Sellers Obligation To Respond

No way can we teach everybody common courtesy. Just isn't going to happen. I responded to someone's 'wanted' ad. He had the price he was willing to pay. / I had the product. Next to brand new w/box and manual,offered to throw in a freebe cable and pay the shipping in my response.In his responce to me, I get 5 dumb questions on how it works and with what etc. like he wanted a review.Turns out he read a review I hadn't. Go figure??? Part of doing buisness I guess.

Avguygeorge, happens way too often. I'm selling a Seismic Sink right now, some guy wrote me asking how it compared to Vibraplane. How the hell would I know? Bizarre

I agree with all of the above. I will admit though, that I was taken by surprise, by the volume of email that an add can generate. I try to reply to all inquiries. Serious, lowball, screwball, repeat, you name it. But I'll admit that I'm not perfect and I may miss a few. As a buyer, I'll send a 2nd email if my first one isn't answered. If I don't get a reply, I just move on.

Jeff,I'd have told him about 4500 dollars apart, or what ever the exact dif.is. Mrd;sorry I aint blessed with your self control. I just try to respond with the same dedication as the sender;maybe a bit more.Generally,if they want to buy;I can tell. Just ain't up to bowing and scraping for the lookie loos.If I had to do this selling for a living;well,then I'd have to be polite to everybody, unless I worked ay Brian's place.

There are a number of things that could be said about the way both buyers and sellers should conduct themselves in the negotiation process. I've considered posting here what I think might be a number of helpful guidelines to make the process of buying and selling more efficient and effective for all. Perhaps I will one day. I had been more of a buyer for the longest time, but a growing stack up unused equipment has turned me in a seller of late. I've suddenly found myself much more sympathetic to the sellers out there. A qualified buyer should step up to the plate and make it known from jump that he's serious. "I'm prepared to pay your asking price in full and split the cost of shipping. First, I'd like to know the answers to the following questions:..." That tells the seller volumes about your level of commitment, and he can adjust the attention he gives to your email accordingly. I've spend up to 30 minutes researching and answering very detailed questions from buyers with my own equally detailed responses only to have the buyer turn around with a lowball offer that proves he was merely troll fishing all along. And sometimes, the buyer never even responds. I sympathize with Luc to an extent. Serious offers deserve at least a "No thanks" or "Sorry, already sold" out of courtesy. But some of the ridiculous offers I see don't deserve even that. Also, don't waste a seller's time with questions like, "Is this piece still available?" "Are you still taking offers?" "Would you consider an offer for less?" etc. Just state your best offer. Whether the piece is sold, or whether the seller is no longer taking offers, or whether the seller won't consider an offer for less are all things you'll find out just as quickly if you, the buyer, just state your offer. It's not a secret, so spit it out. The worst a seller can say is "No." In the process, you'll save time and bandwidth that could be better spent elsewhere. 75% of the responses to my ads are from people looking to get the component for a bargain if not a song. As a seller, your patience starts to wear thin after awhile.