Habitual Lowballers

davo1224

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Everyone wants a deal. I get it as I haggle myself. When I do it, it's usually offering $200 for a $210 item. An odd price like that usually means the seller has already factored in haggling so I don't feel out of place.

However, I'm going to go postal if I encounter another person who lowballs me and acts like they're doing me a favor. I listed a practically brand new Wii for $150 with box, packaging, Wii Sports, the whole shabang. Think Amazon Warehouse deals quality.

I get two offers today:
"I'll give you $100!"
"I'll give you 125 so you can sell it."

Ugh.
 
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Yes, but with Amazon your dealing with a reputable online seller with excellent customer service. Nothing personal, but your just some dude on the internet. Imo that would merit an additional discount than what amazon would charge.
 
When you dont put a price on your item then you have no room to bitch about having someone offer you a low price. Thats your fault, not the buyers.

Dont like it? Then put a price on your item instead of doing "make me an offer" which basically translates into "Yeah I want more than this is worth and Im hoping Ill get someone offer me that price because Im to chicken shit to just come out and say I want a crap load of money for this".

If you dont know what you would take for something, or dont want to put a price on what your selling then what the fuck are you doing selling something?

It just amazes me on this site how many people say "make an offer" and then get pissed when its not what they want. How can you blame someone for giving a shot at buying something as cheap as possible? How stupid do you have to be not know people wont do that?

And dont get all high and mighty, you would do the exact same thing in their shoes, its just that this time your the one selling so your the one who feels lowballing is wrong. So stop not pricing your stuff and you wont have a reason to complain. It really is that easy.

Me personally? I wont deal with people on here that dont price their stuff. Several times Ive seen peoples lists where I saw something Id like and they had a make me an offer deal and I kept on going because I dont play those games. If you want alot then just say it instead of playing those fucking games of making a person dance for you.
 
I agree with gargus, and I also understand where you're coming from.

Put up your prices with your items. These boards are full of the people you describe, and there's nothing you can do about it.
 
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[quote name='gargus']When you dont put a price on your item then you have no room to bitch about having someone offer you a low price. Thats your fault, not the buyers.

Dont like it? Then put a price on your item instead of doing "make me an offer" which basically translates into "Yeah I want more than this is worth and Im hoping Ill get someone offer me that price because Im to chicken shit to just come out and say I want a crap load of money for this".

If you dont know what you would take for something, or dont want to put a price on what your selling then what the fuck are you doing selling something?

It just amazes me on this site how many people say "make an offer" and then get pissed when its not what they want. How can you blame someone for giving a shot at buying something as cheap as possible? How stupid do you have to be not know people wont do that?

And dont get all high and mighty, you would do the exact same thing in their shoes, its just that this time your the one selling so your the one who feels lowballing is wrong. So stop not pricing your stuff and you wont have a reason to complain. It really is that easy.

Me personally? I wont deal with people on here that dont price their stuff. Several times Ive seen peoples lists where I saw something Id like and they had a make me an offer deal and I kept on going because I dont play those games. If you want alot then just say it instead of playing those fucking games of making a person dance for you.[/QUOTE]

Youre my hero.
 
I agree with the op to the extent of people acting like they are doing you a favor by lowballing an offer, and then getting pissy when you say no (fucking internet gypsies I tell ya!) But the whole point of this site is getting something at the cheapest price possible. One of the reasons I don't price things sometimes is that if it seems too high (around the price I would really like to sell it for) then people will not consider making an offer. But of course someone will start low, if they feel like haggling. You could just counter the offer with something you feel is more reasonable, and go back and forth from there. It's easy to take thing out of context on the internet and feel like they are saying fuck you, when they might just be waiting for a counteroffer. Hey gargus, did you ever get into the highway patrol or whatever you were training for?
 
I listed a practically brand new Wii for $150 with box, packaging, Wii Sports, the whole shabang

[quote name='gargus']When you dont put a price on your item then you have no room to bitch about having someone offer you a low price. Thats your fault, not the buyers.

