Sales Patter

[Godzilla]

This is probably not the best time to post a question as I'm setting off for Manchester in half an hour. Should hopefully giive me something to read when I get back tomorrow though!

So, people who sell on here and on other sites: Is there any real point in writing things like "No time wasters please" ? Has anyone ever consciously thought "hmmm, better not reserve that then, as I have no intention of paying"

The other popular one is "Realistic offers only." What's a realistic offer? If it means you want at least what you paid for it, then give us a clue. On the other hand if it means you won't take less than, say, two hundred pounds - why not say so?

Thoughts anyone?

Godz

[Guest]

This is probably not the best time to post a question as I'm setting off for Manchester in half an hour. Should hopefully giive me something to read when I get back tomorrow though!

So, people who sell on here and on other sites: Is there any real point in writing things like "No time wasters please" ? Has anyone ever consciously thought "hmmm, better not reserve that then, as I have no intention of paying"

The other popular one is "Realistic offers only." What's a realistic offer? If it means you want at least what you paid for it, then give us a clue. On the other hand if it means you won't take less than, say, two hundred pounds - why not say so?

Thoughts anyone?

Godz

No.

[Godzilla]

No.

Really? Well what's that burning smell, Ken?

Godz

[Guest noss]

Well I wrote 'no time wasters please' on my recent sales post because I always get people e-mailing with cheeky offers that are well below market values of records. The other one I always get when asking for 'offers' are e-mails asking how much I want for an item. If I wanted to state a price I would have done so in the first place.

Of course everyone is open to state their own trems and conditions, but those are mine!

[Guest]

Well I wrote 'no time wasters please' on my recent sales post because I always get people e-mailing with cheeky offers that are well below market values of records. The other one I always get when asking for 'offers' are e-mails asking how much I want for an item. If I wanted to state a price I would have done so in the first place.

Of course everyone is open to state their own trems and conditions, but those are mine!

Time wasters,who`s time just ignore em`,or reply "NO",how hard is that,or is that to much for ya`,i know i have offered £20s for £30 records,no big deal is it ,now have you got a copy of the french fry`s,£20 or less,and dont waist my time.

[Guest noss]

Time wasters,who`s time just ignore em`,or reply "NO",how hard is that,or is that to much for ya`,i know i have offered £20s for £30 records,no big deal is it ,now have you got a copy of the french fry`s,£20 or less,and dont waist my time.

Like I said each to their own!

[paultp]

If someone asks for offers and doesn't get offered the price they wanted, then who is being unrealistic? Why not say what they want? Are they hoping someone offers more than they think it is worth?

I've made offers on records listed with no prices in the sales section a few times, quite often the "seller" doesn't even respond. If they said "that's too low, what about £x" then at least you would have the opportunity to negotiate.

You've got to question whether they really want to sell the records or whether they are just trying to find out what their records are worth if they wanted to sell.

If you ask for offers then obviously people are often going to start below what they are actually willing to pay. If you have an unrealistic expectation of the price you are going to acheive then you'll never get the offer you want.

Anyway, I've stopped buying for the moment as I expect prices to drop in the next 6 months as the interest rate rises and the housing market crashes

[Guest woolie mark]

Time wasters,who`s time just ignore em`,or reply "NO",how hard is that,or is that to much for ya`,i know i have offered £20s for £30 records,no big deal is it ,now have you got a copy of the french fry`s,£20 or less,and dont waist my time.

i agree with ken

if nobody offered more than £30....then nobody wants to buy it for more than that (on this forum), so the demands not there to sustain the "book price" imho

personally, i think it's some of the sellers who are the time wasters - many a time i have seen something i'd like to buy but the prices asked are, imho, daft and based on some silly auction-close or what has been "seen on other lists"

maybe we should have a section for sales headed something like "i'm not really seriously trying to sell these records but if you offer me twice what it's worth, it's yours - provided you also pay extra for postage at double what that really costs too"

btw, i just want to make it clear that any resemblence in this post to persons either living or dead is entirely co-incidental - particularly if i'm currently trying to negotiate a purchase price with you for a record!

[Guest]

well I now know never to email noss asking him what he wants for a record then!

to me a timewaster is someone who asks for a record in wants, you get in touch and even leave it to them to give a price - and then they don't get back in touch! But then bump up there want at a later date

or, you get the - "yeah I'll have that" you organise how to pay, who to pay etc - and it never happens

anyway, I may put up a list off "make me an offer" sales today - I've sorted some stuff for ebay, but tend to put em on here first. should I put no timewasters, or some other suggestion......

[Pete S]

i agree with ken

if nobody offered more than £30....then nobody wants to buy it for more than that (on this forum), so the demands not there to sustain the "book price" imho

personally, i think it's some of the sellers who are the time wasters - many a time i have seen something i'd like to buy but the prices asked are, imho, daft and based on some silly auction-close or what has been "seen on other lists"

maybe we should have a section for sales headed something like "i'm not really seriously trying to sell these records but if you offer me twice what it's worth, it's yours - provided you also pay extra for postage at double what that really costs too"

btw, i just want to make it clear that any resemblence in this post to persons either living or dead is entirely co-incidental - particularly if i'm currently trying to negotiate a purchase price with you for a record!

This is what I've been saying for ages Mark (see also post called Crazy Set Sale Prices). It's as if some people don't want to sell the records but just want to show them off.

[Guest dundeedavie]

to be honest i don't even look at "offers" on lists .... i want to see a price then decide if i want to pay it or not .

the only time offers sould be requested is if the seller has no idea what the record is worth