Auction functionality in Classifieds?

[MSSNAFU]

(I did search before posting and am surprised no one has asked before) Wouldn't it be a good idea to add an Auction section in the Classifieds? for people like myself who have boxfulls of stuff to move on. Or would it be too difficlt to integrate it with the site? 

[Tackle]

Even if it was possible, No, definitely not, as they are the classifieds are as straightforward as they can be, while your reasons are clear due to the nature & circumstances of what you're selling, that would encourage some greedy sellers to push for a bigger payday on maybe rarer items etc, & if they didnt get the windfall they hoped for, who's gonna force them to ship the items ?

it's a free forum with free classifieds, the mod team are all volunteers & we have enough work keeping the scammers out & keeping some semblance of order amongst the rest of you reprobates 😜

[HZR13]

Well Said 👍

Edited September 3 by HZR13

[ButcherBill]

You could consider the classifieds as a 'Dutch Auction'... market prices set the base line & the seller adjusts/lowers the price until they find a buyer.

 

in theory only greedy sellers will lose out.

 

Consider Macks as the airsoft moral compass.

[Mtemprell]

On 03/09/2025 at 15:53, Tackle said:

Even if it was possible, No, definitely not, as they are the classifieds are as straightforward as they can be, while your reasons are clear due to the nature & circumstances of what you're selling, that would encourage some greedy sellers to push for a bigger payday on maybe rarer items etc, & if they didnt get the windfall they hoped for, who's gonna force them to ship the items ?

it's a free forum with free classifieds, the mod team are all volunteers & we have enough work keeping the scammers out & keeping some semblance of order amongst the rest of you reprobates 😜

Full agree with this. It's the old eBay syndrome where prices are pushed up because of greed. 

[novioman]

1 hour ago, HZR13 said:

Yes a lot of people have this issue, Give Tackle a shout, I think he can help with this.

Unfortunately the auto renew is dragging up past adverts that you can probably no longer see, and we can’t properly delete old adverts ourselves. Until auto renew is turned off again this is going to remain a problem for a lot of people. I think mods can fully delete old adds, but unless you can provide the url they can’t be removed as far as I know.

Edited Monday at 10:53 by novioman