Why do so many sellers take offense to offers on their listings?

99% of all posts are by a know it all or deep walled listening to a salesman whit his thumb up a caramel apple and big grin in his mug to pass the time away

a few hundred off a $5k item isn’t insulting…… in my book anyway… but I am not well versed in Genesis…. 30% would have me looking in the hotel drawer…

The only time it's a problem is when a seller thinks his stuff is worth 95% of retail and a buyer that thinks 50% of retail is a good starting point. Anybody that starts off with NO LOWBALLS is just wasting my time. If you get a low offer, just say it's too low, you don't have to make a big deal out of it.

99% of your first post proves you will fit right in @vivivisrth8 

So correct, i would never sell my 1961 MC240 at 95% of retail ( $199 )…. i will let Dad know he overpaid….

Unrealistic expectations are the domain of both buyers and sellers….