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Old 28-09-2009, 09:10 PM
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wonder why sellers tell you all about the animal they have for sale on the advert - except for the price, and state to pm for prices? You then see literally loads of people saying 'I've PM'd you for prices'. Would it not be easier for everyone involved to just state the prices on the advert rather than doing so many times, or do they have a habit of telling people different prices each time?..

Just seems a big waste of time to me.. and the only reason I can see for it is to see what the most is you can get for it? At least be honest and say pm offers of something..
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Old 28-09-2009, 10:19 PM
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That and no location do my head in.
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Old 28-09-2009, 10:31 PM
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Especially when they say 'collection only'


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Old 28-09-2009, 10:39 PM
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Especially when they say 'collection only'

same here
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Old 28-09-2009, 10:45 PM
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Old 28-09-2009, 10:50 PM
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I would guess people do it so loads of random people who dont even want to buy the animal wont come on and make comments about the price
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Old 28-09-2009, 10:55 PM
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That is a good point, always gd to hear from other peoples perspectives! It is a shame a few bad eggs ruin it for the rest of us..

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Old 29-09-2009, 09:28 PM
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no location does my head in

plus the peeps who wont tell you what price they want, and when you do the `make me an offer` thing, give you grief for being stingy, even though you checked what everyone else sells the same thing for and based it on that!

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Old 30-09-2009, 12:03 PM
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I agree it's annoying when there's no price, or no offers asked for, but I can understand why people might want to keep the price private as well, so they don't get loads of comments on it.

Being in Scotland, I'd like to see a location in every advert title for an animal that is not to be posted/couriered! I know there are a fair few Scots on here, but most of the ads are from folk far away from me, so it would be nice to know straight away where something is, without having to open every ad that I may be interested in, only to find there is no location even stated, or it has not been filled in in the seller's user page, so it doesn't show up in the top right corner!

Kind of like Freecycle, where every ad must have a location in the title, or it gets rejected.
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