Why doesn't Audiogon have some guidelines?

Got one for you. A seller had a great price. I offered to pay asking/shipping/Paypal. 2 days go by no response. I emailed once again,--No response. 3/4 weeks later Same add, same seller; product is now 40 bucks cheaper. I had already bought from someone else. I emailed,telling about being ignored.-- Said he was just testing the waters; gave me his home phone #. I could tell he was desperate this time. emailed again;another 40 drop in price. I ignored him this time.(Twice)

Some people leave the ad running until they receive the cash from the "committed" buyer. It's all too common for people to reneg, deleting the ad means having to re-post again when the orginal buyer backs out. Altering the ad so it sez "sale pending" is an eyesore and for some very strange reason, bugs me. Personally, I delete my ads and risk having to re-post them if necessary.

I do the same thing, Jeffloistarca. However, when I receive additional email about the item, I always indicate that
I have a sale pending, and will notify the potential buyer that I will get back to him if the sale falls through. Not only is this common courtesy, it's a good business practice. Happy Tunes!

I too agree with the way Jeff handles it. Sale pending notices grate on me too-- it makes potential buyers frustrated and in "lmbo", and for that matter, so does a SOLD notice-- delete the ad and be done with it. Craig

One problem with deleting ads vs. posting a SOLD status is that it messes up the Audiogon pricing history stat's. They use the "sold status" with the "price info." to update their DBase with every sale that happens here. If we want current & vaild pricing data from this service (& if not then why even have the feature available?) then the only way it will happen is to work with the system.
Personally I don't mind "sold" or "sale pendings" at all. I've even contacted a seller with a "sale pending" asking to be notified if the sale fell thru; it did & I was able to purchase after all. Nice.