The issue of lowballing... What does that mean?

In general I agree that staying "lowballers will be ignored" doesn't make sense but I wouldn't get upset over it. Please realize that many people here aren't professional sales. They most likely do buying much more often than selling. I know I am. Sometimes they may put in words without thinking too much about the net effect. So don't take that too seriously. If you like the item, just make an offer for the amount you are willing to pay. Most members here are very nice people. I am sure they won't send you a nasty email. If they did, well, at least you know who not to do business with.

I have found the vast majority of offers made to me on this site to be very fair and I probably accepted most of the them, if not all. However, I think we've all had annoying people who are more interested in bargaining than actually purchasing something. You could put up a pair of Magico Q1s for $20 and they'll offer you $10. When I get an offer from one of these types, I will just reply "No thank you" and leave it at that. Sometimes they will raise their offers, but I honestly would rather not deal with them at all. I think that once they get the item, they will attempt to start re-negotiating the price, because that's what they live for. I just don't need the aggravation when there are so many people here who are a pleasure to deal with.

I grew up in the antique business. (school of hard knocks). A women came in and made an offer on an item marked 325-. She said (to my mother) would you take 2 dollars? My mother said "this is marked 325 dollars. The women walked out embarrassed. It sold very shortly after for 300-.
Another time a women came in and fell IN LOVE with a rocking chair saying "it is JUST what I have been looking for!!", and how much? While I called for the price she was sitting in it and loving it!! I came back and told her 125-. She looked funny and replied "I am really looking for something much nicer"!! That one sold very shortly afterward as well.
It goes both ways and every which way.

Fortunately, whenever I sold items on Audiogon, I have never been "desperate". So, I investigated the "market price" for the item, remembered how long I have owned it or how old it was to determine how much to mark it down or mark it up in the event that it was worth more and started from there. I always have a price point whereby I will not go lower so, when some send extremely low offers, I always respond and tell that person that it is wayyyyy to low. If their offer is close to my price, I may compromise, spit the difference if it isn't too much, etc. But, all buyers and sellers can check the blue book values of items. It also shows trends, average prices, low and high prices also. I always try to price my items to sell, so I typically price lower than average blue book prices anyway. Some may think that I'm desperate when they see my listings because it is lower than average blue book prices (unless it is a rare jem and I won't lower it), but when they submit their offers, and it is too low, I simply tell them thus and that is it. I will not respond to a stupidly low offer with a counter offer. It (to me) is up to the buyer to present a reasonable offer. I will not haggle when selling. As long as I'm within the respectable used sale price range for the item, I can dance a little. I'm not trying to make money here, but I do want to get what the item is worth. Yes, it is worth what a person is willing to pay for it, I've said that here many times. But we have agreed to establish a rating/pricing system (blue book, etc.) and I use that. Most stereo stores definitely use it for demo and used equipment for sale.

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