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Originally Posted by Doc Com  Should there be a stated rule on how long offers are good for?
Within the past two weeks I have had members contact me to the tune of something like,
Congratulations. Please send payment to:
Both were old threads and offers - one was 4 days old and one about two to three weeks old.
Sure, we could post a time limit in our own post.
But this seems to catch me (and perhaps others) off guard and wonder WTF??? You are just now getting back to me?
One person was nice about it. And another not too nice at all. Actually, a little pissed that I refused to pay for an offer that was over 2 weeks old.
This is also a reason that I closed my threads and take out the prices. I did have someone contact me from another forum and wanted to buy a domain I posted for sale back in November. |
i think if you're the seller, a potential buyer should ask you first if the domain is still for sale and at that price if it was listed, when they are inquiring about a thread more than 30 days old.
a buyer who comes back "4 days later" and says "ok send me payment info" when they didn't inform you and get ok from you beforehand, that they needed that much time to consider the price....is not being very professional.
though plausible excuses may be accepted.
if someone comes back "two or three" weeks later looking to buy, you hope the name will be sold by then.
i think what you do by taking out pricing and closing threads is a good practice, as a practice in contrast, i rarely list prices publicly.