Buy Cheap on Forum then Sell for Profit on TradeMe

[kotuku]

speaking of good deals and good bastards on here -big ups to gone tropo for gifting me that chainsaw!yes it goes ,but has issue with drive sprocket Ill sort today .after its off like shit through a goose.somewhere down the line i intend to send a load of firewood his way! TM-pale by comparison and in many ways more interested in money ala fees they charge yoy!

[Makros]

A lot of forum members sell items here at lower than market value to help out the members of this community, it’s called goodwill.

It’s disappointing when people think there is nothing wrong with turning a profit from someone else’s generosity. It sours the community spirit, which is at the core of what makes this community good.

This is my thought on the matter as well.

Happened with something I sold. The buyer made a couple hundy while also being a bit "optimistic" on Trademe as to the condition of the item.

I can't be bothered now, I give most of the smaller items away to friends. I'm so un-thrilled with dealing with randos that recently I have given a few rifles away to friends as the few hundred I might get otherwise isn't worth it.
I would say if I list something cheap again on the forum I'll be happy to ignore the vultures that only use the forums for buying and selling and wait for someone I recognise to come along.

This place is full of good buggers and having been around since Alan's very early blue forum days this has never really changed, there just seems to be a bit more noise around the edges as the group has gotten bigger.
It's all about what you put in. I make and fix lots of things for free for forum members and people I shoot with. I get stacks of advice on quite specialist topics regularly from members I'm in direct contact with. I've also been the recipient of fantastic generosity in terms of peoples time to help me out with picking up rifles, tracking down things I'm looking for etc.
Having good buggers around in life is worth more than making a buck.

[Barry the hunter]

ya dead rignt Makros the prices on here for firearms can be quite bargains whereas trade me at times the prices are stupid - there is some bloke been trying to sell a sako finnbear on there wants way to much and claims the scope is worth way more than rifle well its an old fixed power kahles worth maybe $200 on a good day - dream land -- again I see a .223 sako 85 and the seller wants very close to new sako 90 price -- lets look after the good buggers on here - like the howa with a custom walnut stock just recently - some lucky sod got that at bargain basement price - it was a lovely piece of kit

[longshot]

All of what I list here is stuff I just don't need any more, it is taking up too much space or that would be more use in someone elses hunting setup. I give away a fair bit of stuff and often ship it for free too if it has no real money value but is too good to throw away, usually stuff you can't buy anymore but that someone out there will want (like a single scope ring).
Often if I can't remember what I originally paid for something, I just put a low price on it to move it on quickly. I do also put normal prices on stuff that I like but don't need.
I often sell stuff on TM too, but good stuff I prefer to sell here.
Ultimately I think that my material contributions to the forum carry a degree of goodwill and that is in acknowledgement of what a resource the community is to me.

Some time ago I was selling a scope, it was a nice one, something that would be recommended within the first few posts of a 'what scope should I buy' thread. But it was also a little bit rare, no longer produced, it was just a little bit special, something I thought someone from here would appreciate. The buyer asked for a discount which I conceded to. A few days after sending it, I saw it on TM. Alongside something else I had given away for free with free shipping.

I was disapointed but I recognised as many people on here have pointed out that I put no contract on the buyer not to do this.
The bitter pill was that I have been looking for a good deal on a rangefinder on behalf of a mate who could use one but can't afford one, when I saw one here that I would have bought, it had already been snapped up and it was on TM a few days later with a >100% mark up. It was the same person that bought the scope to on sell.

My point is that if you do it a bit here and there, especially buying something broken, fixing it and selling it, fair enough. But if someone made it their full time job to just mine the BuySellSwap for bargains, then it reduces it to a place without any bargains and ultimately to a place without any goodwill.

Anyone capable of listing something here can list it on trademe instead if they choose to, I don't need someone else to do it for me and take a substantial cut in the process.

[7mmsaum]

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I can deal with it if I know about it

Regards

Andrew

[Micky Duck]

[Micky Duck]

Bottom line says it all really.