This isn't any criticism of you mate just an opinion related to the topic.
I generally don't like to make offers or try to seal a deal "on the come line"
I will throw out an idea as a possibility if the thing I'm expecting works out
I'm not ashamed to make an offer I can back up even if the guy said no in the ad.
Why? people change their minds a lot besides when I make you an offer I'm offering you something. it's not up to me to decide if you want or need what I have to offer it's only up to me to offer it
And nobody has to accept an offer do they?
I'm the one spending my money is it my fault if a seller wants what he is selling more than I do?
that is really the true value of anything...the point at which a seller wants something more than the buyer.
depending on what the sellers needs are he may have the liberty to work a hard bargain one day and be needy the next.
I just sold a used cement mixer worth about $300-$500 for $120 because someone who was riding along with a customer buying an engine from me... had asked about it, and that was all he had on him.... and I was a little short on buying an engine I needed. money in hand, deal done, 4.6 ford engine and tranny with 50k miles for my pickup @$600 now sitting in my garage after 2 years of looking for a good one.
The engine I sold and the cement mixer were gifts. I could have tried to milk every last penny out of them but then that would be small of me.
I would not have what I wanted and the other stuff I didn;t really need would still be in my way
Money isn't the only money... stuff is money too
Really, in the light of truth the guy wants your money on his terms not yours and he's mad when he can't get it.
The worst low ball and unwanted offers are still offering a benefit. you are establishing a base minimum the guy can stand in when negotiating with others. If he knows he has a guy ready with $500 and a dirtbike in exchange... he can try to work that guy offering $800 up to wards his asking price of $1500 more aggressively and with more confidence.
my general response to those guys who try to make the case you are wasting their time to put the shame on you is "look man, I'm not wasting your time... you were wasting your own time when you decided to sell something most people would see as worth nothing so don't try to palm off on my your regrets for failing to sell"
My general operandus is
to avoid being small.
be a gentleman
Speak kindly and confidently
expect more of people than their appearances
And don't let others drag you down when they act small...extend to them an opportunity and an open door to step up to being bigger than that.
In the greater picture this is the ultimate position of strength
Winning the arguement, getting even, putting yourself on a high horse or acting full of pride or self are all examples of acting small when in the wrong context
you stick with this and you will always come out on top and be standing on the high ground
Ronald Reagan was a lot like this
