Question about the Car Seat Swap

Northriver · Jun 9, 2009

sorry, I don't know where to post this and I'm super confused.

I can't use the carseat swap, I'm not a senior community member. How do I get to be a senior community member? What is a reputation point?

I only want to do a price check for a MA Mariposa with a 3/07 DOM!

Since I can't request that information on the Car Seat Swap, where would I get some idea of what that seat would be worth? My sister is selling hers to my friend and I thought I could ask here, but now that I see I'm not allowed to ask, I'm feeling caught in the middle...

Northriver · Jun 9, 2009

Oh, I think I have a disabled reputation. That cannot be good, LOL!

Northriver · Jun 9, 2009

Ok, I enabled my reputation points, but I only have 19, I guess I need 50 to post on the carseat swap.

So what are reputation points and how do I get to 50 so I can post?

If someone can tell me where I should have posted this question, please do, I'm just really confused right now.

skipspin · Jun 9, 2009

Here are the swap guidelines:

Senior Community Members, Technical Professionals and subscribers may submit new threads (wanted, for sale, for trade, price checks) in the Carseat Swap (Carseats and CPS related) and Swap-O-Rama (all other items) sub-forums. Senior Community Members are Community Members who have been registered for 1 year, have 100 posts and 50 reputation points. No exceptions will be made. Anything resembling a for sale, for trade, in search of or price check post on other forums will be edited or removed at the discretion of the moderators.

You get reputation points from other registered members. Usually they are given when you answer questions well or are generally helpful, but they can be given by any member for any reason. To give them you click on the "scale" at the top of the post. You can go in your UserCP and see what the rep points you have are from. There are more details in this thread: http://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=8944

Hope that helps.

momto2princes · Jun 9, 2009

I can tell you how I would figure out the price for a carseat.

I am in Canada so the price is different but it will at least get the point across

New the MA is $300 and it has a 6 year life so it is worth $50/per year. Multiply how much life the seat has left by the yearly rate and that should give you a starting point as to how much you would want to pay for it.
ie. if it was manufactured in mid 2005 it is 4 years old and has 2 years left $100 would be fair give or take based on the the condition of the cover etc.

I hope that helps!

bree · Jun 9, 2009

You can find the formula for figuring out the value of the seat in this thread: http://car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=72056&highlight=formula+seat

Northriver · Jun 9, 2009

Ok, so basically it will likely take years to get to 50 reputation points to be able to do a price check on the car seat swap.

So can someone please tell me how to value a used carseat to sell to a friend?
How do you decide on a fair value?

Northriver · Jun 9, 2009

bree said:
You can find the formula for figuring out the value of the seat in this thread: http://car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=72056&highlight=formula+seat

Oh, great, thanks so much to you both, bree and momto2princes! We were all posting at the same time, so please disregard my last post.

I really appreciate your help!

SafeDad · Jun 9, 2009

Northriver said:
sorry, I don't know where to post this and I'm super confused.

I can't use the carseat swap, I'm not a senior community member. How do I get to be a senior community member? What is a reputation point?

I only want to do a price check for a MA Mariposa with a 3/07 DOM!

Since I can't request that information on the Car Seat Swap, where would I get some idea of what that seat would be worth? My sister is selling hers to my friend and I thought I could ask here, but now that I see I'm not allowed to ask, I'm feeling caught in the middle...

The various announcements in the Shopping and Swap forums have some basic information on this. Unfortunately, "Price Checks" have been abused enough as a way around using the Swap forum in the past that they are now also to be placed in the Swap forum. Aside from the advice you have been given, ebay and craigslist can also be used for pricing used merchandise of all types.

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