Dont like it? Then put a price on your item instead of doing "make me an offer" which basically translates into "Yeah I want more than this is worth and Im hoping Ill get someone offer me that price because Im to chicken shit to just come out and say I want a crap load of money for this".

If you dont know what you would take for something, or dont want to put a price on what your selling then what the fuck are you doing selling something?

It just amazes me on this site how many people say "make an offer" and then get pissed when its not what they want. How can you blame someone for giving a shot at buying something as cheap as possible? How stupid do you have to be not know people wont do that?

And dont get all high and mighty, you would do the exact same thing in their shoes, its just that this time your the one selling so your the one who feels lowballing is wrong. So stop not pricing your stuff and you wont have a reason to complain. It really is that easy.

Me personally? I wont deal with people on here that dont price their stuff. Several times Ive seen peoples lists where I saw something Id like and they had a make me an offer deal and I kept on going because I dont play those games. If you want alot then just say it instead of playing those fucking games of making a person dance for you.[/QUOTE]

What were you saying again?
 
From my experience with it, buyers don't even pay attention to the price. When I had my old iMac listed at $850, I kept getting offers of $600 and $500, even though I clearly stated that the price was firm and not up for negotiation. What's strange is that those were some of the most demanding replies. One guy that offered $600 even had the nerve to ask me to confirm that it was purchased new, because he didn't want a refurbished machine, and that it was gently used. It's nothing but bottom feeders. Save yourself the hassle and just sell it on eBay or Amazon. IMO, the fees are worth not having to deal with bums trying to "negotiate" and having to meet with strangers/possibly let them into your home, depending on the item. Plus, you'd likely get more money, which would help cover the fees+shipping.
 
So you listed a used, easy to find item for 75% of retail with no warranty and are surprised people offered you less?
 
Personally I stopped looking at sales that don't have prices, and if I don't like the price I move on, and if the price is close to what I want to pay or if there are a few items I would buy, I offer a price for the (list of items goes here including shipping), and see what comes back,
I do conventions and get stupid lowball offers all of the time, sell me that $80 item for $40, I generally just get snotty at that momment and tell them a higher price and hopefully they catch the hint..
if you leave the pricing (make me an offer), expect low offers. that is the nature of things.
one last note "my crap is gold, your gold is crap!" happens to a prevailing way people think about their stuff and the stuff they want to buy, you should buy my stuff at FMV (fair market value) but you should sell me your stuff well below that.

if everyone was just reasonable, life would be smoother, but guess what.......
 
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[quote name='blackdog60']Personally I stopped looking at sales that don't have prices, and if I don't like the price I move on, and if the price is close to what I want to pay or if there are a few items I would buy, I offer a price for the (list of items goes here including shipping), and see what comes back,
I do conventions and get stupid lowball offers all of the time, sell me that $80 item for $40, I generally just get snotty at that momment and tell them a higher price and hopefully they catch the hint..
if you leave the pricing (make me an offer), expect low offers. that is the nature of things.
one last note "my crap is gold, your gold is crap!" happens to a prevailing way people think about their stuff and the stuff they want to buy, you should buy my stuff at FMV (fair market value) but you should sell me your stuff well below that.

if everyone was just reasonable, life would be smoother, but guess what.......[/QUOTE]

You're 100% right. It's just in the nature of trading these days (at least most of the ppl that trade).
 
I dont look at CAG lists if they dont have prices, myself. I know you want ebay prices, so I'm not gonna bother. Be stern, be strong, state your case. And then let me haggle down.

Also another thing that bugs me is when people list games "they dont really want to get rid of" or "my collection for reference" - who caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaares dont list this stuff
 
I don't know what your problem is; two-thirds of the asking price is a common starting point. If you don't want to bargain go to Gamestop and take your $80; anything above is a reasonable offer.

