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Originally Posted by ALBB
I see the point, very annoying no doubt
but if that kind of thing was done at a show in person ..." Im looking for xx on this item ", " hmm,Id maybe offer yy" " OK ,Ill sell it ", " well wait I said maybe..would you do zz "
Its wheeling/ dealing/ chiseling /squeezing ..
Im quite sure its done by many many collectors...looking for the best deal
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Interesting take. I suspect the dealer on the other side would quickly tire of your offers constantly being soft and/or withdrawn.
And in this case, there was no “maybe” about his offer. When you make an official offer on eBay when a seller is selling with BIN but taking offers, they give you a big warning that this is binding and not just some trial balloon that you’re floating. In my case, I even click the button to require payment when an offer is made, so he had to put his credit card in just to make the offer. So it’s not like he would be surprised that he was actually going to have to pay if I accepted his offer.
Now if he had just messaged me to ask whether I would take $500, but then backed off, that would be somewhat different, although I’m not sure that I would have been any less inclined to block him once he made clear that his initial offer was just an attempt to keep negotiating down.