Best offer ??

[slowride]

Recently there was a boat posted for best offer and the bidding started and then was shut down and not allowed. I think this is a great way to sell and I don't understand why this option isn't allowed on OSE. Maybe someone could enlighten me? I have 4 boats that I would like to sell but sometimes it is hard to put a price om them, but would be glad to sell to the highest bidder and consider it to be fair.

[drwayne]

The chance ppl fraudulently bid to raise the sell price is always a risk.
If you dont have a solid sell value.. ask high and see what gets offered !

jm2cw W

[s15driftking]

I see why a forum would not want to be like ebay. Forums are meant for good karma hookups amongst a community of members looking to help eachother.

With that being said: i support capitalism... but based on OSE's stringent policies... i bet its frowned upon.


And for all those people who think "its not fair because i wanted it cheap and now people are willing to pay more".... deal with it. Its worth what someone is willing to pay for it regardless of your defined worth. Though, i bet OSE frowns on this as well.

I say.... too bad for the cheapskates.

[JimClark]

give me the link for the item you are talking about

[RacinJasin]

I've seen these kinds of bidding threads on other sites and they can get very ugly and lead a lot of bad blood and lower the sense of community on the forum.

If you want people to bid on your items, put it on eBay and put a link here (if that's allowed).

[JimClark]

Actually offsite links to other sites are not allowed

[roadrashracing]

kind of how this ad ended up: http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...0A-seaking-esc

[JimClark]

that wone moved very quickly and we (the mods) did not catch it otherwise we would have forced him to put a price on it