You should also realize that when you priced it at $150 you were inviting low offers. No knowledgible person will pay that when the eBay value is at best $130 after selling fees etc, so they assume your price has a lot of negotiating room. $125 is probably spot on, expecting you to come back with $135. Anyone paying more than that isn't likely to be browsing this site.
 
considering that you could get a wii at toys r us for $160 new, I'd say the offers weren't off base. What bugs me more than anything is trade lists that say "don't even try" next to an item. Don't put it in your list if you don't want to sell or trade it at all.

 
This thread has taught me just how many people read between the lines or just plain don't have reading comprehension. Nowhere was it ever mentioned that it was listed on CAG nor that it didn't have a warranty. Those are a little more forgivable than the epic rant above about how I didn't list a price though.

In any event, I sold it for my asking price today so some of you can go on about how I didn't have a fair asking price, should be honored by lowballs, etc.

Thanks to anyone who actually read and understood my dilemna and wasn't ironically one of the very douchebags I was ranting about.
 
[quote name='davo1224']This thread has taught me just how many people read between the lines or just plain don't have reading comprehension. Nowhere was it ever mentioned that it was listed on CAG nor that it didn't have a warranty. Those are a little more forgivable than the epic rant above about how I didn't list a price though.

In any event, I sold it for my asking price today so some of you can go on about how I didn't have a fair asking price, should be honored by lowballs, etc.

Thanks to anyone who actually read and understood my dilemna and wasn't ironically one of the very douchebags I was ranting about.[/QUOTE]
Since you seem to be referencing my comment I feel I should respond:
You made no mention of there being a warranty on the Wii. Since they retail new for $199 (and can be had for cheaper with various coupons/deals) with most stores allowing 90 days for a return/exchange/whatever buying yours for $150 foolish ($199.99 x 75% is $150). You didn't mention offering a 90 return, but honestly, even if you did who would believe you? My opinion on the deal with the evidence provided and my knowledge of the marketplace doesn't make me a douchebag, it makes me an informed consumer and a cheapass.
Good for you that you got your asking price, but whoever bought it is a moron.
 
Then you're thinking of a return policy, not a warranty. All brand new Wiis come with a 12 year warranty through Nintendo. This one I hadn't registered. I honestly didn't mention that because you rarely hear about people selling a broken Wii.

To speak about your other point about how it can be had for super cheap elsewhere, then people will and should get it from those places. Why bother haggling with someone? How would you like a stranger saying, "I bought an XBox 360 Arcade with a $100 gift card last year on Black Friday. You should give me yours for $50 because it's used too"? You'd rightly tell them to fuck off.

No one goes into a supermarket and says, "I only think these apples are worth $.99 a pound, not $1.49 because they cost that much at Supermarket Y". Go to supermarket Y then because supermarket X doesn't care and there'll be others who will pay that price. If no one does buy at that price, well then you have one less place to shop and don't need to worry about it.

Like I said. Everyone wants a deal. Go out on a limb and try and get one. Just don't act like you're throwing a life preserver to a drowning victim while doing it. I've successfully lowballed people simply by not lowballing them. "Hey I'm sure you'll get a better but if you don't, I'll give you X amount. If you're not interested I understand and hope you get what you're asking." That way your offer is on the table, there's no hard feelings, and they know where you stand.
 
LOL I love the lowballers. I had a few of them when I listed about $240 in GS credit on an EDGE card for $160-170. I had offers for $60 and $40.

I told both of them I'd rather melt the card and snort the hot plastic up into my skull and melt it against my brain rather than deal with their asses. They seemed a bit insulted by my response, just like I was about their response to my ad saying the $160-170 price was FIRM.
 
^ That's one of the best posts I've read in recent memory.

Edit: davo1224's, although IATCG's is pretty good in it's own right.
 
[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']LOL I love the lowballers. I had a few of them when I listed about $240 in GS credit on an EDGE card for $160-170. I had offers for $60 and $40.

