A correction of an inaccurate listing will be deleted "if detrimental to the sale"? Really? 🤦
A correction of an inaccurate listing will be deleted "if detrimental to the sale"? Really? 🤦
Really. You have options, PM or contact a Mod. You are not here as sales police. I have seen simple sales of watches destroyed by squabbling groups of opinionated nabobs, very often that are totally wrong. We have to draw lines.
Once a significant issue is brought to Mods, we discuss its merits and take what action we deem necessary. Remember this is not a democracy.
But missing sweep drive wheel, missing centre sweep seconds pinion, pinion cock, tension spring, watch movement modified to fit a sub seconds hand, dial not original.”
I believe any negative comments are welcome as long as they are constructive and expressed in a polite manner.
I actually enjoy the ability to comment. As a newb, reading the comments not only educates me about the watch; but also educates me in general.
However, there are obviously many many cases where comments are not constructive to say the least.
Had the subject watch been offered for sale on eBay, I am certain there would have been a flurry of reports as to its deficiencies.
I think the most important thing is that the private sales forum remains a safe place to buy - which is often repeated on the relevant fora.
(Safe being relative - price is the prerogative of the seller and choice of the buyer)
A polite PM is the way to go if something is amiss or misdescribed. (I’ve done it in the past and been pleased to see the listing amended)
As for the friends thing, I don’t know how much it actually happens but I wouldn’t offer a GLWS or even a ‘like’ if it wasn’t a watch I would consider buying myself - and that would include condition and price.
I guess I stepped over the line a few months back when I posted a reply to a watch for sale post. The watch had a sub second hand, but the movement shot showed a movement that had been made as a sweep seconds model, with all the sweep seconds hand components missing! I commented on it. After the you know what hit the fan, it appears as though the watch was withdrawn. Should I have kept my mouth shut? Had the subject watch been offered for sale on eBay, I am certain there would have been a flurry of reports as to its deficiencies.
Hear, Hear. Given the political upheavals happening all over the world at the moment, I'm all for a benign dictatorship.
ALL HAIL THE MODS!
We don't just sit around gathering acorns all day.
A correction of an inaccurate listing will be deleted "if detrimental to the sale"? Really? 🤦
I personally don't like members being able to comment on posts, good or bad. It's fine if a separate discussion thread is started, but I think comments in-thread takes away from the sales post. After all, we aren't allowed to go into stores and stick post-it notes with personal comments onto any old goods for sale! 😀
