Originally Posted by
FluffNStuff
"Merchants" who don't know how to negotiate. If I ask I the price and they say 'offer', of course I am gonna offer the lowest. Then they just say ... 'No thanks?' What is that? Where is the counter offer? The give an take. The meet in the middle? What were they expecting? When someone says offer, they are asking you to bid against no one, so yes, 40% market is a good place to start. 100%? Why would anyone START at 100%? Unless there is more then one person yelling to buy, I just don't see it.
Edit. Realized 40% is stupid. 80% offers that get ignored bother me, but when selling, I do get those true lowballs. Basically the person either does not know the value of the item or more likely hopes you don't. Either way their not worth your time. My usual response to them is "Buying locks 1K".