I think this is a good conversation. A while back in the BST I posted a razor that wasn't cheap. It got a bunch of comments one of which happened to be negative on price. I responded and so did he IIRC. He was just thinking the price was too high and I broke it down for him. Every detail about why it was the price it was. After that it looked like a deal. He didn't respond back but many member's agreed with my reasoning and said it was indeed a good price. Glen included. This might be what Chris L remembered. Anyway, the situation flattened itself out with "self-moderation" so to speak.

I don't think it is "impossible" to keep this going in the current classifieds but obviously we are having these discussions to figure out the best way. It can indeed get offending when prices are the topic. I think we really need to keep in mind that rules on pricing and condition are difficult to put as a blanket over the classifieds. Each situation may call for a different approach. I can think of a ton of razors that should fetch much more than most starter shave-ready-mint razors when they are actually pretty beat up. That is where the line of desirability, rarity, and uniqueness come into pricing and things can get fuzzy for new members. I don't have a silver bullet here, but think that maybe the classifieds could be slightly more "free" with the comments but slightly more moderated. Don't know if that would even work well in the current format, but the more ideas we get going the more the mods have to work with.