What is "low ball"

01-29-12: Polk432
Agon has fees. Just ask them. I agree with Hevac. Either have the money or butt out.
Polk432 (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

Either have the money or butt out. Real classy.

Make up your mind. You stated Audiomart.

If anyone thinks prices are too high, then just move on. Why make an offer to someone that is selling something for way too much money, even if they come down to your price? Just move on, there will be something else for sale later on.

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A low offer is an insult? Really? An insult?

You put something up for sale on the internet and then you get offended when somebody makes an offer you decide is too low?

Ignore them if you want but to get offended is really pretty silly.

I've sold a lot of stuff here and closed deals with people who initially made very low offers. I have no problem with negotiating. The buyer needs to start somewhere and it has to be no higher than they are willing to pay. I don't care if they offer me 10% of what I ask. It is a start and if I counter offer I still might make the sale. If I ignore them or worse yet send back a scathing response calling them a bottom feeder or worse what does that accomplish?

If you don't want to negotiate then say firm and ignore the offers but to get offended is ridiculous. If you get offended that easily you might want to consider turning off your computer and avoiding the internet.

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Herman, if you are referring to my post, I myself am not offended by any offers of items I have sold in the past. Like another poster mentioned, some of these offers are so ridiculous, you just have to laugh. I was recounting an episode that happened to me when I was making an $1100 offer on speaker cables and the seller was asking for $1200. The seller was upset and let me know about it. Apparently an 8% reduction was a big thing to him. As a buyer, I have never asked the seller to pay for shipping and have even haggled over the Pay Pal fees which many sellers pass to the buyer. As a seller, I did not ask for the buyer to pay the Pay Pal fees, only the shipping cost.