Originally Posted by
Amani576
But people who insist on making it a bidding war have issues. Some people, if they get the slightest little inkling that it's valuable flip out decide they want top dollar. I just don't get that. You put no value on it before, why's it different now that somebody thinks it is?
Concurred. I'm not always set on price either, so most of the times I'll just do as you did and add an OBO to my price, making clear. That's kind of what irks me in bidding wars, that there's no understanding of why the thing is worth something.
Originally Posted by
Old Fat Guy
Nice of you to respect the fact that he didn't know what he had and were willing to pretty much steal it from him.
Point taken, though my friends and I each offered him more than he was asking for the bike (just not $1725 more...). Please, no sarcasm next time though, I get enough of that on the unfriendly non-BF side of the internet as it is.