ForceFlow in addition to downvoting, why not try to grab Robin’s ear to figure out a way to curb this constant wave of bullshit plaguing this site?

I know, I know. It's mentioned in each F'ing thread. Thanks for my daily reminder that I don't live in Communist China. That's not the issue. It's the site (which partially runs on people's donations) is now a joke and is why I let my red heart go gray this year. I'll happily contribute to a site that thinks of its' core audience first instead of trying to make revenues off of bogus newbie ads that clutter up the marketplace and will never sell. Fuck the newbies who are trying to gouge us in our hobby. But hey, "it's a free market"!!!

This isn't a "rising price" issue. Yeah, Stern Pros, base model AP & CGC's are all up in price. Sucks, but what it is. This is blatant gouging... by someone who is only using this site to try to find a sucker and then will never be here again. He's asking over $20K for a DP Pro and GB Pro.

You'll have to ship me a new mouse for my computer because I'll be ignoring so many first time posters here I'll wear out the click button. Much easier to set activity guidelines on who can post ads for sale so that you don't allow every slimy opportunist to try to ruin your marketplace.

50 post minimum and then a request sent to begin posting ads, at which point you ensure they're actually engaging in conversation here and not trying to just quickly spam 50 posts to then sell. That help builds the Forum and the "Community" I see featured at the top of the page. From there, the Pinside fees for selling should be PRIOR to posting so that people think twice before posting since there's a monetary hit before asking stupid prices that will never sell.

They're not. They are absolutely not. No one here is spending over $10K for a GB Pro. Some of the JJP's and Stern LE's going nuts are just signs of the times. But $10K for a GB Pro? Let's not kid ourselves.

Sort of like the Office Space Michael Bolton thing - Why should I have to change? I'd have to ignore users each day because you're holding the door open for them and then claiming you don't like the high prices any more than I do. Instead some proactive baseline requirements would prevent having all of us reactively putting people on ignore each day. It's not hard and then Pinside can claim to have a "community" and not sound as empty as Stern does claiming to be a lifestyle brand.

No. But if 50 people are looking at the same $10 cereal box and all unanimously agree that it's complete bullshit and not indicative of the rest of the store, they can all march to the manager and ask WTF is up with that one $10 cereal box. Or I can just stop using the analogy. Zero upvotes, 52 downvotes for OP. Does that not make you think there's a problem here worth fixing?

I'm not here trying to tear down the free market economy. I get reminded of the free market in each of these bogus threads. F'ing wonderful. The problem is that the market is currently FLOODED with ads where non-contributors are trying to gouge, make a few grand, and bounce, never to be heard from again. Each thread has someone replying that the certain behavior of the sellers is mainly for eBay and CL, where it's strictly transactional with no sense of community.

Pinside is/was (supposedly) a community of enthusiasts. You want to ask $10K for a GB Pro? Fine, and there will be countless broken records reminding us that if we don't like the price, we can not buy it. But is it too hard to ask that people who want to ask $10K for a GB Pro maybe prove that they're part of the enthusiast community? Engage, participate, ask for help, offer assistance, post the Jon Stewart popcorn meme. Just do something of value before it's ok to try to gouge the members here, because maybe then you'll think differently... or realize this isn't the place for you in the first place.

You’re just attracting assholes who want to flip for ridiculous profit and leave. And in doing that, you lose my red heart.

Don’t want to vet out the sellers better, fine. Keep the Pinside fees the same but charge half up front, half upon successful sale. You get arguably more money because you’ll get 50% of the non-sales fees, and the remainder is business as usual.

Wrong. I click to point out all the “hey it’s a free market” responses and how they think they just conceived that novel concept. Sorry I’d like to see the marketplace cleaned up a bit. And it’s a forum. How else are we to tell the OP to jump off a bridge? And how about you stop wondering why people comment in a forum?

Yeah, it’s my opinion man, and the opinion of a ton of pinsiders. You have what seems to be an apparent problem. The number of downvotes in this one thread is climbing. I’d be willing to wager that the actual Pinside “community” is getting sick of all this. You can continue to sit on your hands or come up with solutions. I guess you desire the former. I find that lazy. My opinion, man.

Helpful as usual.

Are you not reading? I’m not saying to dictate prices. Where did I say that? Jesus dude. Just create better barriers to block the bogus ads that you and I both know won’t ever sell and clutter up the marketplace while diluting the space for people actually trying to sell games.

Thanks Marcus, as you hit the nail on the head. I’m suggesting changes that would benefit Pinside and the user experience. That’s all. It’s simple. Not tearing down the free market economy. Happy holidays to you too.

Yea, I’m sure my bumping is really going to move this pin any quicker. Super ironic really as we should see Sale Pending any minute and it’s all my fault.

Heart attack? Dude I’m posting between games. I can have fun on a holiday week and also point out chicken shit rules on a privately owned website where they have the power to make change. Not mutually exclusive. Now back to my new Elwin game (which I’m F’ing loving).

Lol thankfully I’m not taking out frustrations on any other games I just brought in!