Mr angry ebay seller

RaymondLin

I want to ask him a question!

prowla

Item up for £160...

Me: Hi! Can you do this for £150 posted?

Reply: No sorry

Me: OK - GLWTS

That's all OK - seller is firm on price and it's too much for me.

dogload

Some people are just compulsive time-wasters I reckon.
I recently sold a Mascis Jazzmaster and had someone contact me (on Gumtree) more or less complaining about the fact that I didn't live near him and he wasn't keen on buying without trying first. I assured him I was trustworthy and had bought and sold many times over distance to which he started moaning about the price:
"I'd only pay up to £300 because you can get new ones for £470".
"Ok, well thank you for your interest".

Sassafras

I'm always surprised that people expend energy in being rude when a simple "No thanks, now fuck off and bother someone else" will do.

UnclePsychosis

I don't understand why anyone bothers engaging with this shit from either side of the fence really.

If someone sends me an offer that I won't accept I just say "no, sorry". If its close to what I want I'll say "no, sorry, but I'll do £x". Never try and justify your position, you don't need to. On eBay you don't even need to write anything. 

Same the other way round, make your offer and if the seller says no move on. There'll be another one along in a minute. 

soma1975

So what if you were polite and did a no,sorry and then the other person slags off your parents? 

ICBM

soma1975 said:

So what if you were polite and did a no,sorry and then the other person slags off your parents? 

Just ignore it and don't reply again. There is no point in getting worked up about it, you'll only encourage them to respond further in kind.

You'll usually find that the sort of person who does it is actually more frustrated by not getting a response, anyway.

Bennyboy-UK

I can’t believe this thread is still going...

Sassafras

Bennyboy-UK said:

I can’t believe this thread is still going...

Especially when I can get the same thread much cheaper on another forum.

Yoggie

A fortnight ago I offered a guy £1050 for a guitar that was on reverb for £1200. Guy sent a reply saying he would only sell it to me now for £1250... It wasn’t really the model I was after and since I have been looking on and off for six months I just left it at that. It’s still currently on reverb for £1200.

Then a few days ago something nearer to what I am after pops up on gumtree for £1500. I asked if he would take £1350 for it. He says I can have it for £1300 ..

 I obviously don’t seem to understand how this bartering thing works.

soma1975

ICBM said:

soma1975 said:

So what if you were polite and did a no,sorry and then the other person slags off your parents? 

Just ignore it and don't reply again. There is no point in getting worked up about it, you'll only encourage them to respond further in kind.

You'll usually find that the sort of person who does it is actually more frustrated by not getting a response, anyway.

Well whatever works for you. For me it was far more satisfying to let him know he can't have any of my stuff he was lusting after. 

ICBM

Yoggie said:

A fortnight ago I offered a guy £1050 for a guitar that was on reverb for £1200. Guy sent a reply saying he would only sell it to me now for £1250... It wasn’t really the model I was after and since I have been looking on and off for six months I just left it at that. It’s still currently on reverb for £1200.

Then a few days ago something nearer to what I am after pops up on gumtree for £1500. I asked if he would take £1350 for it. He says I can have it for £1300 ..

 I obviously don’t seem to understand how this bartering thing works.

Here's a short tutorial...

LastMantra

I just try to price things fairly. Not interested in bartering. I don't sell a lot of stuff though and never really in a rush.

viz

John_A said:

If you have some better offers, why asking me??? 

Just take a cheaper one !!!! Please don't send your stupid arguments,

No more, no more;
No more, no more

I’m hearing his response to the tune of Aerosmith’s No More. 

https://youtu.be/D-0UKJpzMWs

Yoggie

ICBM said:

Yoggie said:

A fortnight ago I offered a guy £1050 for a guitar that was on reverb for £1200. Guy sent a reply saying he would only sell it to me now for £1250... It wasn’t really the model I was after and since I have been looking on and off for six months I just left it at that. It’s still currently on reverb for £1200.

Then a few days ago something nearer to what I am after pops up on gumtree for £1500. I asked if he would take £1350 for it. He says I can have it for £1300 ..

 I obviously don’t seem to understand how this bartering thing works.

Here's a short tutorial...

Ahhh got it next time ask for a gourd to be thrown in.

LastMantra

A pick gourd.

danishbacon

A guy I used to work with had a straight line. If the offer was absurd, he would ask if the offering party had 10 of whatever to sell at that price as he himself would buy it. 

midlifecrisis

never bothered about low ball offers or if my offer is rejected. what does bother me is when someone makes a close offer, you accept then you never hear from them again.

axisus

Yoggie said:

Then a few days ago something nearer to what I am after pops up on gumtree for £1500. I asked if he would take £1350 for it. He says I can have it for £1300 ..

You should have haggled him up to £1400

axisus

In all fairness, he may have had 20 lowball offers already that day and was just a bit fed up of it. Not saying that yours was lowballing, just that you might have come at the tail end.