| Jeff Abrahamson on 19 Jun 2007 17:00:12 -0000 |
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This is really interesting. There's a much broader idea of what "or best offer" means than I had suspected. Perhaps we should be clearer on this list in the future what each individual "FS" poster means. In my case, it means "I'd like to get $300, and I've seen evidence online that sometimes this is reasonable, but maybe it's not, and I accept in any case that I can only sell to you guys (and maybe craigslist), so I'll take what I can." Even giving stuff away is better than putting it out with the trash. But I'm also willing to offer someone $3 for something marked $50 at a yard sale. ;-) Thanks for the several posts on this. It's really helpful to understand how broadly we interpret pricing in FS posts. Cheers. -Jeff On Tue, Jun 19, 2007 at 11:04:58AM -0400, Joseph Sands wrote: > [137 lines, 678 words, 4392 characters] Top characters: _>ineosl > > I think the reason people, myself included, are hesitant about > making an offer is due to using the starting price to determine the > offer. You say $300 or best offer, I think best offer based on the > fact that you want $300 is no lower than $200. $200 is more than I'm > willing to pay for a CRT so why waste my time with the offer and > possibly offending you by making such a low offer in comparison to > what you asked for? But that's just me and maybe why others do the > same. > I can't go to a yard sale and see a sticker on something that says > $50 and then offer them $3 for it. Must be my bad negotiating > skills. On Tue, Jun 19, 2007 at 11:21:11AM -0400, gyoza@comcast.net wrote: > [149 lines, 539 words, 4632 characters] Top characters: _>-ineto > > This confuses me. Does "or best offer" mean that if someone wants > it more than another person, the person who makes the higher offer > *above* the original asking price gets the deal? Maybe I was right > when I assumed that it meant the best offer even below the asking > price. I guess I need more haggle practice or a haggle dictionary. On Tue, Jun 19, 2007 at 11:32:16AM -0400, Joseph Sands wrote: > [191 lines, 633 words, 5423 characters] Top characters: _>i-nets > > $300 = I would like to get $300 for this item. Or best offer = but > I recognize that you may not be willing to pay that much so I'm > willing to accept a reasonable offer near my asking price. -- Jeff Jeff Abrahamson <http://jeff.purple.com/> +1 215/837-2287 After 6/2007: +33 06 21.83.26.20 (From U.S.: 011-33-6-2183-2620) GPG fingerprint: 1A1A BA95 D082 A558 A276 63C6 16BF 8C4C 0D1D AE4B Attachment:
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