Which seem to continually be in danger of falling foul of the rule on the thing turning into an auction, if not in the PMs then via email which is not within the scope of the BBS administrators, could a Valuation Protocol be made up as a sticky?

This would have something like 'do a search on the BBS and see what the item has sold for in the past, look at gunstar and guntrader and the rest of the net etc' then advise to advertise at a high but downwardly negotiable price.

In the end you'll find out what the thing's value is when you sell it, or don't sell it.

Or something. I am sure one of the many business-minded types on here could make one up (those that speak of 'price-points' and 'margins' and so on).

OK I put on tin hat and hide now.