Tamubro Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 If I don't see prices I don't even bother looking through the list. bigbruise 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somethingvinyl Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Most of the time, I agree with this sentiment. Everyone of us have the capacity or can ask how to find the value of a record.I have at one time needed money and said, "make offers on my list" and then accepted offers. I think I sold one thing because the stuff people wanted to buy they didn't offer enough. Take that back, I sold a couple but made $100.But we all know that there are jokers who do it once a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainreiss Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 It just regulates expectation. In bargaining both sides say what their starting position is and usually meet somewhere in the middle. If I say I want $100 and the buyer then offers $50 we may end up at $75 If I don't say anything and wait for the buyer, he may start with $70 as he doesn't want to lo-ball me and we end up at $85 So the one that makes the offer is at a disadvantage as it has been said before. And for me as predominantly being a buyer, this is not so great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xhotandfatx Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 I can agree with this. I'm bad at making offers because of two things. I don't want to sound cheap or stupid because I offer to much. I'd rather just see the prices. I'd be courteous and post the prices if I wanted to sell something. Research isn't that hard, especially now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flood Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 people seem to forget one major fact. records, as a collectable, are only worth what someone is willing to pay for them. Its worth more than that! Not to me its not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Quik Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Simple: someone wants you to make an offer, offer $0.99 and see what their counter offer is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyh85 Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 I've found that generally if they're looking for offers its the eBay sort of price range they are interested in. I'll usually get quoted for just under the top price from Popsike etc, which I'd say is because the seller doesn't want to risk the record selling for below it's recent prices if they listed it for auction. If you're selling it here, you should know what you want, be upfront with people and tell them. If you're interested in the top end of eBay, take the risk that goes with it and go for eBay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusted_By_Space Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 If I don't see prices I don't even bother looking through the list. bigbruise 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtcohenour Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 If I don't see prices I don't even bother looking through the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtcohenour Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 I've found that generally if they're looking for offers its the eBay sort of price range they are interested in. I'll usually get quoted for just under the top price from Popsike etc, which I'd say is because the seller doesn't want to risk the record selling for below it's recent prices if they listed it for auction. If you're selling it here, you should know what you want, be upfront with people and tell them. If you're interested in the top end of eBay, take the risk that goes with it and go for eBay. I completely agree. I have had many sellers quote me prices that were definitely on the E-Bay high end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serum7 Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 I honestly don't keep track of the "value" of a lot of the records in my collection, and I don't have time to sit there and look everything up, and make a big list with set prices. So a lot of times I'll throw something up as "offer" to see if anyone's interested. Most of the time, as long as it's reasonable*, I'm going to sell it to the first offer. Both methods have their disadvantages. A lot of people gloss over your post when asking for offers. And with set prices you either get people wanting to drive your prices down, or run the risk of people ignoring it because they think it's too high. I don't see why people are opposed to others asking "how much" though. I'll usually throw a number out, and I'd like to think it's usually reasonable. I can't think of a time where I made someone keep going back and forth on something, I'm typically easy to please. *And by "reasonable" I mean don't say $10 shipped for something that's regularly selling for like $40 on here or ebay. I can't speak for others, but that's usually what "no lowball offers" means. At the end of the day, people have the right to ask what they want, if you don't want to play ball, don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyh85 Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 At the end of the day, people have the right to ask what they want, if you don't want to play ball, don't. Wise indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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