What exactly makes someone a lowballer?

[SirChadwick]

Is there a specific offer percentage that would make someone a lowballer or is it just what the seller thinks is too low? If I was selling hardware for $100 obo and received an offer of $70 on it, I wouldn't really consider that a lowballer but too low for me to sell. On the otherhand, if someone offered $60 I would probably call them a lowballer. To me it depends on many factors, but to others its specifically defined. I've had a few friends tell me that a lowballer is someone who offers 50% of the asking price or less. What are your views on this?

 

[leftyman]

with that title your gonna get some great answers

 

[SirChadwick]

Care to reword it?

 

[iamme]

i think it depends on your asking price, too. if you're asking for too much, any offer may seem like a lowball.

 

[Appledrop]

pretty obvious i guess: where the buyer knows he's getting a bargain at a price he offers, and hopes the seller doesnt know that it is an unreasonably low price..

 

[cherrytwist]

<50% = no response

 

[spidey07]

If they offer substancially less than what it is really worth.

 

[loup garou]

Wearing boxers or going commando for 25+ years.

 

[FoBoT]

if it is OBO , then i fail to see how there can be a lowball offer

if the price is set and someone offers something less and in the sellers opinion it is a lowball, then it is a lowball


luckily the AT FS/T doesn't allow OBO, so it isn't too much of a problem

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: werk
Wearing boxers or going commando for 25+ years.

no, no, no

that is "freeballer" , not "lowballer"

sheesh

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: werk
Wearing boxers or going commando for 25+ years.

no, no, no

that is "freeballer" , not "lowballer"

sheesh

Going that long without support will make you a lowballer as well.

 

[Nutdotnet]

I think it depends.

I'll say this, it really twists my nipples when someone puts OBO and gets upset when you offer lower then the asking price. Now that's RIDICULOUS.

 

[SirChadwick]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
if it is OBO , then i fail to see how there can be a lowball offer

if the price is set and someone offers something less and in the sellers opinion it is a lowball, then it is a lowball


luckily the AT FS/T doesn't allow OBO, so it isn't too much of a problem

How long has this been going on? I used to post w/ OBO all the time.

 

[SirChadwick]

Originally posted by: Nutdotnet
I think it depends.

I'll say this, it really twists my nipples when someone puts OBO and gets upset when you offer lower then the asking price. Now that's RIDICULOUS.

Some people think that OBO is when the offer is higher than the asking price. I've always thought of it the other way...

 

[MercenaryForHire]

It's more about the attitude for me - eg: PMs that say hay how bout $30 for teh radinon??

- M4H

 

[SirChadwick]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
It's more about the attitude for me - eg: PMs that say hay how bout $30 for teh radinon??

- M4H

But if you wanted $50 for the radeon and I asked politely, "If you will accept $30 for the radeon, I will paypal you confirmed funds asap"... would that make a difference?