"What's Your Best Price?"

Sorry you think its 'moronic'. If you can't think of an acceptable response, then don't ever consider moving into sales.

The obvious answer...give your best price. What else would you expect to do? It's called negotiating. Sometimes I make an offer for an OBO item, and sometimes I ask for a best price. Depends on my level of interest in the item and the asking price. The combo of the two determines which way I go.

I will sometimes email a seller and ask for his/her best delivered price on an item to find out if they are flexible on the price and are willing to include shipping and or paypal. I hope I am not coming across as a moron. I seem to have good luck doing business on Audiogon and have never had anyone respond in an upset way.

I don't think asking "What's your best Price?" is any more "moronic" than asking "what's your best offer?".

Here,s a question back to some of those sellers ( no disrespect meant either!!! ) who are offended by the words what,s your best price . When you have researched ,listened to and read the reveiws which always state the "suggested retail price" and descided on your purchase when you bought it new , did you walk into the dealer and pay the "suggested" retail price without asking for his best price? Both sides here have valid points from there respective positions . Stating price is firm resolves sellers aggravation of emails for "best price" . I also read a valid point here that if the buyer states a dollar amount in his response to the add he would be taken more seriously, I agree . The best answer is always a polite one rather than the opposite or none at all . With so many options that this site offers for the same product at differant prices and the shipping costs due to greater or lesser distances to conscider, buyers do have options . Please don,t think I,m knocking any of the sellers on here for expressing their discord as without you we would not be able to access and purchase the great audio products you offer ! Buyers should be reminded that most of us have jobs and families and because the sellers are sometimes overwrought with best offer replies it,s easy to see that that would get annoying . Maybe if the site had 2 boxes to check when items are listed , one for price is firm the other for best offer would help . S.

I've only been a buyer, and I never ask that question, but of course it's always in the back of my mind. If I'm going to make what I consider a low offer, I explain my rationale, usually in terms of utility to me. Every purchase experience I've had with AudiogoN has been exemplary: Knowledgable honest sellers who have delivered items just as posted, and at prices far below MSRP.

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