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Every want to buy pinball ad I've ever seen wanted to buy games that already exist on craigslist. People with want to buy pinball ads don't want to buy pinballs, they want to buy pinballs for a certain price and are hoping to get lucky.
I think it's a matter of principle. We ALL want cheap pinball machines, if we all posted like you do, it would be stupid so most of us don't. Surely you can understand that it's underhanded to post a want to buy ad for something that is already for sale just for the hopes of luring in a sucker, right?
It's not a crime or anything, but neither is flagging the ad so...
Quoted from zr11990:I don't understand why you guys have a problem with people wanting to buy stuff cheap. That is only natural. No one says: "I want to give more money for something I can get cheaper elsewhere". I don't even sell it if I get anything from the adds, I keep it. If its something I don't want I pass on it.
Getting an ad pulled from being flagged is actually hard. It's an algorithm so I'm not sure anyone knows how many people have to flag it before it gets pulled, but your add annoyed at least 5 or 6 people. One person with an axe to grind can't get an ad pulled.
Also, I know that once an ad gets pulled from flags, subsequent flags have more weight.
Quoted from zr11990:It’s really no different then posting here saying I’m looking for a taxi or a diner or some other system 11 which is what I’ve looking for. If you have it for a price I’m willing to pay then I’ll buy it, if not ok then. But, there are very few of you in my area, CL Houston is my area.
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