For Sale Forum Guidelines for Buyers and Sellers

The For Sale forum is intended strictly for buying and selling. Announcements of your eBay auctions may be placed here also.
Please restrict comments in this forum to those directly related to the buying or selling of the items listed in the topic.

Posts that criticize the condition or price of the item will be deleted.
If you don't like the price or the item, pass on it or send the seller a PM or email.
If you want to offer a lower price, a package deal or trade, do it via email or PM message not on the seller's topic. You may post "PM sent" if you like, but keep the secondary offer private.
Posts that are "off-topic" and not directly related to the selling of the item will be deleted.

Sellers may not request payment for the sale of an item to be paid through Paypal as a gift.

Reproduction, fantasy or other newly made items must be clearly described as such.
All reproduction and fantasy signs, globes, cans and bottles must be marked in a permanent manner for said items to be offered for sale on Oldgas.com. Your cooperation on this is required for future participation.

Auctions must have a specific end time and any other conditions defined in the first post.

We recommend that items for sale are priced by the seller. The vast majority of willing buyers expect it.

This forum category is for gas station collectibles and auto service memorabilia, which includes tire, battery, other auto service and auto dealership signs. Other items may be offered for sale in the Non-Petro For Sale category as explained in the Guidelines in that forum.

Bump posts to move your topic up the list - It all comes down to empathy and respect for the other members. By boosting up your topic, it pushes down the other topics in that forum. Practicing respect for each other is expected by everyone who participates. If the moderators feel that respect is lacking by a bumping incident, the bump post may be deleted and/or the topic locked.

Members who notice questionable behavior or violations of the above guidelines are asked to click the "Notify" button in that post to alert the moderators. Thank You.

Sounds good, Jim.

Added pricing recommendation to For Sale Guidelines.

From this time forward we will be enforcing a rule that all reproduction and fantasy signs, globes, cans and bottles must be marked in a permanent manner for said items to be sold on Oldgas.com. Your cooperation on this is required for future participation.

Bravo, Yay, Clap Clap

Awesome!

I could not agree more! Fantastic idea!

Super Idea!!!!!

GREAT!! FANTASTIC!! If I could think of better words to describe my reaction I would use ythem.Thank you!!

Jim ; you just hit a home run;;;;;;;;;;;;;thanks;;;;;;Ron

Added:

If you want to offer a lower price, a package deal or trade, do it via email or PM message not on the seller's topic. You may post "PM sent" if you like, but keep the secondary offer private.

Jim, having sold an item, any way to delete the ad??

Just post a reply that says the item is sold or no longer available.

Old For Sale topics are a good reference for members to look at what was available recently, pictures of items and prices.

Are items posted for sale here between sellers and buyers governed by mutual trust for shipment and payment between the two parties?
Thanks,
Robert

Yes, that is pretty much the plan. In many cases, the buyer and seller are somewhat familiar with each other through reading each others posts over a period of time.

Buyers and sellers should always be a little wary in any selling situation. Don't ship until the payment completely clears. Don't accept a paper payment for more than the price and get involved in a cash-equivalent refund of the difference. Buyers need to have reasonable expectations for time to have payments clear and time to make it through shipping.

Not every deal fulfills the expectations of both parties. We ask that a serious tactful effort be made between the selling parties to resolve the differences first in private by email, PM or phone. After that you may contact me and I can try to work out a resolution, but I can make no promise of a miracle. Posting the dirty laundry and naming names on a public topic on Shop Talk should be a last resort.

Jim,
Thanks for your response.Trust is the key,and I believe most collectors have the integrity to do the right thing.

How do I get a picture from my folder on computer onto my classified post? Thank you Rick

Here are instructions to use "File Manager" to directly upload pictures into your posts on our Shop Talk forum. There is also a link there to resize your image to 640 x 480 so it will work properly.

http://www.oldgas.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=129148

? FOR YOU.. I AM NOT SURE WHAT THE RULES ARE FOR POSTING OLD SIGNS FOR SALE. I APPRECIATE YOUR HELP. HAVE SOME REAL GOOD FINDS FOR SALE. MY WIFE USUALLY LISTS THEM ON CRAIGSLIST WHERE EVER WERE WORKING AT. FIGURED THEY WOULD GET MORE ENTHUSIASTS FROM HERE .

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP

Dean: Read Jim's very first post. It has most of the answers. Best thing is to post pictures. There is a tutorial for that in the shop talk forum help section. Oil and gas signs go in the for sale petrolina section and non oil and gas go down below in the for sale non-petro section. Post pictures and prices to get best results. Yhere is a values section where you can post pics and people here will help with estimates on value.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WILL TRY THIS.

what are the guidelines on posting a listing multiple times to get your product of offer back on the front page. just wondering

Our policy has always been that multiple posts with the similar content are not allowed. This obviously means posting the same message in the For Sale and the Online Auctions forums is just taking extra space up without adding anything for the community's good.

The bump post that moves the topic up in the chronological listing of topics is pretty much the same thing. Nothing significant added, just a post to move ahead of other members.

Additional photos and significant added information are always welcome as well as price changes and marking the item as sold.

The moderators have not put a priority on eliminating all bump posts because so many other issues need attention. When we receive complaints or when the bumping is repeated or excessive, it becomes "moderator bait" calling out for action. We have recently had to deal with multiple bumps in one topic in one day.

It all comes down to empathy and respect for the other members. By boosting up your topic, it pushes down the other topics in that forum. Practicing respect for each other is expected by everyone who participates. If the moderators feel that respect is lacking by a bumping incident, the bump post may be deleted and/or the topic locked.

I have bumped an item i had for sale before, but after waiting a few days. I find it very annoying when people bump items within the first 24 hours.

After some comments this past week, we are going to accept and encourage eBay announcements to be placed in the "For Sale or Trade Petroliana" forum OR the "online Auctions, eBay Petroliana" forum. Not both.

eBay Announcement Topics posted in the For Sale forum will be subject to the Guidelines of the For Sale forum, so no critical posts about the seller, price or condition of the item.

Such a high percentage of topics in the Online Auctions, eBay Petroliana forum are about repros and shady practices that normal legitimate auctions became lost in the traffic.