Audiogon Anti-Lowball Offer setting


Hey everyone,

I don’t know if you all saw this but I got an e-mail from A’gon stating they have a new feature in place to hinder insane lowball offers.

After you log in go to your Account and select Edit Account. Then scroll down in the Policies section there is a check box to automatically reject lowball offers.


Policies

Lowball offers

Automatically reject offers below 55% of your asking price,

I wish this could be user specific. I would have set this to 45% off of listing price for my tastes but it is a start for Audiogon.

Thanks
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Showing 1 response by b_limo

I’m currently trying to sell an Anthem I225.  I’ve had 7 people over the past 2 days say they are buying it.  I answer all their questions, e-mail back and forth and then they go cold. 
I’ve only done this one time and I felt horrible about it and in retrospect, probably should have gone through with the purchase.  I have never arrived somewhere, demo’d a unit and then negotiated further after we had already arrived at a price.  I friggin hate that, especially because I sell my stuff at lower than average prices.  
I’m going to try to sell my Anthem today at the same low price that the others beat me down to, to another new buyer.  I figure if I’m giving someone a good deal, it’s not going to be the low ballers.

The way people place little to no monetary value on experience and knowledge is quite telling of the buyer.  I’m saying this in response to people wasting sellers time (usually at brick and morter stores) milking them for info and demo’s only to go buy from the lowest price seller.  Most people would dis their grandma in order to save $5.