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Make offer just never ends well - here's why and proof
I run an ad looking for a Tron. This person emails me and states he has one that he has been teetering back and forth about getting rid of and says the machine has typical wear and tear, no burn in on the monitor and the rare red joystick and to make him an offer. Uhhhh huh. Ok then ............. Red joystick - rare .... make an offer without seeing pictures or in person. I had a gut feeling this was not going to end well.
I respond stating that everytime I've had someone say, "Make offer" it never ends well. In fact if I don't get a shitty response I get no response at all. I ask the seller to please state a price he will accept.
He responds stating he doesn't have to get rid of it and to make an offer - if he doesn't like it then no harm done. I figured it was a lost cause at this point but I'd try anyway. I research the forums here for price guide lines for Tron. I see Blkdog just got one - I PM him asking what he paid. I now have a solid and honest price line to use with this guy. Not looking to screw anyone - fair market value.
Friday night I respond stating the red handle is a Satans Hollow handle. Tron never had red - always blue so the handle isn't original and the game isn't rare. With no pictures and going off of what you have described I can only tell you typical pricing would be $450 - $600. He doesn't respond.
I just pinged him again this morning and he responds, "I will hold to it for that I am looking around 9". I thanked him for his time and wished him good luck.
So, I am not in the least bit upset in the fact he wants $900. It is his after all and he can ask what ever he wants for it. What I am complaing about is the simple fact this person could have simply avoided all this uneccesary bullshit and stated a price up front. He already had a figure in mid - but instead of comming right out and asking it he played me. And if you are going to ask that kind of money at least send pictures. No one in their right mind wnould agree to that much money site unseen.
Moral of the story - state your price, you already know a price you will accept. Just because you have time to waste doesn't entitle you to waste someone elses time. .
I run an ad looking for a Tron. This person emails me and states he has one that he has been teetering back and forth about getting rid of and says the machine has typical wear and tear, no burn in on the monitor and the rare red joystick and to make him an offer. Uhhhh huh. Ok then ............. Red joystick - rare .... make an offer without seeing pictures or in person. I had a gut feeling this was not going to end well.
I respond stating that everytime I've had someone say, "Make offer" it never ends well. In fact if I don't get a shitty response I get no response at all. I ask the seller to please state a price he will accept.
He responds stating he doesn't have to get rid of it and to make an offer - if he doesn't like it then no harm done. I figured it was a lost cause at this point but I'd try anyway. I research the forums here for price guide lines for Tron. I see Blkdog just got one - I PM him asking what he paid. I now have a solid and honest price line to use with this guy. Not looking to screw anyone - fair market value.
Friday night I respond stating the red handle is a Satans Hollow handle. Tron never had red - always blue so the handle isn't original and the game isn't rare. With no pictures and going off of what you have described I can only tell you typical pricing would be $450 - $600. He doesn't respond.
I just pinged him again this morning and he responds, "I will hold to it for that I am looking around 9". I thanked him for his time and wished him good luck.
So, I am not in the least bit upset in the fact he wants $900. It is his after all and he can ask what ever he wants for it. What I am complaing about is the simple fact this person could have simply avoided all this uneccesary bullshit and stated a price up front. He already had a figure in mid - but instead of comming right out and asking it he played me. And if you are going to ask that kind of money at least send pictures. No one in their right mind wnould agree to that much money site unseen.
Moral of the story - state your price, you already know a price you will accept. Just because you have time to waste doesn't entitle you to waste someone elses time. .
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