jugemscloud
Active member
the op seems a bit xenophobic but i don't think thats the intention more voicing a frustration regarding how some people conduct themselves and misplacing that into specifying location rather than individual(s)
i don't really see the issue here regarding the op, there have been suggestions as to how to make things clearer from a title as to wether you want to open a thread or not but i think the issue there is laziness on the part of the potential buyer i.e. you want to preemptively know wether you will potentially buy something to save you the hassle of clicking a button and reading something.
i don't see this as an issue for a few reasons;
we don't have a particularly high traffic sales section and what there is is predominantly uk based, if the forum was inundated with global sellers or based on the continent i could see the point in something like country abbreviations in the title being beneficial but that would be the extent to which i think any change should be. I'm thinking of neoarcadia as an example where the user base is spread across the continent and as such it is beneficial in how potential sales are conducted there.
reading these sales threads gives you an idea of where pricing is for certain things or what people are willing the pay (barring anomalies, fakes sales, naive buyers etc) making you a more informed buyer the same for the obverse it also lets you see the prices at which things are sitting
what is already in place should inform you; location and currency requested and can to be factored into the price you are willing to pay for an item, this has more facets/factors such as import tax which won't be one until the end of the year with eu purchases but even then its just a case of thinking of things like buying from the us or japan. just now without import tax to me its like do i spend an extra £15-20 on postage for an uncommon/rare game at a reasonable price this is relative to the price of the item but as most pcbs are £100+ these days is a small percentage of the total, i can see this as more of a gripe when its common cheap stuff but i think there the onus is on the potential buyer to either negotiate or just to move along quietly
the forum polices itself well regarding user conduct and the mods/admin step in with an even hand very quickly when things start to spiral, so i don't think change from the current practice is warranted
jugemscloud2020-05-11 10:49:08
i don't really see the issue here regarding the op, there have been suggestions as to how to make things clearer from a title as to wether you want to open a thread or not but i think the issue there is laziness on the part of the potential buyer i.e. you want to preemptively know wether you will potentially buy something to save you the hassle of clicking a button and reading something.
i don't see this as an issue for a few reasons;
we don't have a particularly high traffic sales section and what there is is predominantly uk based, if the forum was inundated with global sellers or based on the continent i could see the point in something like country abbreviations in the title being beneficial but that would be the extent to which i think any change should be. I'm thinking of neoarcadia as an example where the user base is spread across the continent and as such it is beneficial in how potential sales are conducted there.
reading these sales threads gives you an idea of where pricing is for certain things or what people are willing the pay (barring anomalies, fakes sales, naive buyers etc) making you a more informed buyer the same for the obverse it also lets you see the prices at which things are sitting
what is already in place should inform you; location and currency requested and can to be factored into the price you are willing to pay for an item, this has more facets/factors such as import tax which won't be one until the end of the year with eu purchases but even then its just a case of thinking of things like buying from the us or japan. just now without import tax to me its like do i spend an extra £15-20 on postage for an uncommon/rare game at a reasonable price this is relative to the price of the item but as most pcbs are £100+ these days is a small percentage of the total, i can see this as more of a gripe when its common cheap stuff but i think there the onus is on the potential buyer to either negotiate or just to move along quietly
the forum polices itself well regarding user conduct and the mods/admin step in with an even hand very quickly when things start to spiral, so i don't think change from the current practice is warranted
jugemscloud2020-05-11 10:49:08
