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Esav Benyamin
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The old story. If you don't want the knife at that price, don't buy it. But do NOT go into a sale thread to try to make the price or the item or the seller look bad.
Esav Benyamin
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Normally when I remove interference from a sale, I move all the discussion to the Back End, the moderator forum. All it does there is sit, not distracting anyone. This was a classic, though, so I wanted the people who posted intelligently to see it was cleaned up.
I thought it was pretty warranted considering there is soooo many people inflating prices on production knives that have clear issues. Maybe its just me, but 599 bucks for a 0777 with some play that "I think can be fixed" is highway robbery. Oh well I suppose.
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Oh well indeed.
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Its NEVER Warranted to give an opinion in someone's sales thread. It is in poor taste and is a violation of BF rules. Great job Moderators.
If you don't like the price move on. Its the sellers right to set the price as high as he/she wants. The best thing one can do is pass the thread, the seller will get the point and lower or close his/her thread. We don't have Pricing Police here.
If you don't like the price move on. Its the sellers right to set the price as high as he/she wants. The best thing one can do is pass the thread, the seller will get the point and lower or close his/her thread. We don't have Pricing Police here.
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How dare he ask that for a desirable knife out of production. :yawn:
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if you are going to post these in 'the good, the bad, the ugly!' for all the forum to read i think you should post the entire thread. there's no true context as to why this guy is being called out (sounds like he made an offer and the seller made some remark that upset him)
Yeah I was confused until the blade play was mentioned. Maybe a link would have helped the context.
I agree with Popeye's here if you don't like the price move on. You can always send a PM/email and see what the seller says. If he acts rude just another name to add to your ignore list. This forum is pretty tight ship so sooner or later the table will turn on your favour. It has happened to me a couple of times already and it made my day lol!
I agree with Popeye's here if you don't like the price move on. You can always send a PM/email and see what the seller says. If he acts rude just another name to add to your ignore list. This forum is pretty tight ship so sooner or later the table will turn on your favour. It has happened to me a couple of times already and it made my day lol!
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If you think somethings extremely high just hit the back button on your computer and keep looking.
On the other side if someone makes you a lowball offer ( in your opinion)
Just ignore or say thanks but I won't go that low. They'll either make another offer or you won't hear from them again.
On the other side if someone makes you a lowball offer ( in your opinion)
Just ignore or say thanks but I won't go that low. They'll either make another offer or you won't hear from them again.
Guys the point is not that the knife was over priced (it was, in my opinion - it was a zt0777 with very minor side to side blade play which, we ALL KNOW, can be taken out with 5 minutes worth of work and some careful use of tools. with this one, maybe you need snap ring pliers or even a dremel tool to make a tool for it, but after twenty minutes worth of work you have a perfect zt0777). the price was dropped to 549 shortly after posting and before the offer above was made. He made an offer for 400 dollars, in the thread, then knocked the guy's price on the knife.
making an offer and saying, publicly, "would you take 400" is not THAT bad (though maybe still against the rules, it is fairly just an offer with no knocking of the pricing or the knife itself). but saying "400 shipped? Don't get pissy with me about it being a low ball because it's not considering it's condition. 600 is a huge no go" is, itself, a huge no go.
the point of it all is, if you think his asking price (which was not 600 it was 550) shortly after posting, and unless i'm mistaken, before the offer above was thrown out there, is too high, feel free to make an offer. but best do it in private message or by email. or if you can't private message and the guy has no email, either walk away or make a post saying "i can't email you and i don't have PM's, if you could email me at lowballer31 at gmail dot com so that i can make my offer i would appreciate it" then no one is pissed, no one's thread is pissed on, and he's free, in private, to tell you to pound sand, or take the offer.
if you really feel the need to make an offer in the thread, maybe say something like "all i can offer at this point is 400, if you don't want to take it for that price i understand, but i wanted to throw it out there in case you would consider it". that way no one is choked, no one is being rude, and he can turn you down if he pleases. but to say that his price is way too high, then tell someone not to get pissy with you because his price is way too high because of the knifes crappy condition, AND make a low ball offer, all in public in his thread? come on man... bad bad form
making an offer and saying, publicly, "would you take 400" is not THAT bad (though maybe still against the rules, it is fairly just an offer with no knocking of the pricing or the knife itself). but saying "400 shipped? Don't get pissy with me about it being a low ball because it's not considering it's condition. 600 is a huge no go" is, itself, a huge no go.
the point of it all is, if you think his asking price (which was not 600 it was 550) shortly after posting, and unless i'm mistaken, before the offer above was thrown out there, is too high, feel free to make an offer. but best do it in private message or by email. or if you can't private message and the guy has no email, either walk away or make a post saying "i can't email you and i don't have PM's, if you could email me at lowballer31 at gmail dot com so that i can make my offer i would appreciate it" then no one is pissed, no one's thread is pissed on, and he's free, in private, to tell you to pound sand, or take the offer.
if you really feel the need to make an offer in the thread, maybe say something like "all i can offer at this point is 400, if you don't want to take it for that price i understand, but i wanted to throw it out there in case you would consider it". that way no one is choked, no one is being rude, and he can turn you down if he pleases. but to say that his price is way too high, then tell someone not to get pissy with you because his price is way too high because of the knifes crappy condition, AND make a low ball offer, all in public in his thread? come on man... bad bad form
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I agree for the most part , but believe all offers should be made privately.
If I am making an offer other than "I'll take it" I pm or email.
Lowballing, or even an offer for exactly what the item is really worth, or even what it eventually sells for is bad form.
It is the equivalent of sitting get in a car that's for sale, taking a dump on the drivers seat, then standing by the car yelling "this car is not worth the price he is asking, some one capped on the seat"
People who do this are on my "do not deal list"
If you can't have the good social grace to be civil, and not dump on my stuff, I'm pretty sure I'm not taking a risk to deal with you.
I'm not offended by lower offers. Just have the common decency to ask privately.
Lowballing, or even an offer for exactly what the item is really worth, or even what it eventually sells for is bad form.
It is the equivalent of sitting get in a car that's for sale, taking a dump on the drivers seat, then standing by the car yelling "this car is not worth the price he is asking, some one capped on the seat"
People who do this are on my "do not deal list"
If you can't have the good social grace to be civil, and not dump on my stuff, I'm pretty sure I'm not taking a risk to deal with you.
I'm not offended by lower offers. Just have the common decency to ask privately.
i disagree with the analogy here - the value of the knife is still maintained even after the lowball offer. it would be more like walking up to a salesman who is showing someone else a car and saying "this car is worth half of what that sticker price is, i'm a car expert" or saying to the salesman, in front of the guy "that car is shit, the wheels are scratched and the paint is fading a bit, i'll offer you half your sticker price right now" then walking away. leaves the potential customer saying "really, is this car only worth what that guy said, or is he just an idiot... maybe i shouldn't buy it anymore"
regardless i agree with the idea - i personally DON'T mind if people make civilized offers in my thread, but i've began to notice that this forum does things a little differently than other forums i've been a part of. when in rome.... if someone makes an offer in my thread but doesn't crap on my stuff, i'm ok with that. it seems most/many people aren't, and that's fine, its their thread. follow the forum rules (hence why i qualified that making a civilized offer in the thread may still be against the rules).... don't be an ass should be rule number one (i mean verbatim, "Rule #1: Don't be an ass")