Thread: After Buy it Now in Classifieds, shouldn't it automatically be marked as sold?

Originally Posted by CaliforniaCajun

It's kind of a letdown to me to have members selling and never fellowship with us on the forum. I like to buy from people I know.

Yeah, that's something that I have been looking to change for quite some time now, and we're getting closer to improving it.

There are multiple ways where the process of marking an ad as 'Sold' after a sale is complete can break down. This thread is the first time I'm hearing about it, but apparently it's not new. Can those of you who have had the issue PM me with the item where you had the problem? I want to narrow down the timeframe when this started to happen - it will help figuring out why it did and how to fix it.

The status change only occurs when the sale is complete, so it's always been possible that two or more buyers send a payment for the same item if they all initiate the process before the first one completes the sale. But those have been very rare events, and isn't what is happening here.

Just ruminations on my part,I think the majority of the sellers in Classifieds are members in good standing and contribute alot to the site,other than selling.
If your a member vendor, you have unlimited selling rights,If your a custom razor maker and post up your latest creation just for people to see, all those blades get sold via PMs.no rules Broken,nothing wrong with that.
If you have fallen on hard times such as I and several other members I talk with have, yes we use the classifieds to suppliment income,Is that wrong?
Back to members in good standing,Today I resin stabilized and bandsawed some whalebone for a Member,at no cost to him.
I have done the same numerous times for spalted woods for members,at no cost other than shipping.
I have sent out more DE blades to members than I can think of,OH, and shaving soap samples.
Members come up with an off the wall project? Hell ya,lets do it just for grins,my two cents.

Until recently, I was unemployed two years and didn't mean to be critical of members going through a similar situation if that is driving their level of participation.

I was under the impression that you could only post classified ads if you had a certain level of participation on the forums, which would prevent any bland marketing by opportunists.

Gugi, here is the link to my razor ad. It sold, and never got switched over, and then sold again (still not switched to sold) I changed it manually.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/class...l-razor&cat=13

Hate to add fuel here but I sold Monty last week with the buyer using the Buy-It-Now feature and shortly afterward another member bought it as well. Had to disappoint the second buyer - I hate doing that. It's not a problem if you have some way to notify you immediately that gets your attention but I don't carry around my iPhone all day set to alert me when I get an email. The problem is that some aren't wired 24/7 like my teenagers. I may be a dinosaur with being wired up so I only check email once a day (if I have something listed) and about twice a week if I don't.

My suggestion - disable the Buy-It-Now feature (if the software give you that option) and revert back to emails to the seller until it's worked out. At least then as sellers we get the responsibility and opportunity to show it sold before someone else can jump in and buy. As buyers we can be sure it won't get pulled out from under us.

If the software won't allow you to disable the feature, just put something out telling everyone to not use it.

Have had the same issue twice in the past year (double sale) but I monitor my email all day.
Buy it now thru PP works fine for me, I just go to Classified and mark it as sold when notified by PP.

That's the problem I have - I can't monitor email that much. At best I can go into it 2 or 3 times a day. Last double sale the second guy bout it within an hour or two of the first - all between email checks. Guess I'll just not use the Buy-It-Now.

Any seller sets up or not the buy-it-now option when they create the ad.
The issue will be fixed when I get to it. It's not the highest priority on my TODO list.
If the classifieds are not working for somebody, not using them is a pretty simple option.

Originally Posted by gugi

Any seller sets up or not the buy-it-now option when they create the ad.
The issue will be fixed when I get to it. It's not the highest priority on my TODO list.
If the classifieds are not working for somebody, not using them is a pretty simple option.

To anyone who isn't aware of it, gugi's TODO list involves maintaining pretty much anything on SRP that breaks or needs TLC. Pretty much the Lone Ranger in keeping the site running smoothly while also having the responsibilities outside of SRP that life carries with it.

So please be patient.

Either list with no buy it now option and let the prospective buyer contact you for a paypal invoice, or use the BIN and use edit to mark it sold as soon as paypal notifies you that it is sold.

Thanks for your understanding.