Folks, given the number of FS threads involving breakers these days as well as the fact they seem to be more commonplace as time goes by I think it would be good to lay down some 'Best Practices'. I've seen so many of them where it's simply a list of posts saying 'PMd' or similar which makes it very difficult to work out what has and hasn't been sold. I don't understand why we can't raise our interests on the forum and discuss prices via PM so that we all know where we stand.
Most recently I was frustrated to see that a new post had appeared and I was first to openly respond to the thread only to find that someone had already beaten me to one of the parts. It didn't seem fair to me as it wasn't marked as sold (provisionally) until long after my original post. Had the buyer posted in the main thread that they were intersted I would have had a clearer idea of what was still available, as it stands there's still no other obvious interest which may confuse other potential buyers.
In the same vein I think sellers should be more pro-active in advising what has/hasn't been sold and close the thread once nothing else is left.
I know this is more a personal buyer/seller situation but I still think some kind of guidelines would be good.