I told both of them I'd rather melt the card and snort the hot plastic up into my skull and melt it against my brain rather than deal with their asses. They seemed a bit insulted by my response, just like I was about their response to my ad saying the $160-170 price was FIRM.[/QUOTE]

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davo, I thnk you meant 12 month warranty. Other than that, I read and comprehended your post just fine. I also think you're right. But this is the Internet.
 
well not everyone here is here to sell. i personally am here to trade, not sell. therefor i do not list prices. if someone wants to offer cash for something im fine with that, if not then im fine with that as well. as i said i am here to trade and get new games.

the people saying they find it funny that the people get all high and mighty if they dont list a price, well that is a two way street. i personally find it laughable when you see all these posts talking about how they are tired of people not listing prices, and ive even seen people ask to make it to where you HAVE to list prices. i think that is completely unrealistic and will never work. why? because not everyone is here to sell, i WILL sell, but i prefer trading. therefor i dont see a need to price my stuff. now this does not mean i am unreasonable, and expect an arm and a leg for my items. it just means i dont want to go through the pain of pricing everything on my list when to be honest, i dont care if i sell it or not. and for the argument that you dont want to make an offer because they will be expecting to much, well i will counter with you do not want to make an offer because you want to pay too little. different strokes for different folks, and you can never please them all. so yeah this argument works both ways.
 
I really don't care one way or the other what people do, but I personally will pass over lists without prices if I'm looking to buy (unless I have what I feel is an even trade... say, sealed game for sealed game or something).

My favorite, though, was a person who wanted to BUY a game off of my trade list (unsolicited, I might add, since I always prefer to trade), but refused to name his price. So I found his trade list and cut and paste where HE said "Don't ask me 'How Much'... blah, blah, blah", and then he never replied to me again. :)
 
[quote name='nnthomas']I dont look at CAG lists if they dont have prices, myself. I know you want ebay prices, so I'm not gonna bother. Be stern, be strong, state your case. And then let me haggle down.
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Agreed- hell, I don't even haggle. Either I like your price or I don't. Just give me one and I'll tell if we've got a deal or not.

It's honestly too bad... I bet I could get some great game 'round here, but I just don't want to wade through the 'make offers' and 'CML' notes out there. (I don't trade, I buy.)

[quote name='davo1224']
No one goes into a supermarket and says, "I only think these apples are worth $.99 a pound, not $1.49 because they cost that much at Supermarket Y". [/QUOTE]

Oh, yes they do- I've had more than one customer tell me item x is so much at store y, and seem to think I'll match the price without anything but their word to back it up.

It's an all-around 'not a big deal'... you asked a fair price for your system and got offered a couple lower (but not nessecarily rip-off) offers. I do think you're right about the 'so you can sell it' guy, that wasy pretty condesending. You reacted correctly... you knew you had a fair offer and waited for someone to take it. You got what you wanted, time to brush off the rest as 'part of the game.'
 
[quote name='davo1224']Then you're thinking of a return policy, not a warranty. All brand new Wiis come with a 12 year warranty through Nintendo. This one I hadn't registered. I honestly didn't mention that because you rarely hear about people selling a broken Wii.

To speak about your other point about how it can be had for super cheap elsewhere, then people will and should get it from those places. Why bother haggling with someone? How would you like a stranger saying, "I bought an XBox 360 Arcade with a $100 gift card last year on Black Friday. You should give me yours for $50 because it's used too"? You'd rightly tell them to fuck off.

No one goes into a supermarket and says, "I only think these apples are worth $.99 a pound, not $1.49 because they cost that much at Supermarket Y". Go to supermarket Y then because supermarket X doesn't care and there'll be others who will pay that price. If no one does buy at that price, well then you have one less place to shop and don't need to worry about it.

