We are all guilty at one point or another of jacking a thread of some type. As long as its not malicious and you aim the thread back in the right direction, the seller gets a free bump

Yeah!..soooo, Alex, when are ya gonna have pix of the Scared Stiff legs...

Hi-Jacking any thread happens. Sometimes positive type things keep them fun and readable. The other crap can go.

I don't like either one, but if price pumping is ok, then price policing should be ok as well.

Too much misinformation as well... Some don't know the difference between a HEP MM and a routed MM and think something is priced to high when in reality its perfectly in line. Of course some guys here live to ruin a good for sale post.

Welcome to the Forum.

Pinside has a MARKET where you can post a FS/FT ad and nobody can comment.

Pinside has a market subforum where you should expect comments. If you are priced too high it seems you will know by the reaction. If you are priced too low then it will sell quickly.

If you do not want comments then stick to the MARKET.

Seller can just post a fs ad. If they start a thread, they kinda reneg on most others rights to respond. Of course this ideal doesn't apply to the belligerent asshats who post obviously inappropriate statements.

" oh yeah, I'm selling mine but cheaper."
" I never liked that title. Here's ten paragraphs on why."
" I have no intention of buying. Here's why:"

Well, we all get it I guess.

Rick. "I'm gonna have me some fun." #190

Hard to believe football camp opens in four months.

LTG : )

alternatively...

"i'd never sell mine for that"...
"that's a great price"...

and so on...

commentary in f/s threads is something i've come to appreciate... it makes it abundantly clear the people who are gaming the market...

double cheese or not on my pizza? not an easy choice...

and those trying to destroy it as well...

If a conversation gets started about the Same title ,, Let it Ride !! Free Bump's bro ....

Just Break-n every Now & Then ,, Cough a Lil- and Let the Browsers Know it's Still 4-Sale or Not ..

Threads are Getting Buried around Here in No tyme now days.

it's pretty obvious to me the people who are on here because they are fans of pinball and are here to have fun. and it's also obvious the people on here who are trying to make money on those people.

Not sure if this has been said yet but in my view if you post your game for sale in a thread and not just in the market it is 100% total open season. People can say what they want, when they want, and how they want.

If you don't want commentary on your game or to have it go "off topic" then don't post a thread about it, just put it in the market and leave it there. If you want the extra attention of a thread, get ready for the comments.

Cool new avatar B_R.

I don't consider price policing "Hijacking" a thread personally. The thread is aboot a machine, and it's price.
I'm selling a game and then someone busing in and selling that same game is a Jack.

Both types don't help, but the first has negative connotations (Price Police), while the other (Price Cheer-leading) is more of an annoying thing, as if it was truly a great deal it would sell quickly. A 5k MM doesn't need people telling others how great of a deal it is, or it would be gone in 2 minutes.

The best comments are when people talk about the seller versus the game as most people know the game and the price it should sell for. If I see a pin I want to pull the trigger on, these are the questions I have.

Is the seller honest? Does he represent his pins correctly? How is communication with him? What are other people's experience with the seller? These are comments that I think are relevant in F/S and trade posts.

I agree with this; I hate to see this. This is the only thing that I think is really a "no no" when someone posts a for sale thread. Everything else I think is open season and if they can't take the critisism they should have just posted up in the market and not start a thread.

@jimjim...

the problem with that is that satan himself could post an ad and someone would chime in, "great guy, great seller"...

The PP will grab it and start their own thread about what a rip-off it is. They do it to CL posters all the time. Best to just let people say what they want and have a thick skin. It will sell if someone is willing to pay, or it will just sit.

Perfect answer above.

Ah, there it was. I knew someone else would have commented on that and I should have read the whole thread. Big plus one here.

agreed

Motorcycle road racing is going on now

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Lol i would hope all it gets is thumbs down and pukes

OMG! It looks like someone welded a couple of balls on a guys chest!

I saw the image in my Dream the other nite .. I just Hope i Don't Ever see it in Person .. Ya dig ?

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