[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by accyman

i was actualy thinking of buying the psp but when i saw that a pm had been sent i thought screw this i have no idea what its going to cost epsecialy as i would be taking part in basicly what could be described a sa blind bidding session

autions are for ebay if you ask me

In the past we have had threads which have got out of hand in a sort of bidding war. I was selling some CDs once, stated a price and accepted a buyer but then another member came on and posted a higher offer, the original would-be purchaser topped that offer and then moderators complained that this was not an auction site. It turned out that the second 'bidder' was messing around anyway and didn't even want the CDs and in the end the whole thread degenerated into a farce.

It was categorically stated then that the sales should be on a first come first served basis. So if somebody offers an item for say £10 and somebody offers to pay the £10 then that is sold, done and dusted and no room for 'higher bids'. If however, someone says "ONO" and gets an offer of £8 there is room for someone else to offer £9.

As for the PMs. Well I recently responded to an item for sale by posting that I was sending a PM. The PMs contain personal information such as phone numbers and addresses which people do not wish to disclose on the open forum. I hope you can understand that.