Do you get offended at low ball MMAO offers?

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As the title says, do you get offended when you post something available for sale with no price, only as a "make me an offer" and you get low ball offers? Doesn't MMAO kind of invite low ball offers? I guess I could offer 10 times the value and get the seller all hyped up and then never follow through.

For those that might say why even bother, well because I've had low ball offers accepted many times.
 
Just because I reply "go f yourself" doesn't mean I'm offended....necessarily.

But seriously MMAO means MMAO, if you are going to be offended then don't say MMAO. Posting a price and say OBO would be an alternative, but not for the thin skinned.
 
not really.
what i dont appreicate is when someone posts a wanted ad.
and when someone (like me) has what they are looking for and offer an item to them for example for $90 shipped (which is fair for "x" item) and the person who "wants" the item offers $20 or so and low balls.....way under the usualy price.
people often forget there is time and money involved in packing and shipping.
 
If I put up MMAO then no, I expect a low ball offer or two. If I put $x firm, then I just ignore lowball offers.
 
As the title says, do you get offended when you post something available for sale with no price, only as a "make me an offer" and you get low ball offers?

I don't get offended by low-ball offers in any context. I consider such a reaction to be a weakness.

When I get them, my universal response is: "Totally understand you want it at the best price, but I think it's worth more." *shrug*
 
C'mon were klovers, low-balling is in our blood. You could be offered a minty huo tron for $5, and show up with $4 in hand.
 
No, if someone decides to do a MMAO listing, he should expect to receive plenty of low ball offers. Come on, it's KLOV, we get low ball offers at times when there is a price stated.

Though, if a seller doesn't know how much something is worth, he should research on past KLOV sales and name the lowest price that he'd be happy to accept.
 
I grew up in a flea marketing family who hit yard sales like they were going out of style...so I learned how to haggle :p

Lowballing is part of the game. They high-mark it, you low-ball it and somewhere you meet in the middle.
 
Only once. I had a bunch of NOS art work available for sale. I had sideart up for $40/shipped per set, marquees for $20 shipped and bezels for $25 shipped I think. I have a whole bunch of WWF Wrestlemania artwork as well, more than anybody could put on one machine. I had it up for MMAO for all of it, as I don't really expect somebody to pay me upwads of $200 if I peice mealed it at those prices. The only offer I got on the whole lot was $25 shipped. I was only offended because of the fact it was less than I was asking for one set of sideart of all the other stuff. I don't even think I could ship all of it for less than $20!
 
Ill be glad that someone makes a cash offer, its so hard to sell things these days...I finally was able to sell my Astro City Cab, i had some people offer me lawn edger or some really old PCs...
 
In general I have no idea how much parts are worth. I just get frustrated if I'm selling a lot of stuff and when I'm done all the cash has gone to pay for shipping. But offended? Never, unless they are rude about it or persistent in a bad way.
 
One area I do get some satisfaction out of: people who think they're offering big money for something worth far more.

Case-in-point: a job I had in my 20s at an email management company. A guy called in with major "Help me now; your commission depends on me" attitude:

"I'm the CIO, I've got $5000 budgeted for a solution right now, and you're going to have to act fast to close the deal."

"Sir, our email management solutions start at $100,000."

Long silence. Then, a much softer "Whaaaaaaaaaat?"

"Yes. Fortune 500 companies buy our solution and get a return on their investment in 4-6 months. Might I suggest you check out the software rack at Staples? Buh bye."
 
Not at all, as long as the word "NO" doesn't offend the offerer.

That said, if I'm asking $100 and somebody offers $50, you likely won't even get a response from me. $80, at least your in the same ballpark!
 
I just delete them, which in itself is a waste of time. It just isn't worth the time to respond to only get a whiny entitled response.
 
One area I do get some satisfaction out of: people who think they're offering big money for something worth far more.

Case-in-point: a job I had in my 20s at an email management company. A guy called in with major "Help me now; your commission depends on me" attitude:

"I'm the CIO, I've got $5000 budgeted for a solution right now, and you're going to have to act fast to close the deal."

"Sir, our email management solutions start at $100,000."

Long silence. Then, a much softer "Whaaaaaaaaaat?"

"Yes. Fortune 500 companies buy our solution and get a return on their investment in 4-6 months. Might I suggest you check out the software rack at Staples? Buh bye."
Not at the same level but here goes.


One year I had a garage sale. Had a NIB toaster(I think we got it as a wedding gift that I didn't take back) this thing was worth ~ $40 new in store. I had it for $5.00 yes 5 dollars and I had this person come up to me and offer 25 cents. I told him I would get more enjoyment taking a hammer to it then sell it to him for a quarter. Come on I had to marked down already. If he offered me 3-4 dollars I would have sold it. There is low balling but this is just stupid.
 
LOL! Seriously?

You obviously think the item is worth something, so take the MMAO off and list your starting price. If you don't want to deal with haggling, better OBO that as well.

When I use MMAO, I just want to give it up to the community, but want an offer other than "free" for my time. It can also be an excuse to get the buyer to fire the first shot in haggling. You can't get upset in either situation when the initial offer is low.

Some people need to spend 6 months going to swap meets and learning some wheeling n dealing basics.
 
I don't mind lowballing. I do it, and I've had it done to me. If I don't want to sell it, I just say, "no." I expect the same in return.

As to why, my response is always the same: If you don't ask, the answer is always, 'no.'
 
Come on, it's KLOV, we get low ball offers at times when there is a price stated.

I lowball everywhere, I'd lowball the grocery store if I could. I don't get offended by lowballing so I wouldn't be offended by a lowball offer, ultimately the seller knows what they will take for the item for sale.
 
I always lowball and get lowballed as well,i like to ask the seller what kind of number he had in mind usually that gets the ball rolling.
 
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