Don't see any cons.. but how can you specify a buying for a steam account?
Buying for a steam account is easy - you can tell specifically what games you want on it, what sort of digits you want on the account, whether you care if it's verified or unverified, and what your preferred payment method is (Paypal, WU, RSGP, Trade).
There's no need for that whatsoever. The Runescape Account sales aren't split up in buying and sales sections either.
First and foremost, nice to see you back Sengira.
And yes, while you're right that the runescape account sales aren't split up in buy and sell sections, there are tons of other things that can be bought or sold in other subforums (names, levels, types, etc.) of that section. That makes it easier to go to a specific section and find
exactly (or near exactly) what you're looking for.
With our section (the Steam section) there is only one section. Some people are looking to buy specific things from that section, an account with only (whatever game/s) on it, and can't find it (or someone to sell it to them). Sellers are looking to sell an account with (whatever game/s) on it and shouldn't be creating multiple threads for it.
I guess I can make an example:
If user JaneDoe is looking to buy specifically an account with only Magic the Gathering on it, and gets no responses because the sellers are busy with their shops to sit and read every other thread, her thread will be buried under the numerous shops (which is what seems to be happening recently): especially with the 24 hour bump rule.
Now, user BillyBobJoe has had an account with Magic the Gathering sitting in his shop (and he is the only one that has that game), how would JaneDoe know to look in his shop? Yes, she could sit and look through every single shop, but it would be much easier for BillyBobJoe to look at the buyers and say, "Hey! I have this account! Maybe you would be interested."
I mean, it's not the perfect example but you get the idea behind it. If someone is looking to buy a specific game(s) at a specific price, it would be much easier for the seller to find them.
This would also help those who are looking to bulk buy games/accounts (black ops/CSS/CS1.6/(soon to be CSGO/MW3/BF3) - just like for the RS Gold market (buyers are always looking to spend less and sellers are always looking to get the most).
And even better examples are buyers themselves:
http://www.sythe.org/showthread.php?t=1209998
http://www.sythe.org/showthread.php?t=1213394
http://www.sythe.org/showthread.php?t=1210054
These are all people that posted today (8-22-11) and are already pushed to the second page by users looking to sell their accounts. Now unless sellers go to the second page, how are they going to know those people are looking to buy? Keep in mind these users can NOT bump their threads for 24 hours, nor can they create another new thread.
Oh... and this doesn't even bring in the idea of the Origin Accounts which will soon be sold on Sythe in the millions (and users looking to buy those accounts)... Yes this is looking into the future, but EA left Steam altogether and has now created their own platform (with BF3 being released soon - not selling to Steam).
