Part of the problem is many jack up their asking prices past market value . Someone makes what they think low ball offer and that offer gets accepted . They do the same on the next item for sale that is priced right and bam ! you have your low ball . Some blame can be attributed to the high price listings .
Audiogon Anti-Lowball Offer setting
Hey everyone,
I don’t know if you all saw this but I got an e-mail from A’gon stating they have a new feature in place to hinder insane lowball offers.
After you log in go to your Account and select Edit Account. Then scroll down in the Policies section there is a check box to automatically reject lowball offers.
Policies
Lowball offers
Automatically reject offers below 55% of your asking price,
I wish this could be user specific. I would have set this to 45% off of listing price for my tastes but it is a start for Audiogon.
Thanks
I don’t know if you all saw this but I got an e-mail from A’gon stating they have a new feature in place to hinder insane lowball offers.
After you log in go to your Account and select Edit Account. Then scroll down in the Policies section there is a check box to automatically reject lowball offers.
Policies
Lowball offers
Automatically reject offers below 55% of your asking price,
I wish this could be user specific. I would have set this to 45% off of listing price for my tastes but it is a start for Audiogon.
Thanks
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3 weeks ago a listing for a Simaudio w-5 amplifier came up . I had some interest as i owned the matching pre at the time . The seller was asking 2k . It sold the very next day for $1500 . 25% off original listing . Had I known he would accept that i would have made an offer or would have done a buy it now . The lesson to me is make any offer (within reason) . |
Valid points
maplegrovemusic and
jmcgrogan2. I think there are people out there who get off on the rejection and there are sellers out there who have created these lowballers. It ruins it for the sellers who list fairly. Oh well. I'm learning to just deal with it and when I see an offer on Audiogon I expect the worst rather than hope for a sale. |
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