Originally Posted by
D1andonlyDman
Actually, I don't have that problem. I will make my offer, and in general, I have no issue with walking away if it's not accepted. There are very few items that cannot be replaced just as well with something else. But the fact is, I would NEVER simply accept the first price quoted to me, unless I know for a fact that it's lower than it should be and the item (or it's condition) is scarce.
Not even if someone indicated that's their lowest price? We're all made different, I get that, but I'd feel like a bull in a China shop if I dug under in that case. Sometimes there's more power in saying, "Yeah, that seems high for what I'm seeing, don't think I can do it if there's no wiggle room on that." It's worked pretty effective to test the water w/o turning off the seller. If the item is still for sale a few days later, I'll swing back and ask if they're still sticking to their original low-end offer if I've got cash-in-hand - like you said, lots of fish in the sea.