Like I said. Everyone wants a deal. Go out on a limb and try and get one. Just don't act like you're throwing a life preserver to a drowning victim while doing it. I've successfully lowballed people simply by not lowballing them. "Hey I'm sure you'll get a better but if you don't, I'll give you X amount. If you're not interested I understand and hope you get what you're asking." That way your offer is on the table, there's no hard feelings, and they know where you stand.[/QUOTE]

Return policy = Warranty
 
[quote name='crzyjoeguy']well not everyone here is here to sell. i personally am here to trade, not sell. therefor i do not list prices. if someone wants to offer cash for something im fine with that, if not then im fine with that as well. as i said i am here to trade and get new games.

the people saying they find it funny that the people get all high and mighty if they dont list a price, well that is a two way street. i personally find it laughable when you see all these posts talking about how they are tired of people not listing prices, and ive even seen people ask to make it to where you HAVE to list prices. i think that is completely unrealistic and will never work. why? because not everyone is here to sell, i WILL sell, but i prefer trading. therefor i dont see a need to price my stuff. now this does not mean i am unreasonable, and expect an arm and a leg for my items. it just means i dont want to go through the pain of pricing everything on my list when to be honest, i dont care if i sell it or not. and for the argument that you dont want to make an offer because they will be expecting to much, well i will counter with you do not want to make an offer because you want to pay too little. different strokes for different folks, and you can never please them all. so yeah this argument works both ways.[/QUOTE]

I have to agree with you, crzyjoeguy. I'm more here to trade than to sell. The one time I DID list prices on all of my items I would have someone message me with "Why you trying to sell X game for $20? They had it on clearence a year ago on black friday for $18 and it was NEW". Well you should have bought it THEN. Also, I hate when someone has in their WANT lists "Game X ($5 from Circuit City Clearence)". They are more or less saying, "Well I couldn't find it for as cheap as some others found it, but expect you to sell/trade it to me for $5 since SOME place in the country someone got it for that price. Those are the difficult folks to deal with, IMO.
 
ok a note to people who are focused on mainly trading, Kudos: that requires patience and time to devote to that endeavor. And for a lot of people it works. I like the barter system overall, and with people locally I have no problem with it, the whole process usually takes 10-15 minutes. Over the net it takes more time and effort. I applaud those who have that dedication.

pricing and such, I have to agree a lot of people want to buy the items at whatever discount someone else was lucky enough to get, penny guides. or $5-$10 games they found in the local store that was trying to dump to get off their inventory. I also agree that is not really fair, if you want those prices, get out there and find those gems for yourself, don't expect someone else to reward you for their hard work (game shopping is not welfare or obamacare). Just maybe in your quest for those gems you want you might find gems other people want.

We all have different views on how we want to shop to get games and general stuff. Also don't expect CAG members to price match, we are not walmart, bestbuy, etc. Personally if XXX has item for $5 and YYY has it for $10 why even bother YYY to get him to price match, you should have bought it from XXX. There could be a lot of legitimate reasons for the price difference or just he places more value on said item.

But for those who have the focus for trading, my hat is off to you. After the time I have invested in trades before, I found it just more economical for me to just up and buy it for a price I can deal with. (notice I have no trade list) I very rarely decide to give stuff up to trading and if I do it is usually just one or 2 items, so not worth the effort of maintaining a trade list. That could always change in the future, don't wait for it though..
 
I've found that trading rarely works for me unfortunately unless it's for non-video game equipment and even then it's sketchy. A lot of the people around here only trade what they absolutely don't want and as a result it has no value. I always get an email from the same person offering to trade like a 2nd gen 4GB iPod for everything I try and sell.
 
The thing with me is, if I have an item(let's say God Of War III gently used)that I know others will want and the items they have from my personal want list(pretty short right now)are all going down in price, should I value their items at less than what they feel they're worth or am I a lowballer?

Case in point, I offered my copy of GOW3 to another CAG for their copy of Darksiders(marked $30 on their TL)and another item of similar pricing, since God Of War III probably won't go down in price/value for a long time.

They shot back with an offer of some $10 no artwork/no manual/disc only game and Darksiders and the disc only game was something I'd never even play, let alone the fact it was disc only and I will never take a disc only game unless it's from a $5 game sale at HWV or something and it's just for flipping.

So we reached an impasse and considered the deal dead.

But was I expecting too much from my game from them?
 
I think negotiating is fun; that said, I understand people who don't.

