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Originally Posted by Ezliving_Jim
It all comes down to whether the admin wants the ad posting policy on tantalk to be more fairly to the benefit of the greater number of the members of the community who are salon owners and buyers (perhaps the occasional seller) or whether the "playing field" should be skewed to the advantage of the minority of the membership who are regular equipment sellers.
There is, of course, a "right" and "wrong" choice here and plentiful rationalizations and justifications for continuing a bad policy, not the least being "The ends justify the means." and "The Golden Rule."
One only needs to follow the money. Those who pay the gold apparently can dictate the rules. The Emperor needs new clothes.
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Jim, I like you, but really, you are way off base here.
You are making a presumption that because a price is not listed, this is "unfair" to a buyer.
How?
So far we have because "impulse buyers" might self-select themselves out of the inquiry process.
That is their decision - nothing "unfair" to them there.
Or - is there an "implication" that anyone not posting prices is, by definition, a con man that is looking to "rip off" unsuspecting buyers and that buyers will be "lulled into" unfair situations by not being smart enough to investigate on their own and just taking what the seller tells them privately on face value?
Come on. If people are capable enough to open salons with quarter million dollar investments, I think they can be trusted to figure out if a used bed seller is overcharging them.
Again - there is no similar "responsibility" for new bed sellers - or any other vendors here. Steve Underhill isn't required to post his prices in advance and exactly what the "transaction" will be if you contact him for "Free" demographics. I don't have to post my leasing rates - if you want them, call.
I really think this comes down to BUYERS wanting prices listed so THEY can see if there is a "steal" to be had -- in otherwords, someone who is UNDERPRICING something so THEY get an "unfair advantage".
We're all in sales. Some of us put prices on websites, in brochures to hand out -- some don't. Those policies might gain us customers or lose us customers. But there is nothing unfair, or "right or wrong" about one way versus the other.