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If u sell something for a good price in the swap section , do u think it is ok for the buyer to hold onto it for a while and then resell it for a nice profit in the swap section . There was no improvements done to the parts .. I believe that it should be relisted at what they payed for it . I don't have a problem if sold elsewhere , for a profit , but here that is just wrong.....

If it sold for your asking price you got what you wanted for it. What business is it of yours after that point

This is a boating community and we try and do the right thing. I don't have a problem as long as u sell it elsewhere.

Tacky- yes
Wrong-no

Market dictates price....

If I buy a part, end up not needing it or using it why not resell it? You not going to get rich or make a living used parts on oso and reselling them on oso

Say I buy a used prop, for 150 and my boat doesnt like it, So no Im in to the prop sat 150 plus 25 shipping so 175. I throw it up for 200, somebody buys it because its still a decent prop at a decent price. I just made 25 bucks, does that make me an evil sadistic bastard???

Don't have a problem with that ,ur talking pennies... but I told other people no because some else was first and it was relisted for more than double of what I sold it for ... I think if you bought it here u should state what u have into it when u realist it here... If not than we are no better than eBay and I might as well sell it there then take care of our
own.... And I don't care about the money it's the principle............

if i sell a part and get my asking price i am happy and if the buyer throws it in the ocean or sells it at twice what he paid for it i am still happy because i got what i wanted for it.if you trade your car in at the car lot and they give you 10 grand for it and they resell it the next day for 12 grand do you have a complaint?i say no because after they took posession it is theirs to do whatever they want to do with it,jmo.

I agree. I'd pass the good price back out into the community....

I guess u guys are missing the point! I could care less if the item was sold elsewhere for a huge profit. I just don't like the fact I had to tell other people on this site no , so someone could buy it and then relisted it to make a profit from another person on this site ... Like I said before I Don't care about the money. It's the principle ...

Thanks , for ur response . Beginning to feel like I'm out of touch.

tom,imo you did the right thing by selling to the first person to say he wanted it,when it comes to money some people don,t care about right or wrong,even on oso.

If I bought something here and couldn't or didn't use it, You bet yer AZZ it would go right back on here.. I see nothing wrong with that.

Thanks mike. I been here for over 15 yrs and have seen many people come and go , the one thing that keeps me coming back here is there are a lot of good honest people on this site and I want to keep it that way...

If your selling it at a price to be a good guy to a certain fellow member, and they realize this, then they later relist it for more money..yeh, fk them.

Now, if you have it listed at a certain amt and it sells for that, then they sell it for more...I guess that's different.

I agree,being about principle.if I am on a forum and have a part that someone really needs,I would like to sell it to someone who can use it.more the fact if it is priced to help someone out,and there are multiple party's on that forum that need that part.i usually don't care want they do with the sold item once I sell it,but I can see it bother me in some situations,if posted back on that forum that I sold it on.

That right there.... Hell I have GIVEN away a lot of stuff to fellow boaters...

Making 25 bucks on a prop deal doesn't make you an evil sadistic bastard.... Making your poor mother drive your boat when it's rough out, on the other hand.....

I took the jet express back to the mainland and she picked me up in the car.

Your not out of touch at all. I understand what your point is. It would be very nice to help out fellow members on here. There are some members and nonmembers here that only care about their own agenda. I think any member or nonmember selling a good used part at a fair price is a benefit to all of us. But, look at it this way.. If someone bought a part, didn't end up actually needing it or couldn't use it, then put it back on here for sale and couldn't get what he paid for it. Should he be mad and want some money back????

The op never stated he received asking price , and I'm sure there could be more to the story. I agree that it's a tacky thing to do, and I might post in his ad asking if he had gold plated it since bought from:angry-smiley-038: me.

I see your point , but it is not necessarily the same . The person who bought the part , might have payed more than it was worth on the used market , because he needed it ..so when they try to resell it they might have to take a little hit.. I'm sure it happens with props all the time.. if purchased at a good price they should be able to get there money back .. I have bought things on here that i did not use , and I have tried to resell and I still have it.. When I did try to resell the item I listed it for what I had payed for it and stated I had purchased it here ..

I gave several things away in the swap shop but stopped doing it after the parts ended up back in the swap shop for sale. I enjoy giving parts to people that need them, but for me to give them away and then see them for sale, that pisses me off........maybe it shouldn't as I did give them away.

Lot of ways to look at the OP's question.

Wow , thats really tacky. That person or persons should be put out on jump street and black balled. Thats like being a garbage picker on the streets.

It's impossible not to understand Tom's point. I completely get it.

Even in a brotherhood of boaters helping boaters, there will always be a few that see a part as a profit motive. For the most part, in my limited experience here, parts sell pretty reasonably priced.

My only suggestion would be if you need a part, buy it. If you don't need it, let someone that does need it buy it.

If you buy it and don't need it, pass on the same good will and good fortune to a fellow boater.

There are many people who make a great living flipping items. Parts, cars, houses, whatever. They are very savvy at buying and selling. There is probably no more to this story than that - someone hoping to make a quick buck with little effort. Nothing illegal about it. Ethical is another question, but I agree with many posters here. You sold it at a price you agreed to. What happens next is out of your hands.

You said it's not about the money, yet you complain about someone selling something they bought from you for more money? Seems like it is about the money. Market dictates price, you sell a stock, some guy sells same stock 3 weeks later for 50% more or less, so what? You got what you asked. I don't give a rip where it was re-sold...if you sell something for more than you buy it for, are you going to give the guy you bought from the difference??? I doubt it.

what are we talking about anyway? how much profit was made on resale. That is why Tom might be upset more than we know

I hear ya,

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From one of my earlier posts.

I guess u guys are missing the point! I could care less if the item was sold elsewhere for a huge profit. I just don't like the fact I had to tell other people on this site no , so someone could buy it and then relisted it to make a profit from another person on this site ... Like I said before I Don't care about the money. It's the principle ...

Here in, lyes the problem. Since many people today lack principle, many people will not understand what you are getting at.

This is not a principle argument, it is a market scenario. buyer,seller, agreed to price...nothing more or less. If you put off others to make a good deal for someone only for them to sell for a profit later??? If it was advertised, and you passed on a higher price to someone else, that sounds like it was totally your fault and kind of makes you sound very foolish.

You must be the guy that bought the part

I still want to know what it was? That's why I keep checking this thread.

I don't want to post the item , because I don't want to have any problems with the buyer.

no its not him ..