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[Eternauta]

I believe it would be useful to add a new "Bartering" section in The Market, for those who are willing to exchange goods or services without being interesting in making any money (caps) movement.

[Michaelh139]

Ahah!  Another good subforum suggestion.  Kudos.

Buy/Sell/Auction directly points towards a type of currency.  (Caps, Drugs,)

Bartering involves anything of ownership.

[kraskish]

so why cant you post in those buy/sell? name topic barter or whatever

[Surf]

so why cant you post in those buy/sell? name topic barter or whatever

Because they were supposed to be read only/People exchange PMs from the very beginning.

[Stration]

DUH!

That's what happens when changes to the forum are made by people who never actually use the forum (or even play the game).

YES, WE *DO* NEED A  BARTERING SECTION. IT'S SO OBVIOUS IT ALMOST HURTS.

[Lexx]

I do not see why it cannot be posted in Sell / Buy / Auction board.

What next? "Trading" and "Stealing"?

[Stration]

I do not see why it cannot be posted in Sell / Buy / Auction board.

Consider the following: you have a leather armor, and you want to trade it for 100 pieces of 10mm JHP ammo. Where do you post your offer? In 'Sell', because you want to get rid of your leather armor, or in 'Buy', because you're interested in obtaining 100 pieces of ammo?

That's right, you have no idea, and neither does anyone else. You'll probably post it in both, wondering why there's no such thing as 'Barter(ing)' board.

[Lexx]

If you know what you want to have, you might be able to put it into buying. If you don't know what you want to have or don't care, you put it into selling. That's at least my try at it.

[Stration]

If you know what you want to have, you might be able to put it into buying. If you don't know what you want to have or don't care, you put it into selling. That's at least my try at it.

What you've written is completely reasonable, but you're forgetting that buying and selling both imply exchanging items for money rather than other items, meaning that the names of the boards as they are now are inaccurate. If adding another one is really such a daunting task, I suggest renaming 'Buy' to 'Buying and Trading,' which seems to be a viable solution to the problem.

[Eternauta]

I do not see why it cannot be posted in Sell / Buy / Auction board.

[trading form]->[main characteristic]
Buy/Sell -> need money
Auction -> use of bids
Barter -> no money

What next? "Trading" and "Stealing"?

Was this needed...?

What's more, buy/sell/auction/barter, all concepts are more related to the exchange of goods than services. So if we wanted it to be exact we would also need a "Services" section (maybe even "Services wanted"/"Services offered", same way we got Buy/Sell).

What was the reason for separating Buy, Sell and Auction in the first place? I bet it's to make it even easier to find what you are actually looking for. If so, what is so wrong about my suggestion?

[LagMaster]

Just add this in your post:

Current accepted items for purchase:

Caps
10mm JPG
CLJ
slaves
etc...

[Eternauta]

Just add this in your post:

However the creation of a new board "The Market" with separated Buy, Sell and Auction sections was made, I suppose, to make it easier to look for what you actually want. This suggestion is inspired by the same idea.

[naossano]

Great idea. (or, at least, well needed)

[Stration]