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It's even worst when dealing with folks on Craigslist. I posted an AD in the FREE section to give away a desk. The guy wanted me to drop it off to him 30 miles away. LOL. Lesson to this story? I don't know... pack heat. |
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I say fuck em on the inside but my actual response would have been much different. I would give them my best price take it or leave it. The buyer was a little premature in asking for the VIN after coming in with a lowball like that. IMO that comes after he sees the car, and we agree on price. THEN he gets the vin # to do with what he wishes. |
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His counteroffer was as close (or likely closer) to reasonable than the asking price. Who is the asshole then? Well, neither until the asshattery begins, which it appears to have done on the sellers side.
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in fact my lightheartness response was return with a direct insult he fire the first direct shot with the word Jerk! I sense too that this forum is also visited by private dealers or salesmen in the field.. to rattle the cage a bit to seize opportunities on vulnerable sellers buying and selling cars is a mind game at times |
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10-02-2009, 09:22 PM | #27 |
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Love that line!
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10-02-2009, 10:27 PM | #29 |
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OP, there are a LOT of low baller's here too.
Some of the offer's I got for my exhaust were a joke. I figure I would list low but there are alway useless lowballer's out there.
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Neither party showed class, nor patience. Although I will say that replying to a decently genuine offer like this...
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As mentioned earlier, low ball offers are common. And you shouldn't get worked up about them, that is just immature. Also, when negotiating a price people will always start on the far side of reasonable and then you both work towards a suitable final number. You can't just hear his starting price and assume he won't budge. And your quote above is anything but reasonable. Imagine if someone said that shit to you if you were looking for a car. Better yet, what if the dealership said that to you when you negotiated to buy it below MSRP. "Sure, We'll let you buy it for invoice after we've used it as a demo for the next year." I bet you'd be walking out the doors no more than 5 minutes after that bomb was dropped. I know I would be.
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The biggest problem here is that we get these turkey offers from D-bags in the general public. Makes selling a nice car such a pain in the ass that it's almost worth the agony of taking it to a dealer and just taking trade-in price....grrr.(almost but not quite) Shouldn't be that way.
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Obviously the best thing you could have done would be to ignore the lowball offer and not reply, but this guy seemed boisterous from the word "go" by lowballing by thousands and demanding your vin. Your first reply wasn't totally off the planet. Maybe a little quippy but We are all sick of these flies trying to lowball. The exchange later became heated but your initial response wasn't off base. If I were approaching you about your ride I would have said: "Hey I am interested in your car. I probably can't spend what you are asking but maybe we can reach an agreement on price somewhere close. Can I start by getting some more info on the car and possibly do a background check on the VIN? I am local." IMHO |
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it's a shame the m3 is given a bad rep because of a few idiots. it's such a great car and much more deserving, but some of the fanboys really give you guys a terrible image.
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Um just a question what is cosidered low ball? I think sub 40k would have been warranted that answer. At least you could have negotiated... Instead of blowing up IMO.
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Why are you scared to release the VIN? that should actually be written in the listing when trying to sell the car, so I don't see that as an unreasonable request. REguardless of the offer.
Again, how about just saying no thanks thats to low to the guy. I mean your complaining but your just as bad. I still don't get it.
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unreasonable offer
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