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  "What's Your Best Price?"
Maybe it's just coincidence, but I have experienced an increasing number of buyers lately whose only question is "what's your best price?" in response to an "OBO" listing. Should such moronic inquiries simply be ignored -- or is there an appropriate/productive response?
Jeffreybowman2k  (Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

12-13-06
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11-08-10   Then i'm the exception. i only ask if i intend to buy.   Baka1969

11-08-10   that explains why you have no feedback.   Tvad

11-08-10   I just joined agon but have 47 transactions at head-fi. all ...   Baka1969

11-09-10   You're not him.   Audiofeil

11-09-10   welcome. if your opening line when responding to a listing ...   Tvad

11-09-10   I agree with tvad that asking for "the best price" ...   Mrtennis

11-09-10   Soon after reading this post i received an email (just yeste ...   Markpao

11-09-10   I have to add that on head-fi (and on other hobbyist sites) ...   Baka1969

11-09-10   i don't believe replying with, "what's your best offer? ...   Tvad

11-09-10   Baka1969, you are right, up to a point. it is just business. ...   T_bone

11-09-10   that's pretty funny. in your example, both buyers paid $500 ...   Tvad

11-10-10   Tvad wrote; i don't believe replying with, "what's you ...   Markpao

11-10-10   Tvad, the buyer knows what is "true" for him/her, ...   T_bone

11-10-10   My "best price" is the most i can get. but circu ...   Macrojack

11-10-10   T_bone, i don't think anyone here disagrees with your point.   Tvad

12-07-10   Asking a seller "what's your best price" as your f ...   Jeffreybowman2k

12-07-10   that says it all, jeffrey. never negotiate against yourself ...   Swampwalker

12-07-10   after making 3 purchases here on audiogon, and perpetually ...   Noble100

12-08-10   "obo" means just that. make an offer--a specific ...   Don_s

12-08-10   I believe most here, including myself, who won't acknowledge ...   Markpao

12-08-10   I realize that my position here, which i am restating, is in ...   Trelja

12-08-10   I think some of you sellers would like to turn obo in to an ...   Sogood51

12-08-10   Has anyone reading this thread decided to alter his/her appr ...   Tvad

12-08-10   Sogood51, i am not sure if you were referring to my post or ...   Don_s

12-08-10   yes i have. at least for agon transactions..... ... one thi ...   Jea48

12-08-10   "has anyone reading this thread decided to alter his/he ...   Jedinite24

12-08-10   Don_s no, not directed at any one post. i think we have man ...   Sogood51

12-08-10   In my opinion, the market is fluid. as a seller (or a buyer) ...   Tvad

12-11-10   Lol! 4 years later this is still spinning....kinda like watc ...   Jmcgrogan2

12-21-10   Jmcmorgan, you're right, this thread was initiated in ...   Noble100

12-23-10   Has no one here on agon heard of, or used, paypal's personal ...   Nsgarch

12-23-10   Nsgarch, in my country, the personal money transfer function ...   T_bone

01-01-11   Lowballer's typically use that phrase as a water tester. &qu ...   Coltrane1

01-01-11   Coltrane1, i end up not caring whether i put obo or not. mo ...   T_bone

01-01-11   Nothing but sharks left in the pool.   Macrojack

01-01-11   With regard to best price you never know what is in a seller ...   Entrope

01-04-11   I'd add to the "what's your best price?" query the ...   Steveaudio

01-04-11   Hi steveaudio: the reason an item is sold , in mnay cases, ...   Mrtennis

01-04-11   agreed. a question from someone who won't sign their name i ...   Tvad

01-05-11   generally i only care if an item is available to buy for a ...   Entrope

01-05-11   I had a friend who infuriated me as every single time he bou ...   Nonoise

01-05-11   if the buyer's first question is something like "i don ...   Jeffreybowman2k

01-05-11   As a seller, consider this hypothetical situation: a buyer ...   Mrtennis

01-05-11   Jb2k - based on your logic the seller is also worse off beca ...   Entrope

01-05-11: Jedinite24
I've only been around A'gon in recent years. When the economy was good years ago did all this haggling and occasional low-balling occur? Part of me thinks audiophiles here are pushing harder for deals because of the economy and also to see what they can get away with.

I know for myself when I list something I try to keep it within market value. I'll do some pricing research here and on other sites to see what an item sold for or was listed at as well as condition and price accordingly. To my surprise even if I was around what seemed like fair market value to me I still got 30% or 50% offers below my list price. I still have not gotten the "what's your best price" bit at least not yet.

I must say though if a buyer worded the what's your best price question like how Jeffreybowman2k said it in his post earlier I wouldn't be so put off. Some buyers are very rude with their low-ball offers. No explanation or anything. I've learned to just play the game and counter or blow them off.

Happy selling everyone.

Jedinite24  (Threads | Answers | This Thread)


01-06-11   To those who have argued that sellers shouldn't let their fe ...   Dougmc

01-06-11   There's a special circle in hell for people who ask that que ...   Onhwy61

01-06-11   When you post an ad, you provide a price. if you also indica ...   Macrojack

01-06-11   Bin = no lengthy phone conversations, no irrelevant question ...   Andrewdoan

01-06-11   What's your best response???   Entrope


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