It's not the $20 in my opinion but rather the type of person you are dealing with. See the writing on the wall, cut your losses by waiting for another buyer. This one will be a loss one way or the other. It doesn't matter how you handle poopie, it manages to get on everything it touches.
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Another selling rant...when a lowball is annoying...
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Speaking of crickets. Took me almost a year to sell a fridge for $450. Peeps were asking if I'd let it go for $250 / to $350.
Buncha Yankees, too many people, y'all need some competition. In the South it's expected that people will dicker over person-to-person purchases and neither party will get their panties in a wad.
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"$1280"
Sorry, i meant to say $1300 is my lowest except for you. For you, $1320."
Sorry, i meant to say $1300 is my lowest except for you. For you, $1320."
I actually prefer to only not sell locally. But different strokes.
I think you're missing the point. Also, I am in Texas, but nice try.
SO MANY OF THESE LATELY.
Then I'll say I'll think about it. And if I decide to go for it, next day they changed their minds.
Its fkn INFURIATING.
I get that haggeling is a sport but man, it feels like theyre playing poker but when they lose they just go "oh u thought we were playing for real money?"
While I get that is frustrating and I've had to do transactions like that (and I'm not like that as a buyer), some people feel they need to feel like they got a deal. Got one over. It is also sometimes a cultural thing. My good buddy did "friends prices" automotive work on my college friends vehicle. My auto buddy gave him the price for the job and it included no labor. Just parts to be baseline. Not making money on friends. My college friend haggled him over it. My auto buddy does not accept jobs from new people that are not a part of the core friend group that he originally assisted anymore because of this experience. I do the same thing with IT help for friends. They buy parts, I don't charge. I don't accept new people into that group. I don't want the headache.
Seems like a very silly thing to get upset about. Now instead of having money, you just have hurt feelings. Over $20.
To each their own.
To each their own.
This takes a while to learn. Deep insights here.
It's happened to me countless times that a win/win deal was stalled because of minor fees like shipping.
Like, I even notice it in myself. I'm like "its 20$, it really isnt a big deal", but then emotionally youre so against giving them that last little win.
It's an ego thing I guess. In the moment it seems totally reasonable, but a few days later I'll regret not having taken the deal
Thanks for your input, but your viewpoint is somewhat myopic in my view. It was never about the $20, that should be obvious. It's about a pattern of trying to get more and more in a transaction that clearly indicates the person will be a pain in the a$$ to deal with if I go through with it. As noted above (since you clearly read the first post and that's all - fine, but whatever), this type of behavior is a strong hint the person will find problems in the shipping process and might renege or find phantom issues when they get the bass. It's all about the context - I told him that's as low as I could go, and he HAD to try for another $20 off. So he's the one being silly, not me. I will sell it, and I will get a good price for it. He won't be the buyer, and maybe he won't care since his behaviour strongly also indicates all he cared about was his margin for flipping it.
Nope. I've sold lots of stuff, and although this annoyed me, the decision was logical, not emotional. Guy was PITA and would have continued to be so. It's ony been for sale for a week. I'm not worried about it.This takes a while to learn. Deep insights here.
It's happened to me countless times that a win/win deal was stalled because of minor fees like shipping.
Like, I even notice it in myself. I'm like "its 20$, it really isnt a big deal", but then emotionally youre so against giving them that last little win.
It's an ego thing I guess. In the moment it seems totally reasonable, but a few days later I'll regret not having taken the deal
I don't get triggered by offers I don't like. I simply say "no thanks" and move on. Life's too short to get ate up over things I have no control over.
I was just relating my experience, not proclaiming it to be yours
As usual with these sorts of posts, I think the level of outrage here might be exaggerated, nor do I feel "triggered." This is not ruining my day. Heck, it didn't ruin my morning. I was just relaying something that I've seen before and is not the type of behavior that is conducive to getting a deal done. If you come off as someone that needs to nickel and dime just to "win," I don't want to deal with you, and I "move on," exactly as you said. I'm not bent over it, other than realizing, as I do so often, that lots of people are a drag.
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Meanwhile, there is a buyer telling the same exact story the other way.... "So I counter at $1,280 and he declines the offer! WTAF. I look at this as just trying to eek out every $ he can. It really annoyed me. He could have just accepted the $1,280 but had to try to suck every last $20 bill from the sale."
I know, I was just playing. I understand your frustration here and have encountered similar many times...sometimes even over $5. It is silly.
Yeah, just so everyone knows (I know you do), it isn't about $20. It isn't even about the principle. It's about someone giving you very strong clues about who you are dealing with.
