[Suggestion] Small change to [FS] Threads

[Sofistocat]

It's been a topic of discussion that has been voiced in so many different threads, often getting away from the topic and potential sales. I include myself in this pool of those deviating from the sales topics.

I would like to propose a suggestion to mitigate the opinions voiced on the "For Sale" threads. Whether prices should be posted or offers be solicited has become an addage that probably has no place in the "perfect" world. They tend to deviate from the goal of the poster, which is to sell or barter goods.

I propose a small addition to the [FS] bracketing to include something that suggests whether the seller posting the thread has assigned pricing to their items, or is soliciting offers, or both. I don't think there are any other variances aside from these three, but will not conclude these three are the only ones.

In my opinion, something as simple as the following may prevent conflict within the threads, something that happens on the regular. You all know what I'm talking about... Regardless what side your on, we can all benefit from an intervention. Sellers are missing sales and buyers are missing buys when the opinions start being posted.

My idea is to change the bracketing to suggest what will be contained within a sales page.

My thoughts look like the following:

[FS/S] = For Sale / Soliciting

[FS/P] = For Sale / Pricing

[FS/S&P] = For Sale / Soliciting and Pricing. And I thought the Standard and Poor reference came off quite academic.. wink wink
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These are only my thoughts and I can't speak to the coding changes required. My basic knowledge of HTML suggests it may not be too difficult. And in all honesty, I would compensate the time of those involved to facilitate the removal of the bickering, whether it be on the defensive side, or offensive side. If there is a disclaimer before one opens a sales thread stating the intentions of the seller, prospective buyers really can't oppose or support as much as they do, and the purpose of the sales threads can be maintained without conflicting parties making opinionated statements which ultimately can thwart the efforts of the seller and buyer.

I'm definitely stating all of this on the Reginald Denny mentality...

Thank you for the time and consideration

Mike

EDITS: grammatical errors, big thumbs suck...