Etiquite Regarding Response Times to Offers


I wonder if sellers realize that when someone makes an offer to them, if they wait the entire 48 hours to reply (or some significant portion thereof), they are holding up the buyer from using their resources elsewhere. I find that quite annoying. Either reply yes/no or counter, but don't hold a person up!

The 48-hour lock on agon creates a disincentive for a seller to make a counter offer too. If you make a counter, you have to wait 48 hours for a response by the potential buyer, therefore precluding you from taking other deals. The 48-hour "lock" is troublesome in more than one way. Agree?
peter_s

Showing 2 responses by jmcgrogan2

A lot of that is because of this wonderful Audiogon system. I don't receive e-mails from Audiogon telling me anything. If I don't go into my ad, I do not know if I have any offers, questions or anything. The system sucks for both parties.
Winoguy17, that sounds like they sold the item through a backdoor channel to me. They should have had the decency to cancel the ad though.