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

@jond i am pondering your generous offer, i can get back to you with my counter in a decade or so. Look for an email from getoffmylawngrouchyaudiophile.org

Thanks for making my Dad’s day……

@markpao hmmm. I think you are wrong. I have made numerous deals and I have made low offers that were sweetened as we negotiated. Not to mention a ‘no response’ makes me hesitant to go after other items a person has for sale. There is one dealer in particular that lists items over and over again. After no response 

from him a couple times I have written him off completely. 

When selling an item here on Audiogon and I make a counteroffer to a potential buyer, am I obligated to sell it to him even though I may have received a better offer while waiting for his reply?

ozzy

Dealer’s don’t have to sell.  They can always ignore low ball offers.  It takes more energy to pour scorn on a lowball offer than it’s worth.

@rhodes, still working on absorbing all that....*L*

If on the hunt, I study the market on it prior to.  If I think it's fair enough, the seller gets theirs and all happiness....  'Let's make a deal' w/ a 'firm' generally a no-start, obo begats curiousity why...

Shipping is what it is, but private party packaging can be a crapshoot.  Insist on insurance, or nogo...

No Returns?  PayPal it.

Mho....Buyer ought to beware, just 'cuz...