NintendoAge http://nintendoage.com/forum/ -Sqooner Potential score of the century? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=29&threadid=36511 2010-07-26T21:24:02 -05.00 Retroscribe81 75 Aw, you guys, trying to make the noob all welcome and stuff.

Anyhow, glad it looks like he bought the game and got a great deal on it. Thanks for sharing--I always love hearing about people's great deals.

]]> Potential score of the century? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=29&threadid=36511 2010-07-26T19:22:06 -05.00 Retroscribe81 75 Potential score of the century? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=29&threadid=36511 2010-07-26T19:04:08 -05.00 Retroscribe81 75 Originally posted by: guillavoie

Hahaha, I think I've responded a couple times with a "one dollar under BIN price" as well.

Ususally I just let the offer remain there until it expires. Well thought, a one dollar offer is still a pending offer and might push somebody else to offer his price. So basically I consider these lowballers as more helpful than anything.

I usually let them sit for the same reason. But a few times when, as Dan said, they are intentionally trying to piss me off, I'll counter 1 penny under the BIN. Then when they counter again, I'll drop it ANOTHER penny with a "You'd be crazy to pass up a deal like this" message.  
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Usually I just let the offer remain there until it expires. Well thought, a one dollar offer is still a pending offer and might push somebody else to offer his price. So basically I consider these lowballers as more helpful than anything. ]]> Potential score of the century? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=29&threadid=36511 2010-07-26T18:38:35 -05.00 Retroscribe81 75 Originally posted by: guillavoie

I don't know what Jonas is trying to prove with his lowball hating philosophy. I personally received hundreds of lowballs offer on valuable item over time, and never responded negatively or get pissed for it. I usually simply answer what I think about the item, and why it should be worth way more than what they were offering.
Sometimes, they just realize it's out of their spending range, say thank you and it's done. Sometimes, they just read  their offer according to my view, and I ended doing some relatively nice sales that started with ridiculous lowball offer.
I agree with Qix, you got to show you're the bigger man and be nice whatever happens.
I would even say that over time, I became less and less susceptible about lowball offers on my valuable items.


great attitude.  let me ask you this.   how do you deal with people that are doing it just to piss you off.   Like when you list something worth about your BIN (Say 1000) but maybe not too many people know its valuable and they offer you $1 and you know they are just doing it to piss you off because they think (but are wrong) that the price is way off.   Like say on a rare sealed black box where the collector is used to seeing it cib for 50 and incorrectly thinks it must be only a hundred or two sealed.     I usually respond by counter offering $999 heheh.



]]> Potential score of the century? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=29&threadid=36511 2010-07-26T18:10:23 -05.00 Retroscribe81 75 Originally posted by: American Dreams

As someone who buys and sells stuff other than video games, I tend to do everything I can to let the seller---the person who has inherently said, I make a living by coming up with prices for things and hoping that you pay them---set the price and go from there.

We all know how the song and dance goes...."How much you want for it?" "Well, what's it worth to you?" In these instances I try to cut the tension with something like, "Hey, I can't buy it AND sell it." If that gets no response, I usually try to feel them out with a "Well, what do you have in it?" Most people don't want to volunteer that information or do but tack on some profit to it.

Another good one as the situation escalates is to say, "Well, I don't bargain against myself--what were you hoping to get?"

Whatever the case may be, I think it's immensely powerful to get the seller to set the price because value is relative to everyone, but if a seller does his/her job and sets the price, no one's feelings are going to get hurt and you can do other deals later.

I'll leave you with a quick story...friend of mine was at an auction bidding on Civil War calvary swords. Just a guy's house, swords passed down through the family, no one knew what they were any more, etc. etc. Bidding started at $10. Got up near a thousand or so (the price he knew he'd have a buyer at) as one other guy just matched him dollar for dollar. He finally let them go, the guy won. My friend asked him later, "Sir, do you know what you've got there?"

"My buddy's swords. They hung over his fireplace for years. I don't know why you wanted them so bad, but I was prepared to give anything for them because I knew how much he liked them." He had no idea their open market value, just their "value" to him.

Collecting goes like that sometime.

Hopefully I was helpful....long-time lurker, infrequent commenter. This site is awesome.

KSK
Really great post!

]]> Potential score of the century? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=29&threadid=36511 2010-07-26T17:04:54 -05.00 Retroscribe81 75 Originally posted by: American Dreams

As someone who buys and sells stuff other than video games, I tend to do everything I can to let the seller---the person who has inherently said, I make a living by coming up with prices for things and hoping that you pay them---set the price and go from there.

We all know how the song and dance goes...."How much you want for it?" "Well, what's it worth to you?" In these instances I try to cut the tension with something like, "Hey, I can't buy it AND sell it." If that gets no response, I usually try to feel them out with a "Well, what do you have in it?" Most people don't want to volunteer that information or do but tack on some profit to it.

Another good one as the situation escalates is to say, "Well, I don't bargain against myself--what were you hoping to get?"

Whatever the case may be, I think it's immensely powerful to get the seller to set the price because value is relative to everyone, but if a seller does his/her job and sets the price, no one's feelings are going to get hurt and you can do other deals later.

I'll leave you with a quick story...friend of mine was at an auction bidding on Civil War calvary swords. Just a guy's house, swords passed down through the family, no one knew what they were any more, etc. etc. Bidding started at $10. Got up near a thousand or so (the price he knew he'd have a buyer at) as one other guy just matched him dollar for dollar. He finally let them go, the guy won. My friend asked him later, "Sir, do you know what you've got there?"

"My buddy's swords. They hung over his fireplace for years. I don't know why you wanted them so bad, but I was prepared to give anything for them because I knew how much he liked them." He had no idea their open market value, just their "value" to him.

Collecting goes like that sometime.

Hopefully I was helpful....long-time lurker, infrequent commenter. This site is awesome.

KSKGreat post.  I enjoyed reading that.  Thanks for sharing.


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We all know how the song and dance goes...."How much you want for it?" "Well, what's it worth to you?" In these instances I try to cut the tension with something like, "Hey, I can't buy it AND sell it." If that gets no response, I usually try to feel them out with a "Well, what do you have in it?" Most people don't want to volunteer that information or do but tack on some profit to it.

Another good one as the situation escalates is to say, "Well, I don't bargain against myself--what were you hoping to get?"

Whatever the case may be, I think it's immensely powerful to get the seller to set the price because value is relative to everyone, but if a seller does his/her job and sets the price, no one's feelings are going to get hurt and you can do other deals later.

I'll leave you with a quick story...friend of mine was at an auction bidding on Civil War calvary swords. Just a guy's house, swords passed down through the family, no one knew what they were any more, etc. etc. Bidding started at $10. Got up near a thousand or so (the price he knew he'd have a buyer at) as one other guy just matched him dollar for dollar. He finally let them go, the guy won. My friend asked him later, "Sir, do you know what you've got there?"

"My buddy's swords. They hung over his fireplace for years. I don't know why you wanted them so bad, but I was prepared to give anything for them because I knew how much he liked them." He had no idea their open market value, just their "value" to him.

Collecting goes like that sometime.

Hopefully I was helpful....long-time lurker, infrequent commenter. This site is awesome.

KSK ]]> Potential score of the century? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=29&threadid=36511 2010-07-26T16:07:06 -05.00 Retroscribe81 75