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Posted By: dstudeba

dstudeba - usually a seller should dictate the price not the buyer. In my experience, when the seller asks for offers, he has a price in mind and is hoping the buyer offers more then that price so he can make more profit. If one is selling something they should give a price; if they don't they have no right to be insulted when the buyer's offer is lower then what you think the item is worth. Furthermore, once a buyer makes a low offer the seller will have a much harder time getting the buyer to "move" to the number the seller had in mind in the first place.

Usually, fine. But in certain cases a person might have something they want to take offers on. For instance they might not have a good gauge on what it is worth. Therefore they ask for offers. What part did I say they had a right to be insulted by low offers? If you ask for offers, I think you should expect some low offers. All I asked for was to make an offer instead of asking for the price. Once your offer is declined then you can ask about a counter offer.