Why do so many sellers take offense to offers on their listings?


If you have the 'offer' feature activated then what's the problem with any offer. Comments like 'lowball' offers will be ignored just gives me a bad vibe. If your item has been up for sale then there is no insulting offer. I've made deals with people starting far apart and coming together. If you haven't noticed the audio market seems to have come to a standstill. Any opinions?

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Showing 2 responses by alanhuth

When I sell a used item, I mark the price as FIRM. My prices are almost always lower than others being currently offered. When somebody lowballs after that, I find it very annoying. It’s hard not to be rude to the low-ballers given those facts.

I’ve seen on USAM that there are people who seem to just low-ball everything. Occasionally they get a taker, and then the re-sell it here. Supplemental income, I suppose. Depressing. I guess you could call it arbitrage or market clearing.