Was I too harsh?

[Binky]

Considering his ad said $200 - I'm surprised you responded. if a counter offer isn't even in the neighborhood of my asking price I delete the mail.

here is the ad:

http://dallas.craigslist.org/ndf/tls/3628018507.html

Plasma Cutter - like new - $200 (McKinney)

[Sean88gt]

Clearly, you've never been through a series of negotiations...

[LANTIRN]

Put a fucking price in your ad or you have no right to be mad at low offers.

[bcoop]

Clearly, you've never been through a series of negotiations...

I don't understand people who get pissed by low ballers. I play the game for a living, so it doesn't bother me at all. And I'm way better at it than most.

[VaderTT]

Considering his ad said $200 - I'm surprised you responded. if a counter offer isn't even in the neighborhood of my asking price I delete the mail.

He changed it after the first few comments, it said $1 originally.

[Sean88gt]

I don't understand people who get pissed by low ballers. I play the game for a living, so it doesn't bother me at all. And I'm way better at it than most.

I think the problem is personal value - sellers have too much of it and buyers have no need for it. If he's asking $200 OBO, the thought of the buyer is "I should be able to jew him down to $120, I'll start at $80" and in the mind of the seller, he's thinking $199.95.

[Roscoe]

Every offer is the start of a negotiation.

[Rreemo]

I was pretty ugly to a couple of low ballers a couple of weeks ago. They wanted to quote me what my bike was worth per the normal 60 percent off since it was used. Fuck em.

You should at least put a starting point.

Agreed on at least giving a ballpark.

On another note, I've gotten so damned tired of the low ballers that I decided to screw the hell out of one a month or so ago when I had a forklift for sale....I looked around and priced the thing about $800 less than anything remotely close to it that I could find for sale, and was explicit that my price was firm no BS....yet I of course still had several dicks email with lowball offers....one of which just happened to email right as I was coming in to remove the ad (the same morning it sold), and he had balls enough to offer literally 1/2 what I was asking.....so I emailed him back and said, yeah man I think I actually priced this thing too high after-all, if you'll come and get it I'll take that, but you've got to be here by noon (it was 9am on a Friday)....I gave an address for an old vacant farm house that is about a mile from my place, and he replied he was on the way...never asked for a phone number.

He emailed back around 1:10pm and said he was running late but on the way....yeah, that much of an inconsiderate asshole. I replied and said No Prob!

The Dude eventually sent me an email around 4pm asking where I was...he was "at the end of my driveway at the gate". Instead of revealing that I was teaching him a lesson entirely I just replied and said that he was supposed to be here by noon, someone else showed up before him and paid asking price.

I probably should have revealed how bad I was playing him to teach him a lesson on that low-ball shit, but I felt guilty. So he probably still thinks it was his own fault for being so late. He never replied again.

[Sean88gt]

Every offer is the start of a negotiation.

I was going to over $105 with a full thread backfire.

[Roscoe]

I was going to over $105 with a full thread backfire.

Your time is coming soon....

[Doug Hatton]

Asshole! I was only 4 hours late!

Agreed on at least giving a ballpark.

On another note, I've gotten so damned tired of the low ballers that I decided to screw the hell out of one a month or so ago when I had a forklift for sale....I looked around and priced the thing about $800 less than anything remotely close to it that I could find for sale, and was explicit that my price was firm no BS....yet I of course still had several dicks email with lowball offers....one of which just happened to email right as I was coming in to remove the ad (the same morning it sold), and he had balls enough to offer literally 1/2 what I was asking.....so I emailed him back and said, yeah man I think I actually priced this thing too high after-all, if you'll come and get it I'll take that, but you've got to be here by noon (it was 9am on a Friday)....I gave an address for an old vacant farm house that is about a mile from my place, and he replied he was on the way...never asked for a phone number.

He emailed back around 1:10pm and said he was running late but on the way....yeah, that much of an inconsiderate asshole. I replied and said No Prob!

The Dude eventually sent me an email around 4pm asking where I was...he was "at the end of my driveway at the gate". Instead of revealing that I was teaching him a lesson entirely I just replied and said that he was supposed to be here by noon, someone else showed up before him and paid asking price.

I probably should have revealed how bad I was playing him to teach him a lesson on that low-ball shit, but I felt guilty. So he probably still thinks it was his own fault for being so late. He never replied again.

[dcs13]

You guys are right, I should apologize to the fella and make him a decent deal..He was smart enough to know I was kicking him in the nuts

[Rreemo]

Asshole! I was only 4 hours late!

that's cool man...things happen, I understand. I've still got it and I'll hold it for you....be here tomorrow by noon?

[Binky]

He changed it after the first few comments, it said $1 originally.

Oh really?

I take it back - you give $1 you are just asking for whatever people give. Guy gave a low, but decent price considering.

[Roscoe]

I'll give you $2 - double your asking price!