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TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I once had some dude offer me $2K under blue book for a car and then taunt me when I told him it wasn’t a serious offer. “yeah right like you’re ever going to get that for it” he said. Got that price within a week and since I’m petty sometimes, I let him know
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 1 day ago
On the rare occasion that I make an offer for something it will be very low because that is what I’m willing to pay to deal with the whole ‘male an offer’ process. A low bid is a low bid, not an insult.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Then it would seem you are not like the person I’m taking issue with.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I tried to edit to clarify immediately after but there might be some timer before editing.
Your guy was much of a dick about you not taking the offer as the OP seller was about getting a low budget. People who treat ‘make me an offer’ as some kind of preset range and get mad that others don’t agree make the whole offer process painful.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 day ago
There’s no “preset range”, but I would agree that if something is worth anywhere near $300, an offer of $20 is akin to saying “come on stranger, I want this for free”
michaelmrose@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
It’s an insult you are too ignorant to understand is an insult. You wasted their time with your bs
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
If people don’t want to be ‘insulted’ by low offer then they shouldn’t present it in a format that allows for offers that are ‘too low’. It would take less time to reject the bid they allowed to happen than to write a response.
I have personally purchased at least one thing for 10% of the asking price (around $500) because I was the only one who wanted it and they wanted to get rid of it. That was what it was worth to me, I wasn’t trying to haggle or anything, just made an offhand offer when walking by.
michaelmrose@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
None of this makes you any less of an asshole