Anybody else sick of low ball offers??

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Low balls don't bother me at all. I find them humorous.

 

I respond to all lowball offers the same way. "Thank you for your time and offer, but I will have I pass."

 

Exactly. Play nice, and everybody likes it. Nobody is trying to insult you. :thumbup:

 

Low Ball offer

 

Three words... Free Market Society. It works both ways. We all have free will, but, should respect the Forum by being courteous to one another.

 

That's right, even the guy who offered you the pair of used shoes, he apparently sensed you may need some.

 

I am glad to receive offers on any knife I put up for sale or trade. What I get sick of is not getting any offers at all and then having to wait 2 weeks to re post.

Other than you being insulted because folks may not place as high a value in a knife as you do, I don't see the point if this thread.

Ya know, I could add one more thing. I once accepted a trade for a knife that you might consider a lowball and ended up becoming very good friends with the guy, which is something I value much more than a knife.

 

I don't mind low ball offers at all. I would rather have them than none. Who knows what I might do. If I was really in love with the piece it would not be for sale

 

I used to sell aquarium fish online and got many many low ball offers.

best to ignore them.

 

Hi Allen,


A deer , a skunk and a giraffe ordered drinks at a bar.. When the bill came, The deer said "I cant' pay, i don't have a buck"
The skunk said" I cant pay, I don't have a cent"
And the Giraffe said: "I guess the high balls are on me"


Have a good night

 

I think....and thats the key word......think....I get what allen is saying. He is saying there are members here who dont really participate except to low ball people here selling and trading and some also flip those low ball gotten knives for top dollar. Am I close?

I dont really sell or trade here....so its a non issue for myself....but I c ould see how this would be very annoying weeding through the horse traders emails and pms to get to the legitimate offers. Course this is one of the problems with a free market. You cant stop it....you just have to shake your head and accept it.

 

The other thing to consider if you are continuously 'lowballed' on offers is what your expectations of what your stuff is worth. You might be the one off the mark. We all like our stuff. We have owned it, bought it at retail usually, and enjoyed it. It's worth sentimental value to us, but not to others. When everyone offers you a much lower price or what you perceive to be lesser valued trades, you are probably overpricing your item. People say, well, they are listing them on Ebay at that amount (listing, but not selling), or it's blank percent of retail. Problem is there's no magic formula, just what people will pay.
You're hell bent (obviously) on convincing everyone that there's some big scam on the exchange to lowball people. I've sold plenty of knives recently, bought a few, and traded a ton n here. Never been scammed, or screwed on a deal. Offered things and prices that were low, sure. But I just politely declined and moved on. You may want to adjust your thinking or just stop doing business on BF and stick to posting. It seems that the exchange doesn't work for your way of thinking.

 

Thanks for making my night!!! You rock!

 

One of my favorites was a guy who was offering me two high quality knives that, combined, were worth more than the knife I was trading.

They were in a style, and from a manufacturer I was not interested in. I did not want to trade for his stuff, and pay shipping etc, just to have to spend my time trying to sell them.

I told him I was not interested in that trade, but thanks for the offer. He was pretty pissed at me! He got all offended and told me I obviously had no idea what he was offering, and to take another look. He was pretty persistent.


Another fun one was a guy trying to sell me a knife made by my uncle.

It was a cool knife because it was made by my Uncle. It had a bit of history that would be interesting only to family members.

He wanted a price about 5 times what the knife was worth. I told him the real value, and even though my uncle is deceased, there was not a huge demand for his pieces outside family members.

He was angry.