But the funniest things I saw were on ebay, some Russian and Japanese sellers really look for idiots, they might themselves be idiots as well. I mean both equipment and records.
On the other hand, the other day I was talking to a Japanese record seller on discogs. The record was advertised as NM, so I just asked him to confirm the condition. He play graded it and said no, it has some noise in couple of places, though it does look NM. Then he corrected his add and lowered the price. Nice. We'll see, I bought it, should be very strong VG+ - acceptable.
But it does seems to me that people have forgotten how to negotiate, let alone a nice win-win deal. I’m aware buyers are not concerned with a two sided deal, just there own, but still, fair offers seem rare... It indeed was quite different as close as 3 years ago or less.
To be able to successfully negotiate, besides knowledge and intellect, you need to acknowledge and understand the other side, another person. Not easy or simple. Determining fair price is often interesting. In the past, couple of times I refused sellers' offers but not because I thought they were unfair, it just was too much for me at that moment. And I told them so, including that I thought their offers were indeed fair.
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