Making offers and how low??

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1. Let's say that I'm selling a snow blower. I put a price tag of $75. Someone offers $50. All I have to say no or maybe meet half way. Maybe I'll tell the person--I do want $75, no less. It's a fair price for this machine. I may tell a person my $75 is not negotiable. Yet, the person make another offer, I would be furious!!

If I put a price of $75 FIRM on my machine and person make an offer, I would be furious!!

If a person asks what is the last I would take for the machine and I say $75, and yet the person makes an offer, I would be furious!! They asked what the least I would take. I said $75 so take it or no deal!!

2. Let's say that I'm selling a car for $2000. I tell a person that I got a offer of $1400 on the car. You can make an offer, but keep in mind that I got an offer of $1400 and I turned it down.

The person offers $1200. I would be furious!!! I turned down $1400 for it. Why would I want $1200 for it. Why do some people just not understand?

3. Let's say that I'm selling a bike for $40. I get a lot of interest in it. Someone comes look at it. They offer $20. I said I had a lot of interest in it so it has to be $40, no less. If you don't want it for $40, then you don't have to buy it. Yet, the person offers $25, I would be furious!! I made myself clear.
 
Just ignore the offers if they don't satisfy you.
 
why do you get angry? just smile and point at the sign - "NON-NEGOTIABLE"
 
I agree with banjo, jiro and pfh.

ignore it or non negotiable or take anger management classes. :aw:
 
I might be disappointed that I didn't get a price I want but I certainly wouldn't be "furious."
 
Let's say you're the buyer and not the seller. Don't you try to offer less sometimes? Do you expect the seller to be "furious" with you? Or do you hope that the seller might consider a little negotiating?

BTW, we have bought things for less than the original "non-negotiable" price, so it does happen.

You can't blame people for trying.
 
If you sell on CL, always expect to get less than you put on it. I've sold mattress, bed frames, random furniture on there and the key is to put the price tag 10-20% higher than you normally want.
 
naisho said:
If you sell on CL, always expect to get less than you put on it. I've sold mattress, bed frames, random furniture on there and the key is to put the price tag 10-20% higher than you normally want.
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Right, that's what I always do anyway.
 
dereksbicycles said:
1. Let's say that I'm selling a snow blower. I put a price tag of $75. Someone offers $50. All I have to say no or maybe meet half way. Maybe I'll tell the person--I do want $75, no less. It's a fair price for this machine. I may tell a person my $75 is not negotiable. Yet, the person make another offer, I would be furious!!

If I put a price of $75 FIRM on my machine and person make an offer, I would be furious!!

If a person asks what is the last I would take for the machine and I say $75, and yet the person makes an offer, I would be furious!! They asked what the least I would take. I said $75 so take it or no deal!!

2. Let's say that I'm selling a car for $2000. I tell a person that I got a offer of $1400 on the car. You can make an offer, but keep in mind that I got an offer of $1400 and I turned it down.

The person offers $1200. I would be furious!!! I turned down $1400 for it. Why would I want $1200 for it. Why do some people just not understand?

3. Let's say that I'm selling a bike for $40. I get a lot of interest in it. Someone comes look at it. They offer $20. I said I had a lot of interest in it so it has to be $40, no less. If you don't want it for $40, then you don't have to buy it. Yet, the person offers $25, I would be furious!! I made myself clear.
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If you're not happy with the $1200, then ignore it and hope someone else will match your asking price. Why get furious? Someone took a chance and made an offer. you don't like it? fine, don't answer that email. Move on.

I negotiate all the time. That's part of business. I negotiated at Future Shop on my son's computer - got a bunch of things added and had them drop the price by $400.

I negotiated on furniture at an antique furniture store - and got them to mark down their prices. Did anyone get furious? Nope, we had a vigorous lively haggling session and he got what he wanted, which was to make a profit and I got what I wanted which was furniture that I could afford.

I even negotiated on gas, electricity, internet and my credit card.

if someone didn't want to haggle, then I would think "ok, well, I tried" and just walk away or meet their price.

What someone said here about increasing the price by 10 to 20% in anticipation of someone making a lower offer - it's a very reasonable and smart suggestion.
 
