What is "low ball"

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A low offer is an insult? Really? An insult?

You put something up for sale on the internet and then you get offended when somebody makes an offer you decide is too low?

Ignore them if you want but to get offended is really pretty silly.

I've sold a lot of stuff here and closed deals with people who initially made very low offers. I have no problem with negotiating. The buyer needs to start somewhere and it has to be no higher than they are willing to pay. I don't care if they offer me 10% of what I ask. It is a start and if I counter offer I still might make the sale. If I ignore them or worse yet send back a scathing response calling them a bottom feeder or worse what does that accomplish?

If you don't want to negotiate then say firm and ignore the offers but to get offended is ridiculous. If you get offended that easily you might want to consider turning off your computer and avoiding the internet.

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Herman, if you are referring to my post, I myself am not offended by any offers of items I have sold in the past. Like another poster mentioned, some of these offers are so ridiculous, you just have to laugh. I was recounting an episode that happened to me when I was making an $1100 offer on speaker cables and the seller was asking for $1200. The seller was upset and let me know about it. Apparently an 8% reduction was a big thing to him. As a buyer, I have never asked the seller to pay for shipping and have even haggled over the Pay Pal fees which many sellers pass to the buyer. As a seller, I did not ask for the buyer to pay the Pay Pal fees, only the shipping cost.

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Cyclo, not directly at you, I just saw several comments from different people about insults.

I usually include ground shipping and raise my price just a bit to cover that as it so much easier than going back and forth to get a shipping price and buyers seem to like "free" shipping.

I also laugh when I see people who want to charge extra for Paypal. If they are so concerned about a few percent they should raise their asking price a little bit and and entice the Paypal buyer with the fact they aren't charging extra for it.

Got something you want to get around $1,500 for? List it at $1,700 and include free Paypal and ground shipping. Unless it is very heavy you can let somebody beat you down to $1,600 and still get your $1,500. Nobody is going to run away because you started at $1,700 rather than $1,500 and you just might get the higher amount from those like Elizabeth who just pay what you ask.

I'm no marketing genius but some of the stipulations people on their sales seem designed to drive away buyers. Make it as easy as possible for people to buy and you will make it easier on yourself to sell.

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I have speakers for sale. I'm not charging a paypal fee. If the buyer pays with a money order, I'll deduct what I would have paid paypal. Why should the buyer pay it if I don't, unless they are a low baller.

Sorry, I meant agon. Still, if you don't have the money look elseware. Nobody else should have to deal with other peoples problems, classy or not.