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It's not meaningless if you want to trade for a specific item OR specific items that are within the same price range. Whether they intend to or not, many people are being extremely vague and it creates a bidding situation. WTT Mine for exactly (x) = Good..... mine for maybe a glock, maybe an upper, maybe some ammo = bidding situation without a stated value as all of these things have mild to wild pricing.

Yes, but who decides what has a hard value? Whose value?

A month ago, ARs, AKs, Glocks, and mags had pretty set values. Now?

The seller knows what they want, they should do the research and set a value.
 

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Yes, but who decides what has a hard value? Whose value?

A month ago, ARs, AKs, Glocks, and mags had pretty set values. Now?

The seller knows what they want, they should do the research and set a value.


If someone is specific and says they want to trade, let's say a Lower for a Glock. Crazy as it may be, that's a fair statement as far as stating exactly what they are looking for and you can get that they THINK their lower is worth $500. There are a few ads including mine where I state a specific need. Doesn't matter how much monetary value I place on it, as it's only worth exactly what I am stating I will trade for..... anyone can disagree and move on if they don't like it. I don't need anything else and cash won't do me any good to get me what I want because I cannot go buy it.

This is different from someone fishing....

If someone says I'll trade a lower for a Glock, ammo, pmags,???? etc then they need to be more specific in how much they are looking for OR state a value....... do they want a few pmags? a dozen? Do they want 1000 rounds? 100? Do they require today's prices? or are they going to be reasonable? It's just a way to get around the rules for bidding.

This isn't a gouging issue, it's a be honest and state your price, if it's high.... so be it. It's only fair to do this so people can weed through the BS of people asking ridiculous prices.
 

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If someone is specific and says they want to trade, let's say a Lower for a Glock. Crazy as it may be, that's a fair statement as far as stating exactly what they are looking for and you can get that they THINK their lower is worth $500. There are a few ads including mine where I state a specific need. Doesn't matter how much monetary value I place on it, as it's only worth exactly what I am stating I will trade for..... anyone can disagree and move on if they don't like it. I don't need anything else and cash won't do me any good to get me what I want because I cannot go buy it.

This is different from someone fishing....

If someone says I'll trade a lower for a Glock, ammo, pmags,???? etc then they need to be more specific in how much they are looking for OR state a value....... do they want a few pmags? a dozen? Do they want 1000 rounds? 100? Do they require today's prices? or are they going to be reasonable? It's just a way to get around the rules for bidding.

This isn't a gouging issue, it's a be honest and state your price, if it's high.... so be it. It's only fair to do this so people can weed through the BS of people asking ridiculous prices.

I smell what you're stepping in. Like the guy in the classifieds asking to trade his lower for a NIB Ruger 10/22 takedown. Very specific, even the condition is specified.

But the issue comes here: how do we moderate that?

What is specific enough?

Polymer pistol?

Glock?

Glock 9mm?

Glock 19?

...3rd Gen?

...in black?

...like new?
 

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I smell what you're stepping in. Like the guy in the classifieds asking to trade his lower for a NIB Ruger 10/22 takedown. Very specific, even the condition is specified.

But the issue comes here: how do we moderate that?

What is specific enough?

Polymer pistol?

Glock?

Glock 9mm?

Glock 19?

...3rd Gen?

...in black?

...like new?

State a specific trade/amount or state a value. And by specific I mean the common sense stuff..... again.... if you want to trade for pmags then tell us what you think pmags are worth, .223 ammo is worth, etc. In this environment there's NO way of knowing with ambiguous statements, so again let people know what your value is, somehow. A mod doesn't need to worry if they don't state the color of the mags, glock, etc as it has little variance in the value compared to let's say an AR lower right now.
 

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State a specific trade/amount or state a value. And by specific I mean the common sense stuff..... again.... if you want to trade for pmags then tell us what you think pmags are worth, .223 ammo is worth, etc. In this environment there's NO way of knowing with ambiguous statements, so again let people know what your value is, somehow. A mod doesn't need to worry if they don't state the color of the mags, glock, etc as it has little variance in the value compared to let's say an AR lower right now.

This is my concern. A month ago, a thousand rounds of brass cased 55gr 5.56 had a fairly set value. It does not anymore.

If one side of congress passes a ban on all semi-auto weapons, 1911s and Ruger 10/22s will go through the roof also.

For that reason - but mostly because it would make moderating easier - I say require a dollar value. Even if you say "for trade only".
 

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Glad this got clarified... Trade value in the sellers eyes. Just make sure all the opinionated people keep their BS comments/offers to them selves. There are many mixed opinions on what things are worth. I say to go look and see what they are actually selling for... In this instance Gunbroker. There are actual bids on there and not just asking prices. Not the sellers fault that people are willing to pay high prices for things. Is this price gouging??? Absolutely not! Its is called Capitalism. This is the american way. I know that some people think otherwise but that is a Opinion. If you dont like the price you do not have to buy or trade for it. now lets talk about gouging or some one having the ability to call someone a gouger. This is price gouging:http://www.thefreedictionary.com/price+gouging So being able to list a individuals post as price gouging is not right.

There are no retailers selling something naturally drives the price of a item up. This only pertains to retailers not a individual. . Not to mention its not like the items on here are necessity's and if they were you would have had it.
Most people take advantage of good deals and bad deals. Reason why most people refinance their house's when the interest rates dropped.
People are so opinionated about someone trying to make a buck.

Nuff said.
 
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If you don't want to list a price, then put it on Gunbroker and sell it to the highest bidder. If you know what you want for it, put it in the classifieds and list a price. Seems pretty simple to me.
 

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What about just general posts in the classifieds that don't actually sell anything? Like these gun show announcements I keep seeing. Why aren't they required to put an item in their ad? Isn't this posting in the wrong section or is it BSing?
 

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What about just general posts in the classifieds that don't actually sell anything? Like these gun show announcements I keep seeing. Why aren't they required to put an item in their ad? Isn't this posting in the wrong section or is it BSing?

Those shouldn't be there. Report ads in the classifieds that are not actually selling anything.
 

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So what's the latest rule on trades? I see a lot of back and forth but no update to the sticky'd rules in the classified section.

If I am trading a specific item for another specific item, do I need to put a trade value or not?
 

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