"What's Your Best Price?"

I agree with the good input from the posters above. Responding to some of these "obo's" I only ask for shipping on light items or perhaps 'include' pp fees and some treat this as a half-price offer. So I guess you run into all kinds---.However as a buyer, if their price is in line with what I want to pay,I offer to pay the whole deal. So--- when someone responds to one of my adds;I figure how much they offer is directly related to whether or not they want to buy the item.i.e.--reading between the lines,tells me. Someone will always will take the item; if I want to give it away.

I used to respond to these requests with a reasonable discount, and in some cases offered to include shipping and paypal fees. Sadly, this never resulted in a sale, not even once.

On the other hand, in nearly every instance where someone has made an offer, I have been able to negotiate a sale.

So now, I use these two different responses to my ads to separate the serious from the non-serious. I assume the guy who emails asking for the lowest (best, rock bottom) price is goofing of at work; I no longer respond to these requests.

PS; I really love Marco's third response:

"My best price is going to be the one offer I accept. Since I haven't heard it yet, I don't know. Get back to me once I've sold it and I'll let you know."

Too funny.

Bob R.

I think Kotta gave the best answer to this question so far. Lots of ways to respond to people asking what your "best price" is: I'd suggest just telling them your best price--or saying that you'll consider reasonable offers.

I agree w/ Tvad. The response to 'obo' should be an offer, not a 'what'll you take?' request.
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