Originally Posted by
Seattle Forrest
I'm surprised reading this thread how many people want to play flea market, like they have nothing better to do with their time.
But a lot of people won't drive an hour to talk to a stranger in a grocery store parking lot in the hopes that they can talk them down a few dollars on an overpriced used bike chain.
I check Craigslist when I need certain types of things. If I find something I need but it's listed for more than I'm willing to pay, I won't make a counter-offer, I just won't buy it from that person. When I find something I need at an acceptable price, I won't make a counter-offer, either, I just pay the fair price and I'm on my way. I'd rather be riding my bike than making copper wire fighting over a penny.
What I'm trying to say is this policy of overpricing your stuff isn't without its downside.
Same here. When I list something it's very very close to what I want to sell it for and I always sell for asking price or within 10% or so. I've sold probably a dozen motorcycles and I always sell that way. If the price is just right I can tell and I get a decent amount of inquiries and have it sold within a week.
I've talked down the prices on things fairly significantly before, but it's just not worth it for me to meet with someone in hopes they will come down on the price if it's way too high. Even getting into email exchanges negotiating prices is tiresome.