Qotd: Is a private sale really private if you immediately announce it publicly?

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QotD: Is a private sale really private if you immediately announce it publicly?

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I guess it would become a public sale facilitated through private channels.

Reverse question, if an eBay sale is cancelled but still shows up as sold, is that now a private sale?

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Private as an adjective holds many meanings. A private sale is alluding to the first meaning (i.e., the sale was restricted to the group involved in the transaction by not being public), not the second meaning (i.e., that the sale was secret).

So yes, a private sale (i.e., one that occurred among a restricted group) is considered private if you immediately announce it publicly, because private is referring to those involved and not its secrecy.

Meaning #1

intended for or restricted to the use of a particular person, group, or class

Meaning #2

not known or intended to be known publicly

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I think definitionally if you make a private sale public then it’s public. Or maybe private sale but public information?

although that would make every eBay BIN purchase that was OBO a private sale with public information.

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Depends on the announcement.

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i always thought that a private sale meant that it was facilitated through non-public channels (i.e. not on an auction site) rather than it not being disclosed publicly

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Let’s say;

I sell my Pikachu Snap! Promo via an Instagram DM to a private collector, all things me and the buyer agree on are only in DMs including the price but I do announce on my Instagram profile that the card been sold - yes it is still a private sale

Do I or the buyer reveals the price we agreed on shortly after - not so much a private sale. On of the two parties wants to really have out there what it been sold for. Maybe for insurance purposes, for resell purposes, for internet points. But it is still a private sale, because no details like condition, bids, shipping costs, payment methods and everything around the deal has been behind closed doors.

Would I sell the card on eBay, with bids all would be public. Shipping costs are public from the start, every detail of the card is out there all the time and days, weeks, years after the sale that information is still available for people to research price history.