"What's Your Best Price?"

12-24-06: Jeffreybowman2k
From the website www.howstuffworks.com:

Car Selling Ad Terms*

OBO - This means "or best offer," which tells the buyer that you are willing to consider offers below the price you listed.

Source: Edmunds.com

Must be printed in the midwest. :)

I won't get into this again, as it's been debated before, and it really is off the WYBP topic anyway, which is really starting to get beat to death as well.

Happy Holidays,

John

I think "Best Offer" means best offer. That might mean the most money offered, or the offer that the seller finds most attractive. If someone offered me half my asking price and a two week stay in a Mediterranean Villa, I might well take that over a full price cash deal.
That may not be the most clever example but I hope it conveys the idea. There are more possible interpretations than the one that most immediately springs into your mind.
To take it a step further, imagine that you have advertised your Audiogizmo Thermal Dissipator MK II Rev.3A for $225 obo.
Member "Tipafew" contacts you with an offer of $650 if you cover shipping and PayPal. You can enail him back and have the money in your account in less than 30 minutes. What would you do next? I know I would take a few minutes to explain to him the true meaning of obo and insist that he offer less than my asking price. I've always felt responsible for his education.

A member on another forum site asked an honest question, check out his question and some of the responses. Is it because of the moderators here on Audiogon, or is it because the members here would not put up with it?
Was I justified in giving my response? I have no idea what the follow up response will be.

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07-24-05: Jeff_jones
Threads on both forums are prone to take off on sarcastic tangents now and then. Sometimes they are a lot of fun to read.
The key is to remember that it is not worthwhile to get upset when a jest strikes you wrong. IMHO.

Simple Response to You Jea48:

Lightin up, read things in context, and pay attention to responses to your earlier threads. You don't need to personalize things, and you are not a self-appointed moderator.