EE
- Thread starter struff55
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Definitely changing times and makes me reassess my impulsiveness now to try different things Iād normally flip.
It feels like a different community with far less disposable income and freight has become a sizeable component of any deal that in almost every case now these people expect to be included for free even though youāve posted it clearly and theyāve offer a fraction of your asking priceā¦
Could be me but Iāve noticed most (what I consider) low ballers that do this have a low to zero rating.
Could be me but seems like a pattern.
They also seem to have no concept on how to follow through with an offer.
All that said, the market conditions are not what they were and with the exception of a few most guns have devaluated in general but either sellers are not up on the current market prices or paid at the markets peak and are trying to minimize their loss.
Overall though itās a great asset, problems and all.
It feels like a different community with far less disposable income and freight has become a sizeable component of any deal that in almost every case now these people expect to be included for free even though youāve posted it clearly and theyāve offer a fraction of your asking priceā¦
Could be me but Iāve noticed most (what I consider) low ballers that do this have a low to zero rating.
Could be me but seems like a pattern.
They also seem to have no concept on how to follow through with an offer.
All that said, the market conditions are not what they were and with the exception of a few most guns have devaluated in general but either sellers are not up on the current market prices or paid at the markets peak and are trying to minimize their loss.
Overall though itās a great asset, problems and all.
Here is a refreshing idea: letās just worry about ourselves instead of complaining about the other peopleās business. I sold five rifles this year here and all of them were priced fairlyā¦to say at least. It took me multiple weeks (if not months) to sell each of them. Market is beyond sluggish nowadays and thereās very little demand, even for the items that are fairly priced and in good condition. Not to mention the lack of integrity from the buyers (multiple deals where āI will take itā were followed by ghosting). Good luck with your sales.
Now that is true!
that may be a solution...for some, but no
cgn_feedback_rules
- Neutral feedback can be left by both the buyer or the Seller where there is a recognized transaction, when one party backs out of a verbal agreement and the timing of delivery of funds has been specified at the time of the acceptance of the offer;
- Only the Buyer can initiate Negative Feedback. A Seller can only respond with a neutral feedback after a negative feeback is left by the buyer. The Seller cannot initiate a negative feedback;
- Negative feedback can only be left by the buyer in the following circumstances:
- There must be an agreed date of delivery before funds are accepted, and the delivery date is not met; It is the responsibility of the buyer to obtain a date of delivery before sending funds;
- Items delivered do not agree to the conditions posted;
- All feedback must be left within 30 calendar days after the mutually agreed to date of delivery;
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saskgunowner101
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After being left hanging a time or two (or 10), I found the easiest way to avoid this is to say some version of
Sure, I'd accept that today if I see an emt before supper/tonight/"insert hard deadline here". Money talks and bs walks. You'll find out shortly and no guessing.
I don't believe you can leave a feedback, as no deal was completed, but I wish there was a category on the ratings that a person could be flagged for backing out/ghosting. Be pretty hard to have anyone sell you something if you have a box that shows everytime you backed out or flaked out on a deal.
Interesting after leaving a negative feedback back to a someone that did a trade(he initiated the trade) and he lied to me on the item he traded me and didnāt want anything to do with me and gave me a rather harsh negative feedbackā¦. So I think it can go both ways lol
FatCatsDad
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
In this case I had a scope for sale and the buyer offered me some money and a scope he had, so I said yes after seing some pictures and he was obviously hiding stuff in the pictures, my bad for not asking more pictures! That said when I mentioned that to him he said I was a liar and that his scope was exactly like he described it and it wasnāt. So since he didnāt want to hear anything, I left a negative feedback and after he saw my feed back he changed the positive feedback he left me earlier into a negative one. I removed my negative feedback back cause I didnāt think it would fruckin matter anyway and blocked the arshole!
Years ago (11 or 12) I was voicing my concern here, basically warning that without the negative feedback for the buyers this place is going to go downhill. There's nothing that holds the buyer responsible for his own actions here...and today I sure can see the effects of such policy. Countless offers of "I will take it", "I am going to send you the money tonight" followed by ghosting. Buyer's word has no value any longer and I will not entertain anything, but the payment from now on. This forum turned into Kijiji like platform. A few years ago (before the new transfer rules were introduced) someone was trying to scam me by sending his "girlfriend" with money, but no PAL, to pick up a rifle. Folks don't understand and don't care that "I will take it" offer would stop a decent seller from following up with some other, potential buyers. I lost so many sales that way. They throw this important sentence around, because they don't value their own words...and I think that the CGN doesn't care about devaluation of itself as a reliable market platform. Otherwise we would have the negative feedback option for the buyers available long time ago. Enjoy your weekend Guys and good luck with your sales. Just be ready for a rough road ahead. Cheers!
Nestor, there are plenty of great folk on this site.
Pick and choose your dealings wisely.
I declined a buyer a sale on another forum as my nose started twitching.
I pulled the ad from over there and prefer to dabble on here.
Some great personalities awnāear.
Even some ftf which are pleasant enough.
Pick and choose your dealings wisely.
I declined a buyer a sale on another forum as my nose started twitching.
I pulled the ad from over there and prefer to dabble on here.
Some great personalities awnāear.
Even some ftf which are pleasant enough.
Certainlyā¦but the dynamics are changing and itās hard not to notice that. Poor communication appears to be the new normal, especially with the new members. Ghosting (as described) is a big thing too. Perhaps I wasnāt wise enough to sort out the bad apples earlier on, but anyone who made such offers or displayed such behaviour ended up on my ignore list already. Iām getting old now and in ten years it wonāt be my problem anymore. Thanks for being solid over all those years Kamlooky.
I do that all the time for kijiji transactions. of the few dozen times I've done it I don't think I have ever had them follow through. more often a follow up message if I even get one is "Can you deliver it?'