But if you don't want to negotiate, just learn to say no. If you're firm on your price, don't say "I'd rather give the disk to Frodo and have him toss it into the fires of Mount Doom," just say "Sorry, I can't sell it for that."

I guess, having been subjected to various forms of insult my entire life, I just can't see "would you take $X for that" as an insult, even if X is a very low number.
 
[quote name='pob14']
I guess, having been subjected to various forms of insult my entire life, I just can't see "would you take $X for that" as an insult, even if X is a very low number.[/QUOTE]


anything that doesn't work out for CAGs is a personal affront to them.

Didn't get in on a sale = omg el hoardo!
Guy charging out of their price range = damn reseller
Offered something lower than their expectations = evil habitual lowballer
Gamestop selling opened games as new = somebody notify the BBB immediately, this is illegal!
 
People on craigslist are like that, they throw out a lowball price to random ads, (sometimes half or less then half) and act like they are doing you a favor taking the stuff off your hands, and then when you say no they just degrade you and act like a snob. I'll never kiss someones ass just to get rid of something. I'm really nice to my good buyers on CL, I let people have discounts sometime if they are easy to deal with.

But when you want me to sell an $800 item for $200 you are going to get the stink eye from me.
 
If you don't list a price, you deserve to be lowballed.

Don't like getting lowballed? List a price.

Nothing I hate more than having to do some haggling bullshit for a trade because you think you can get a little extra money by not listing your price. Well fuck you.

[quote name='gargus']When you dont put a price on your item then you have no room to bitch about having someone offer you a low price. Thats your fault, not the buyers.

Dont like it? Then put a price on your item instead of doing "make me an offer" which basically translates into "Yeah I want more than this is worth and Im hoping Ill get someone offer me that price because Im to chicken shit to just come out and say I want a crap load of money for this".

If you dont know what you would take for something, or dont want to put a price on what your selling then what the fuck are you doing selling something?

It just amazes me on this site how many people say "make an offer" and then get pissed when its not what they want. How can you blame someone for giving a shot at buying something as cheap as possible? How stupid do you have to be not know people wont do that?

And dont get all high and mighty, you would do the exact same thing in their shoes, its just that this time your the one selling so your the one who feels lowballing is wrong. So stop not pricing your stuff and you wont have a reason to complain. It really is that easy.

Me personally? I wont deal with people on here that dont price their stuff. Several times Ive seen peoples lists where I saw something Id like and they had a make me an offer deal and I kept on going because I dont play those games. If you want alot then just say it instead of playing those fucking games of making a person dance for you.[/QUOTE]
Yes this.
 
[quote name='crystalklear64']If you don't list a price, you deserve to be lowballed.

Don't like getting lowballed? List a price.

Nothing I hate more than having to do some haggling bullshit for a trade because you think you can get a little extra money by not listing your price. Well fuck you.
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exactly. No price = I want ebay prices, but I'm hoping you're dumb and will offer me more.
main reason why I rarely check the trade forum. Hardly anyone lists prices and if you offer a few bucks less than ebay, you get the "herp derp, I can get this much for it on ebay" line.

Also, shit like this:
For Sale/Trade:
Drake of the 99 Dragons
Primal
Superman 64
Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne:hot::hot::hot:
Madden '89
SMB/Duck Hunt

:hot::hot::hot: = OMG I'M REALLY ATTACHED TO THIS ONE. Masuko's soundtrack is so kawaii ^___^;;; Will NOT trade or sell unless you offer me a SUPER high price or something REALLY awesome in return.


Why even list the game in the first place?
 
[quote name='ninja dog']exactly. No price = I want ebay prices, but I'm hoping you're dumb and will offer me more.
main reason why I rarely check the trade forum. Hardly anyone lists prices and if you offer a few bucks less than ebay, you get the "herp derp, I can get this much for it on ebay" line.

Also, shit like this:
For Sale/Trade:
Drake of the 99 Dragons
Primal
Superman 64
Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne:hot::hot::hot:
Madden '89
SMB/Duck Hunt

:hot::hot::hot: = OMG I'M REALLY ATTACHED TO THIS ONE. Masuko's soundtrack is so kawaii ^___^;;; Will NOT trade or sell unless you offer me a SUPER high price or something REALLY awesome in return.


