Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > my roundal's still here...

[bradders]

Originally Posted by andyb

Wheres the other thread gone......................

I deleted it, along with most of my posts on this one, just noticed I missed one above, that will go too.

[andyb]

Originally Posted by bradders

I deleted it, along with most of my posts on this one, just noticed I missed one above, that will go too.

Call me cynical, but if your taking that stance.................i note the bike is still in the for sale bit!

I really do believe to post in the for sale bit you should be a member.........all this **** about ........"ill post it here just before i put it on ebay"

Quite frankly, if your selling something of a specific brand, you go to the captive audience to maximize the return! People dont look to sell on here as a favour for the site.........they look for a cheap, quick sell with the biggest profit! (although i will concede there are some adverts that are in the best intrest of the site users)

I think we should earn the right to that captive sell and the price................membership! I see it on other sites, why not here!!

[philthy]

Yes I can certainly see your point, but there don't seem to be that many ' for sale ' posts and some are obviously of benefit to both parties as the item seems to be sold very quickly. ( There are also the ones which everyone ignores for whatever reason )

If you make it members only for sellers and buyers aren't you reducing the chance of a sale for the seller? I would suggest that for instance ebay is a ' captive ' audience of far larger proportions than this one.

[andyb]

Yes ebay is a larger audience, but with that comes all the problems we see so regularly, plus when selling a complete bike on there, i see it as something of a last resort. I know i look at stuff for sale on ther and straight away ask whats wrong with that.

Selling a complete bike on a specialist site does get the reward of audience knowledge, we all know whats what with Ducatis, and therefor gives the chance of a fuller price.

Originally Posted by philthy

Yes I can certainly see your point, but there don't seem to be that many ' for sale ' posts and some are obviously of benefit to both parties as the item seems to be sold very quickly. ( There are also the ones which everyone ignores for whatever reason )

If you make it members only for sellers and buyers aren't you reducing the chance of a sale for the seller? I would suggest that for instance ebay is a ' captive ' audience of far larger proportions than this one.

Good and reasonable points philthy.

I don't have a problem advertising whatever in the For Sale section on the proviso that it's free to advertise for members and non-members should pay a charge. That way everyone wins - £20 per advert would seem fair