If the offer was a total insult I ignore it. However, for the most part, I will counter. What really pisses me off is when I counter and they accept and then they say I will send the money after my check clears in two days and then they go dark. Why waste my time if you are really not going to buy the component? This happened to me last month.
Does it make sense to "ignore low ball offers"?
Assuming the person wants to sell the item and is accepting offers (since he didn’t say the "price is firm") then why say "I will gladly ignore low ball offers" ?
Why not make a counteroffer to the low ball offer? Thats how cars, houses and most anything that doesn’t have a "firm" price is purchased.
If its because the seller doesn’t want to waste their time negotiating they should say so or simply grow-up a little bit and not get so easily offended by a low offer. Besides, a buyer has no idea what the seller is willing to accept unless you negotiate it.
I’ve sold and purchased a number items after negotiating from a low first offer.