Stop the Classifieds from becoming a gunshow.

[randomreader]

When I joined this site, the classifieds were amazing. Tons of handguns (What I browse through the most) and probably a good 80% of them were either decent or fair deals. Now, we've got tons of people all over the classifieds who just registered, selling "NIB" firearms for $100-$500 more than they cost at the stores.

In otherwords, we've got tons of people swarming the site, buying guns new at Wal-mart or wherever, and relisting them here for a massive profit. While this not only turns the classifieds into the crapifieds not looking through, I do seem to recall it being, oh, a crime to do stuff like that?

Let's put "flag" options on threads for "overpriced" so we can ban/delete these "Registered two weeks ago" and "selling sporticale DPMS for $1500 firm"? Seriously, I used to like browsing through these classifieds, good deals and good selections. Now it's cheaper to drive the 10 miles to Adventure Outdoors and buy new firearms than deal with the trash people are listing here. Sigmas for $500. Classic-style Ruger Mini-14's (which feinstein isn't even trying to ban) for $1200. On and on.

It's precisely why most of us don't bother go to gunshows.

 

[Laxguy59]

Yes Comrade.

 

[righter13]

I third that motion

 

[captdave77]

I missed the last ODT meet where you were appointed Price Czar.

Besides:

 

[Laxguy59]

I third that motion

How did you 3rd a motion that was never seconded.

Comrade was a reference to Russian communism.

It's not the sellers that hurt us, it's the buyers who pay those prices.

 

[randomreader]

It's pretty obvious to anyone with a brain. And it's worth bringing up, when it's turning a formerly-great classifieds into **** worse than an overpriced gun show. People on here rant about adventure outdoors? They sell better guns for cheaper NEW that what this site is, now.

And the idiot sellers don't hurt us, they just bog the classifieds down with tons of NIB crap they're trying to cut a profit on after they bought it yesterday at the gun store. It's like, taking one of those "pan for gold" things and adding a ton of horse manure and gravel. It makes finding those amethyst and semi-precious stones a lot more frustrating to find.

 

[rOmiLaYu]

 

[sold7]

How did you 3rd a motion that was never seconded.

Comrade was a reference to Russian communism.

It's not the sellers that hurt us, it's the buyers who pay those prices.

Yep Nailed it

Here we go again

 

[randomreader]

Except that most of the overpriced crap doesn't look like it's getting hits. It's like a section of craigslist that had an antique dealer repost his five items ten times a day--doesn't move, but clogs up the space and is just incredibly annoying.

 

[Sharpsburg]

When I joined this site, the classifieds were amazing. Tons of handguns (What I browse through the most) and probably a good 80% of them were either decent or fair deals. Now, we've got tons of people all over the classifieds who just registered, selling "NIB" firearms for $100-$500 more than they cost at the stores.

In otherwords, we've got tons of people swarming the site, buying guns new at Wal-mart or wherever, and relisting them here for a massive profit. While this not only turns the classifieds into the crapifieds not looking through, I do seem to recall it being, oh, a crime to do stuff like that?

Let's put "flag" options on threads for "overpriced" so we can ban/delete these "Registered two weeks ago" and "selling sporticale DPMS for $1500 firm"? Seriously, I used to like browsing through these classifieds, good deals and good selections. Now it's cheaper to drive the 10 miles to Adventure Outdoors and buy new firearms than deal with the trash people are listing here. Sigmas for $500. Classic-style Ruger Mini-14's (which feinstein isn't even trying to ban) for $1200. On and on.

It's precisely why most of us don't bother go to gunshows.

Start your own website and implement these rules. Or buy this site from Steve and change the rules. Otherwise, this has to be the 1000th stupid thread on this stupid topic.