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Who Offers First??? Buyers and Sellers Beware.

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garyis2000

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Interesting topic...

Who should make the first offer?

Have you ever had someone ask you if you had a card and, if so, how much do you want for it?
Or
Someone comes to you and says they're selling a card and are taking offers?

Well, who should be making the first offer: The inquiring buyer? The inquiring seller? Or the ones being confronted?

What should the rule be?
 
If I'm looking for offers on something, I think the buyer should be the one to make an offer. I feel if I come with make an offer no less than $x, people will only offer $x. Whereas if I say make an offer, someone might offer me exponentially more than I wanted.
 
PokemonTrader said:
If I'm looking for offers on something, I think the buyer should be the one to make an offer. I feel if I come with make an offer no less than $x, people will only offer $x. Whereas if I say make an offer, someone might offer me exponentially more than I wanted.
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So if I come to you and say I'm selling something you want, you should be responsible to make me the first offer?
 
I don't have time to waste on these games - if I'm selling, I tell people what I want for the item and that's my price (which is already lower than market anyway). If I'm looking to buy, I offer what I think is fair.

I probably sound like I'm terrible at buying a car, but TBH I'm just to the point.
 
garyis2000 said:
So if I come to you and say I'm selling something you want, you should be responsible to make me the first offer?
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I believe so. Like I've been looking for an Osaka Meowth plushie for a few years, if someone had it up for offers, I'd say I'd offer $50, if they would like more, to let me know.
 
PokemonTrader said:
I believe so. Like I've been looking for an Osaka Meowth plushie for a few years, if someone had it up for offers, I'd say I'd offer $50, if they would like more, to let me know.
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Any good salesman is going to say more. You shouldn't ever make the option for more then you've already offered.

To answer the question gary, there isn't a right or wrong. If you're looking to sell, you should know the price you're willing to sell for, if you're looking to buy you should know the top price you're willing to pay.

Now if you want to look at it from the perspective of a business/super savor then the rules are simple.
-Never be the first to name the price.
-If rule one has to be broken, it's better to give a higher/lower price then what you're willing to settle on. (higher/lower based on if you're the seller or buyer respectively)

Personally I like to be a little more like Swordfish when it comes to pokemon, but I wouldn't even think of being that way in a car dealership lol.
 
Agreed, everyone should make limits. If someone said $60-75 I'd be fine, but anything more and I'd walk away. I'd start with my ideal offer then go to my top dollar price.
 
People ask for the other party to make an offer because they are afraid of losing money, whether it be by selling too cheap, or overpaying. The best thing to do is what S_Cullers said, always have the price you want in your head.

My approach is:
When buying: offer really low first, then work your way up.
When selling: offer high first, then work your way down.


I don't really care about offering first as I just make sure to say "Sorry if my offer comes off as offensive." as people can get pretty upset over offers, or I'll just counter them if they say no to my offer.
 
Tried to buy a PSA card on eBay, made my best offer of 20% under asking price and seller still turned me down!! Why put best offer on the auction then??
 
When you walk into a store, the owners don't tell you to make them an offer.

Sellers should usually have a price on what they sell.

Of course there are exceptions for unusual / rare items.
 
sdrawkcab said:
When you walk into a store, the owners don't tell you to make them an offer.

Sellers should usually have a price on what they sell.

Of course there are exceptions for unusual / rare items.
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When you walk into a store the seller has initiated the deal by putting the item up for sale. That fits my resolution.
But if you message Scott and tell him you wanna buy his base unlimited diglett then you are obligated to make the first offer cause YOU initiated the deal;)
 
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