The post whore thread.

Usually the seller honors the first contact whether it be phone, text, private message, email, or post.
I've lost out a few times just in a matter of minutes or seconds after responding to a post via post and someone else called or pm'd.

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Originally Posted by BladesNBarrels

Usually the seller honors the first contact whether it be phone, text, private message, email, or post.
I've lost out a few times just in a matter of minutes or seconds after responding to a post via post and someone else called or pm'd.

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Thanks

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Originally Posted by ChickNorris

Can someone explain the queue etiquette in the trading post please?

You know, where you're the first to respond in the thread but turns out someone else pm'ed before your post or, you pm just minutes after the post but don't bother with the thread post & yet again the item is spoken for... wtf?

Or am i mistaken & there is no etiquette?

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Many do not show interest publicly.

Entirely up to the seller...

Queue position may not even factor. If a seller chooses not to transact with someone, that's their business.

TP is not ebay BIN.

Sometimes to avoid hurting people?s feelings I?ll put a disclaimer in my sales post saying something like ?first one to post an ?I?ll take it? in this thread gets first dibs.?

Most of the time I don?t do that though. First serious contact via pretty much any way usually wins.

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Originally Posted by BladesNBarrels

Usually the seller honors the first contact whether it be phone, text, private message, email, or post.
I've lost out a few times just in a matter of minutes or seconds after responding to a post via post and someone else called or pm'd.

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Originally Posted by brutal

Many do not show interest publicly.

Entirely up to the seller...

Queue position may not even factor. If a seller chooses not to transact with someone, that's their business.

TP is not ebay BIN.

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Originally Posted by ray1970

Sometimes to avoid hurting people?s feelings I?ll put a disclaimer in my sales post saying something like ?first one to post an ?I?ll take it? in this thread gets first dibs.?

Most of the time I don?t do that though. First serious contact via pretty much any way usually wins.

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So, wild west standards. Got it. Thanks.

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Originally Posted by ChickNorris

So, wild west standards. Got it. Thanks.

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I prefer to think of it as free market capitalism.

Plus, it?s not like anyone is refusing to bake a cake for a homosexual.

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Originally Posted by ChickNorris

So, wild west standards. Got it. Thanks.

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Don't take it personally, there is a legit chance that you just came in second place. You haven't really been around long enough to piss any one off anyway.

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Originally Posted by Irving

Don't take it personally, there is a legit chance that you just came in second place. You haven't really been around long enough to piss any one off anyway.

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Is that a challenge? ;) just kidding.

Suppose i just wanted to bitch about it. Had s rough week. Blah blah blah words & feelings & more words. Thanks.

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Originally Posted by ChickNorris

Is that a challenge? ;) just kidding.

Suppose i just wanted to bitch about it. Had s rough week. Blah blah blah words & feelings & more words. Thanks.

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Yep,
Us working stiffs that don’t have all day access to the forum are at a great disadvantage as far as all the good sh*t on the trading post.
By the time we get home from work and relax enough and look at the forum, the good stuff is usually gone or spoken for.
I have hurt a couple of feelers here in the trading post by not checking my e-mail before responding to a member that PM’ed me about an item, only to find that somebody e-mailed me an hour or two from the contact links in the forum saying that they would take the item.
I guess the Mods could make a rule about selling, but then I would be forced to sell an item to a certain member if they were first to respond to a for sale ad that I put up.

I didn't ask for a rule, i asked if there were any. Difference.