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Cobby33Whenever you put something out there, soliciting offers, you have to be open to all kinds of offers. Of course, everyone wants a good deal.
What I hate is people who put cards on eBay with a "Best Offer" (with no auto-decline)- who send you a ****ty response saying, "I'd rather burn the card," or something stupid like that. If you're that hell-bent on getting your price for it, don't use "Best Offer," or use auto-decline under your threshold.
One time, a Board member sent me a snide response and then blocked me from all of his other auctions, after I made a reasonable offer. I can see blocking if a bidder continually makes ridiculous offers ($1.00), but not for any conceivably-reasonable offer. Now, I will never bid on any of his crap ever again.
Doing a lot of selling, I get frustrated with lowball offers, but as I said, you open yourself up to that when you put something out there without a firm price.
As others have said, a polite (tongue-in-cheek, if you must) "thanks but no thanks" is sufficient.