"What's Your Best Price?"

Autospec,
I recently had someone make a lowball offer (call it 50cts on the dollar), which I rejected within minutes. I then rejected it, only to get the same offer back (same price, same "buyer") within a few minutes. I rejected that one, and got yet another low offer (barely higher), which I did not respond to. Two days and one minute later I got yet another just a tad higher. Sometimes it is not worth my time to simply reject a string of offers which I don't view as serious.

Baka1969, you are right, up to a point. It IS just business.

Tvad, I think this may be that if MSRP was $1200 and it is listed at $800 and you get it for $500 that is a much better deal than it being listed at $500 and paying "full price" for it. $500 is not always $500.

Tvad,
The Buyer knows what is "true" for him/her, and likewise the Seller. I think what baka1969 and a few others are saying is that whatever it takes to make the deal go through is what it takes, and the "truth" which gets both sides there is what it is. I should keep that in mind myself.

Nsgarch,
In my country, the personal money transfer function has been turned off by PayPal to abide by the laws on transferring monies. I am told there are many countries where it is not allowed.

Coltrane1,
I end up not caring whether I put OBO or not. Most of the things I put out for sale have no reasonable 'blue book' value, and I generally put them out at lower prices than ebay or any other seller value I can find. I ignore lowballers. I have mentioned this elsewhere but I once had a tonearm which I got super cheap and so offered it super cheap (about 70% off the recent Audiogon used price), and I included shipping. And then some guy comes along and asks for a further 25% off. I later sent him an email saying he was exactly a day early and a dollar short (I told him I sold it for a dollar more to a guy who responded a day later). I am waiting for him to offer 75%+$1 on another thing...