As a buyer, I try to respect the seller. If a seller says $1500 firm, then I would not make offer. I would just pass on the $1500.

If a seller told me that he had an offer of $1400, I would not want to insult the seller by offering $1200. I may offer $1450 or $1500.

Yeah, I am aware that there are different ways to market items. For example, I would market my snow blower for $90 and then take the $75 offer. We are both happy.

Then again, many people don't want to negotiate. They want to find a rock bottom price. They don't want to negotiate from $90 to $75. They'll rather look for $75 price tag and buy it.

I've in the past offered $30 on a $60 item, but if a seller said the price is $60, no less. The price is not negotiable. I would not make an offer in respect to seller.
 
No point in being furious; it's a business decision both ways.

Doesn't matter at all what you *want* to get for something; the market will eventually tell you what someone is willing to pay for it. You can take it or not, but no point making it a personal issue.

I had what might be an odd experience years ago when selling a car. I put an ad in the paper, asking for about 10% more than what I really hoped to get. People came by and offered very low-ball prices, and I was not willing to accept those low offers.

I put another ad in the paper, this time with no price at all. Someone came by to look at it, liked it, and said "what do you want for it?" At that point I said, "What do you think it's worth to you?" She offered me a price that was EXACTLY what I had thought a fair price would be. We quickly agreed and the deal was done.

So sometimes you can do better by asking for offers, rather than starting with a price.

When it comes to fairly inexpensive stuff, what's worth more to you, getting stuff out of your garage/basement/home, and selling it for whatever you can get, or holding out for another ten bucks or so? Sometimes we all have an over-inflated idea of what our stuff is worth, and at some level, just don't want to get rid of it for less, even if the amount "less" is really insignificant in the grand scheme of things.

Be willing to get rid of things. Look at anything you get as being a bonus vs. just giving the stuff to Goodwill. We have these almost sentimental attachments to things that can be surprisingly hard to break, but if your ultimate goal is a cleaned-out basement/garage/whatever, keep that in mind, and it will be easier to accept whatever offers you get.
 
Being deaf, I kind of have an ego issue. You see, if I said that the snow blower was $75 firm. I do not want any less for it. You can have it for $75 or no deal. I make my message clear. I feel that my English is good and I make sure I am understood. That is why I get upset when people "don't listen" to my message. Maybe my machine is not worth $75. Maybe it is. I just hate it when people don't listen to my message. In the future, I may just list my ad for a bit higher price or "make offer".
 
My friend, it's got nothing to do with being deaf. LOTS of people have an ego issue when it comes to pricing. It's not about the potential buyers "not listening," it's about them trying to spend the least possible, while the seller is trying to get the most possible. "Firm prices" can melt away often enough; no harm in trying to bid lower (on both sides - you might want to try it next time you offer to buy something!)
 
You have a chip on the shoulder attitude, like a superiority complex?
You don't seem to like it if people don't respect you, but this is really common stuff when it comes to selling things.

Tell you what brother, welcome to the real world. That's just the way things are.
 
naisho said:
If you sell on CL, always expect to get less than you put on it. I've sold mattress, bed frames, random furniture on there and the key is to put the price tag 10-20% higher than you normally want.
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I agree, OP, you shouldn't get mad about someone just looking out for their own interest, you would do it if it was reversed.

I try to get the best deal all the time because most of the time people are trying to screw you anyway. I agree with Deaf Caroline.

Naisho, in case you didn't know, it's illegal to sell used mattresses in some states. It's a health violation.
 
dereksbicycles said:
Being deaf, I kind of have an ego issue. You see, if I said that the snow blower was $75 firm. I do not want any less for it. You can have it for $75 or no deal. I make my message clear. I feel that my English is good and I make sure I am understood. That is why I get upset when people "don't listen" to my message. Maybe my machine is not worth $75. Maybe it is. I just hate it when people don't listen to my message. In the future, I may just list my ad for a bit higher price or "make offer".
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being deaf is no excuse.

lots of businesses are doing the same thing what you are doing. The best thing is to sell too high like you prefer 75 bucks but sell it to them like 100 bucks. someone offers you 75 bucks .

or

be upset with people who offers lower than you expect.

its your call. :)
 
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