Everybody needs to watch what they post here. Including me!

[cyberdan]

I recently posted a find about a cowboy pin back button. I just finished doing research for an ebay listing. I found my t-net post (withing the top 5 listings) on two different major search engines. If anyone does some research they will see what I paid for the item. And if they dig real deep they will see this post of mine.

I paid almost nothing for the pin. It was in a box of coins and other odds and ends.

There are lines of HTML codes that the webmasters can put it the web page to keep worms and robots from searching this site. I just checked the source code for this page and there are no exclusions. They do have a lot of keywords to get people to come but none to keep search engines out.

 

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[Iron Patch]

Makes no difference what you paid, just look at dug finds. It's only a bargaining chip for a buyer if the seller is dumb enough to let it be.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

If I buy something for 50 cents and offer it for sale for $10 that is my business, no one knows how much time and money was spent finding it.

 

[kuger]

..............yes,you should watch anything you put on the WEB!Nothing is truly hidden,or ever goes away

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Like delete on PC, most times it is still there after you delete it if you know how to look for it unless you reformat the hard drive....

 

[Reed Lukens]

The whole idea is to bring people in, let them see what we do as far as detecting, treasure hunting, prospecting or whatever. This is what the net is for. Introducing people to mining of all types is what I have done for years and a lot of it is easily found by everyone that uses Google. I mean, that's the whole point right? The movies that I make are watched on over 180 different countries and I answer the questions in their language through Google Translator. 它的伟大工程 , 这个世界就是看我们如何生活。

 

[jerseyben]

Dan, every single thing posted on a public forum are available for the public to see.

Google, among other services, make it their business (literally) to catalogue everything that is out there. You can search Google and find every single post ever made on this forum (I do it all the time).

Although this is a privately owned site, as far as the law is concerned, once content is posted here, it becomes public domain - no longer protected by any privacy laws.

That being said, if you have a privacy concern, you should really stop using the Internet because that is really the only way to remain private.

 

[clovis97]

And most of the serious collectors could care less about what you paid for it.

When it comes to Lionel trains, I don't care if you paid $1 or $1,000. If it is a quality item that I want, and have the money to buy it, what you paid at a garage sale for the item is of no concern to me.

 

[cyberdan]

OK, I see you guys point of view. Knowing me i would use the info as a barganing tool. I just wish I could get my websites to hit in the top half of the first page on a search engine.

 

[clovis97]

I do think many people use "I know what you paid for it" as a bargaining tool, but it isn't really a valid argument IMO.

I often get jack legs that try to beat me down, especially at the flea market. I'm always open to negotiation, but sometimes I get the gruff approach of "I know you only give a dollar fer it. I'll let you make $2 off of me, and pay you $3 fer it." Most of the time, these are $15 to $100 items, and I usually politely tell them to take a hike. One overly obnoxious guy was told to leave my booth, and I was not so polite because he didn't take about 16 hints.

In your case, it is a very rare item. Collectors might actually be thankful that you brought it to market.

 

[bethnbijoux]

At the end of the day, the only real "value" anything has is what someone is willing to pay for it at that moment. It may have cost you very little, but to someone who really wants or collects the item, their idea of Fair Market Value is what matters.

 

[Iron Patch]

I sold something for a friend in the 5 figure range and told the buyer it was purchased just weeks before for around $100. So again, what you pay does not matter, it's all about having the item in your procession and being able to call the shots, and price it relative to it's true value.

 

[Forkeh]

Well....I don't ask Safeway what they pay for the carrots I'm buying. So what should my buyers care what I paid for the things I'm reselling?

 

[smokeythecat]

Yes, it's all public. Like an email, never put anything in any email you don't want everyone in the world to see.