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Marking Items Sold

In the last few days I have had three seperate instances where I inquired about the availability of an advertised product, only to be told it was already sold. I don't mind this but in each instance the ad is still listed without being marked either sold or sale pending. One of these items is even a featured item at the beginning of the category. Since it only costs two dollars to list an ad, can't people just mark their items sold and just relist if the deal falls through. At the very least say that a sale is pending. There are enough ads as it is, without having to inquire after already sold items. Any comments?
128x128jond
garfish
1,840 posts
 
Jond; I agree and would go even further and just delete the ad once a deal is made for the item. I see no point in looking at either SOLD or sale pending statements. Craig
texan
48 posts
 
Jond, From my experience it is easier to leave the ad as is, or put sale pending on the bottom of description. If you put sold due to an e-mail and the person backs out, you have lost all the potential buyers such as yourself from even looking at the ad for a length of time. I also do not look at ads that are marked sold, there's no reason to they're saying. I used to put sold, and after some people changed their mind decided not to do that anymore. Sure it's frustating for a buyer, but how about the seller losing a sale. Best, Charlie
aida_w
308 posts
 
Charlie, I guess we are talking SOLD here which means the item changed its place and owner! I had the same frustrating experiences as Jond, I wrote to Audiogon and they promised to be at work with this problem. It might be fixed in the not too distant future.
Best regards!
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jond OP
5,846 posts
 
Charlie, I agree with you that an email doesn't constitute a sale. However when I reach agreement with a buyer via email and someone else inquires I tell them that I have a sale pending but if it falls through I'll let them know. I never tell someone something is sold or mark it sold until it leaves my possession. The responses I have gotten have stated simply, sorry the item is sold, so I have to assume that a sale has been fully consummated.
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