"What's Your Best Price?"

its obvious that from the sellers point of view the best price is the highest price he can get., whereas from the buyer's vantage point the best price is the lowest price enabling him/her to purchase the component.

so, if a buyer asks the question "what's your best price", tell him that it is the listed price, because that is the price the seller would like to receive.

if the buyer wants to buy the component, he will probably offer a lower price.

some ads do not include "obo" . this doesn't mean, a seller won't accept less than his stated price.

a little humor sometimes helps.

@Mrtennis... If the sellers only replied with "the listed price" there would be many unsold items. Negotiations are part of the process. That's how items get sold.

What I'm beginning to hate is making the offer on the "make offer" page and nobody ever answers you....No yes , no maybe, no nothing.....Then I'm stuck, I lose another deal because I can't bid.....I quess you could e-mail the seller and tell them that you bought something else, you with-draw your bid......I would think the seller wouuld try and help you out....But I'm beginning to think that they don't really don't care....

Autospec,
I recently had someone make a lowball offer (call it 50cts on the dollar), which I rejected within minutes. I then rejected it, only to get the same offer back (same price, same "buyer") within a few minutes. I rejected that one, and got yet another low offer (barely higher), which I did not respond to. Two days and one minute later I got yet another just a tad higher. Sometimes it is not worth my time to simply reject a string of offers which I don't view as serious.

T_bone

I don't think I got it as bad as you did with multiple offers but I did get a lowball offer for 66% off my original listing price which was below A'gon's bluebook value and last recorded price. I was also throwing in no paypal and shipping fees. Stupid me though I countered the person's offer and they rejected it. Luckily they didn't make anymore offers. I kind of wish A'gon put something in place where offers can be rejected automatically based on what the lowest acceptable price the seller sets. That and if a low-baller has sent 3 offers in a row they can't send any more. I've seen this on other popular auction sites and used it.

Good luck with your sales.