"What's Your Best Price?"

With regard to best price you never know what is in a seller's mind or their situation regarding a piece of equipment.

As a buyer you ask if the price can be lower than the asking price and the buyer decides. If the answer is "no" then neither buyer nor seller is in any worse position than when they started.

To many people take a negotiation personally and see it as win/lose or become offended at offers or questions because they have an emotional relationship with thier audio gear.

Others become offended by "time wasters" that is buyers with questions. If you don't want to field questions and offers then make that clear in our ad but at your risk because you never know where an offer will lead.

I'd add to the "What's Your Best Price?" query these: "Is it still available", & "Why are you selling".

This may be highly non-PC here, but at least on fee-bay, items usually either sell, or they don't. People may ask legitimate questions, but you generally avoid the endless tire-kicker questions.

Also, I tend not to respond to one-sentence e-mails with no name attached.... just my 2 cents....

hi steveaudio:

the reason an item is sold , in mnay cases, is the owner doesn't like the component any more. obviously, it would be poor advretising to say that "i am selling the xyz amp because i don't like it". thus asking why an item is being sold is usually redundant, and the naswer receieved may or may not be truthful.

however, how many are curious as to the reason an item is being sold ?

Generally I only care if an item is available to buy for a price I am willing to pay. But why someone is selling can sometimes be used as leverage to make a better deal if you are mercenary in your buying.