"A rule broken is no rule at all."
"I've got nothing so I'll play with words"
A reply like that in response to a well thought out post is as annoying as the idiots who fail to read a descriptive ad and ask all the questions answered or make an offer when it says firm.
I'm glad you're not able to be a customer of mine and make it to a point of meeting me in person for negotiation when I put clearly there is to be no negotiation, humiliation would follow.
This is how I handle my buying/selling as well.Haggling is expected to me. Some guys get their panties in a wad when someone offers them 975 for a 1000 item.
If I'm selling, a simple "no thanks" is all it takes, no big deal.
Why is it bad for the seller to say up front "No I wont except any offer other than my listed price" If the potential buyer doesnt have the money to pay asking price or just hoping the seller needs money and can haggle them down the seller saves both of them time by saying up front they wont except offers. If the buyer likes to haggle or needs to stay under a certain number then move to the next ad theres plenty coming up for sale on a weekly basis if not every other day.If you put yourself in their shoes (I know, I know, that’s hard), that person is looking for used stuff because can’t quite afford a new one and it’s a hobby or none necessity so a long shot low ball offer in case that might work out. If the seller says no then that’s end of that. What if the item is 100 dollars and all that person can afford is 50 dollars so decided to make a Hail Mary low ball offer, that doesn’t make that person a bad person. If that person really wants it and have the money then that person will come back with a good enough offer.
AFAIK, we are all just wasting idle time here on the internet right?!?!?
Have we as a society become so soft that we are going to go on a tirade about a seller saying "I want this much money for my item and I wont take anything less so dont bother me with low offers". Its not like the ad said I wont sell to this religious group or this ethnic group or this gender.
Good one. Except when I’m perusing “the classified ads”.AFAIK, we are all just wasting idle time here on the internet right?!?!?
Why is it bad for the seller to say up front "No I wont except any offer other than my listed price" If the potential buyer doesnt have the money to pay asking price or just hoping the seller needs money and can haggle them down the seller saves both of them time by saying up front they wont except offers. If the buyer likes to haggle or needs to stay under a certain number then move to the next ad theres plenty coming up for sale on a weekly basis if not every other day.
I read the ad this thread is referencing before this thread was created. My first thought was this guy probably wont sell this or very fast anyway. I dont remember any rude comments in the post but in my opinion it was listed a little high and thats why I thought it might sit since he was clear about what he wanted for it. If a seller being completely clear up front bothers potential buyers they should just move on. Have we as a society become so soft that we are going to go on a tirade about a seller saying "I want this much money for my item and I wont take anything less so dont bother me with low offers". Its not like the ad said I wont sell to this religious group or this ethnic group or this gender.
I didnt intend to make it sound like you thought it was bad. I wanted to use your example about someone who cant pay the asking price trying to get the seller to drop the price. Theres nothing wrong with haggling whether you can afford the asking price or not. I always ask if someone can drop the price unless already explained in the post as being firm or no low ballers. If its stated in the ad firm or no low ballers then people should move along and stating that in the ad doesnt make the seller bad either. If the buyer ignores the sellers info and still tries to get the price dropped or complains that the seller wants x amount of money for their product then the buyer is in the wrong. The item/ items are worth what someone is willing to pay and the seller doesnt have any obligation to accommodate the buyers request to lower the price. The op is making a bunch of noise over something that shouldnt concern him and he says he sees a wrong and wants to right it. The op would be putting himself into the same category of being in the wrong by calling out a seller who stated things clearly to avoid hassles, wasted time and confusion. Like I already said I would back the op if the ad included stipulations about selling to someone based on gender, ethnicity, religion or something along those lines but I dont believe any verbiage like that was ever in that ad.Nope, nothing is wrong with saying no up front! Not sure how you got that from my post but nope, it’s their add and that that’s quite honest and up front. All I am saying is there is NOTHING WRONG with EITHER side. Why people get so worked up on either/both the add saying no lowballed and someone who may it have the money just giving it a go with lowball offer is just…..funny.
On the same token of my last post if you put yourself in the seller’s shoes who have got tired of tons of lowball offers it’s not hard to see why the seller would just want to get the point across of don’t sent lowball offers.
Thanks to internet many people are displaying in the center of universe and everyone have to be like me thinking.
qball, LOVE that quote......Thanks to internet many people are displaying in the center of universe and everyone have to be like me thinking.
No particular add, just those that say "Rare", "Hard to find" or "Collector Item". If I'm interested in it and it's rare, hard to find or a collector item, I already know it is and don't need to be told. And if I don't know then I am not interested enough to pay a "rare", "hard to find" or "collector item" price. To me, describing an item in those terms means the seller is looking for someone with deep pockets and I usually don't read any further unless I really, REALLY want the item.I'd like to conduct a poll. Please vote for your choice of the most offensive sales ad you've ever viewed in this forum's classified section.
I have a candidate in mind -- I just read it this morning. The ad comes with a disclaimer of: "Please Read Carefully".
I would never, ever consider contacting any person who wrote that in an ad.
Maybe the member will read this and edit the listing. Thus, increasing the likelihood of making a sale.