Don't take low ball offers personally. There are serious bids that deserve conversation and then those that don't. Move on.
But if you keep getting nothing, maybe you're the issue.
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I used to offload used electronics on CraigsList. I would deeply discount to prevent people from wanting a refund. Then every offer was like this screenshot. I gave up and now I environmentally recycle perfectly good gear that someone could have enjoyed.
I figured it's an issue with hagglers that haggle for haggling sake, and not about the value of the item.
If I want to sell something on marketplace, I put the price up, because I know somebody will ask for a big discount for a quick sale. I'm happy to move this faded couch set for $100, then I'm listing it for $200... and selling it for $100 to a person who offers to pick it up, too.
It's that kind of reasoning and makes haggling pointless imo, because sellers either don't take your lowball or they knew you'd lowball and charged high to start with so they have room to negotiate.
But as that one JC Penny guy accidentally proved, people love the illusion of good deals more than they love good value.
Very similar boat. I just find neighborhood kids and nieces and nephews and give it to them to play with. My nephew now has a test machine instead of destroying his main laptop with crap.
Why not switch to a different platform? The screenshot in the post looks like eBay and I'm pretty sure you can disable the offers option there.
We just got an offer for a conglomerate worth €700, that we had put in for €350. The first offer was someone who only wanted some of it (basically all of the good parts, which is 90% of the value), and only offered €100.
At least he isn't offering $0. When I put things for sale I occasionally get people PMing me begging to get the item for free and occasionally writing 200 word sob stories.
Do they ask for delivery 40 minutes away too. Then get mad when you say no
I had some leftover diapers from one of those giant boxes you get from Sam’s/costco. The bag was sealed. Easily about 40 diapers. I was giving them away for free. 3 separate people asked to meet up on the other side of town. I said sure but I’ll have to charge you $5 for gas. They all ghosted me after that. 🤣
Like come on I’m already taking a loss on these I’m not gonna pay money to give them away.
You mean 200 word AI results?
Reply with a 600 word sob story
I once had some dude offer me $2K under blue book for a car and then taunt me when I told him it wasn't a serious offer. "yeah right like you're ever going to get that for it" he said. Got that price within a week and since I'm petty sometimes, I let him know
On the rare occasion that I make an offer for something it will be very low because that is what I'm willing to pay to deal with the whole 'male an offer' process. A low bid is a low bid, not an insult.
It's an insult you are too ignorant to understand is an insult. You wasted their time with your bs
Then it would seem you are not like the person I'm taking issue with.
I tried to edit to clarify immediately after but there might be some timer before editing.
Your guy was much of a dick about you not taking the offer as the OP seller was about getting a low budget. People who treat 'make me an offer' as some kind of preset range and get mad that others don't agree make the whole offer process painful.
There's no "preset range", but I would agree that if something is worth anywhere near $300, an offer of $20 is akin to saying "come on stranger, I want this for free"
In my experience people will often offer $20 for anything worth up to $1000 and as little as $50, any less and they want it delivered for free.
The number of people who offered me $20 for my $1200 TV was staggering, and one woman wanted me to pay her to take my beanbag chairs.
That is some brazen shit.
Odds are just as high that the example $360 is an insultingly inflated price just like the $20 is likely to be far lower than what someone else is willing to spend on whatever is being sold.
I gave up on marketplaces years ago after looking for a reasonably priced PS3. The number of people who thought their original model with 7 Madden games was worth $500 was absurd.
Maybe I just tune out the high prices, but I don't notice as much of that
that's when you send the new offer of a whopping $21.37 and add "I'll even throw in half a jimmy johns sammich if you accept in the next 30 minutes"
that’s when you send the new offer of a whopping $21.37
Pffft. Next offer goes in at $19.50
Then five minutes later, "The sandwich is no longer on the table. You may smell the wrapper."
The sandwich is no longer on the table
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Weird. That works all the time on Pawn Stars
In the offerers defense that is probably a price at or above current retail for a product with massive deprecation and in moderate to good condition.
Ironically, the bid was for a gun which the buyer wanted to shoot himself with.
When we were looking for a house, we put an offer in on one and the seller replied that they thought the offer was "insulting". We thought that was rude but it was nothing compared to this.
A friend of mine put in a offer on a house a year ago - at their asking price - and got a similar response. Like don't make that your asking price if you're going to get angry when people offer that? But I guess all the houses around that area were selling above asking and they probably already had much higher offers, still doesn't excuse them being a dick.
We bid 10k under asking price because the owner ripped the place up and it needed tons of work. They said they would not accept any offers under asking. We thought about it and decided the house was in the perfect location and made the offer at asking price. They also were not happy about that because this was in 2021 and everything was selling for a ton over asking price. Thing is, those houses you could move into with minimal changes. This house needed abatement and a gutted bathroom and kitchen. We were the only offer and they begrudgingly accepted and tried every which way to nickel and dime us before closing.
I'm so glad we got our offer accepted before the market went bananas. The sellers were a retired couple offloading their rental properties and when accepting the offer asked to delay the actual sale for a few months so that it would occur in the next calendar year. In that time frame interest rates continued to fall and the housing market rapidly heated up so we got our house at a lower rate and lower price than we should have. It also doubled in value over the following 3 years thanks to the hyperinflation and overheated housing market of 2021-22
Some sellers are delusional and think their house is special and that it will sell for more than they list, even expect it.
There have been times where I made an offer and the seller countered and based on their contingencies, I got the vibe that they were going to be an asshole through closing.
One seller even threatened to sue even though I was fully within my rights to walk away. My response to my agent was "tell them to serve me papers."
Never heard from them again.
Jesus wept. "Let me sue someone for not treating this ruinous housing bubble like I'm royalty for deigning to receive offers of fabulous wealth".
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