Why even list the game in the first place?[/QUOTE]

Because they want someone who will buy it/trade for it who is going to appreciate the game and not someone who wants it only to plop on Ebay? That's why whenever I've had something more sought after, I put it in part of a bundle with stuff worth bupkiss and refused to seperate it. Either you buy everything, get the 'rare/sought after' stuff with the chaff and I still make money on it or you can piss off.

I had people trying to cherry pick out those games worth $20-30 or more each from a lot once, both on here and on Craigslist, and when I told them it was all or nothing they disappeared in a huff(or flagged my ad on CL).

I understand you wanna make money and all, but it's not gonna be at my expense, d-bag Ebay resellers.;)
 
I had this one guy who asked me if I could fix his PS3 (ylod). I told him it'd be $75 - then he said he might as well take it to Sony for that price. I told him that last I checked their repair price was $140, and that didn't matter. Honestly, I think he just didn't like $75, and couldn't come up with a good reason why :p

I had another guy who's xbox I repaired some time ago (rrod). I guaranteed it for 6 months and told him there was a small chance that the rrod could return, as the 360 is still a manufactured piece of crap. After that 6 months, it ended up crapping out again, but I still serviced it for free. After another 2-3 months, it returned to me again, and I could do nothing for it.

As luck would have it, I came across another motherboard as part of a trade (free bonus, rather)and I decided to use the parts from his xbox with that motherboard, and give him that one back. I did have to do the repair procedure again, but no new parts had to be purchased.

So he calls me again the other day and the rrod has struck again. I told him I'd need $20 to resuscitate it again, and he was upset and decided he'd rather junk the console or something. :smh:
 
[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']Because they want someone who will buy it/trade for it who is going to appreciate the game and not someone who wants it only to plop on Ebay? That's why whenever I've had something more sought after, I put it in part of a bundle with stuff worth bupkiss and refused to seperate it. Either you buy everything, get the 'rare/sought after' stuff with the chaff and I still make money on it or you can piss off.

I had people trying to cherry pick out those games worth $20-30 or more each from a lot once, both on here and on Craigslist, and when I told them it was all or nothing they disappeared in a huff(or flagged my ad on CL).

I understand you wanna make money and all, but it's not gonna be at my expense, d-bag Ebay resellers.;)[/QUOTE]


My point is that people put games up with impossible qualifications. who the hell lists games because they want people to appreciate them? these aren't fucking cats, they're videogames. And how would you know a buyer's intent anyway?

and yeah, nobody wants bundles of shit games. that's why they're making offers on decent games and not the crap surrounding it. Even when there's something decent in the lot, you're always going to get a lot less than what you would have if you sold them individually.

Maybe you should just sell your games instead of worrying so much about a buyer's intentions.
 
[quote name='Methadon']I had this one guy who asked me if I could fix his PS3 (ylod). I told him it'd be $75 - then he said he might as well take it to Sony for that price. I told him that last I checked their repair price was $140, and that didn't matter. Honestly, I think he just didn't like $75, and couldn't come up with a good reason why :p

I had another guy who's xbox I repaired some time ago (rrod). I guaranteed it for 6 months and told him there was a small chance that the rrod could return, as the 360 is still a manufactured piece of crap. After that 6 months, it ended up crapping out again, but I still serviced it for free. After another 2-3 months, it returned to me again, and I could do nothing for it.

As luck would have it, I came across another motherboard as part of a trade (free bonus, rather)and I decided to use the parts from his xbox with that motherboard, and give him that one back. I did have to do the repair procedure again, but no new parts had to be purchased.

So he calls me again the other day and the rrod has struck again. I told him I'd need $20 to resuscitate it again, and he was upset and decided he'd rather junk the console or something. :smh:[/QUOTE]

Damn the dude should just go buy a new $200 arcade and call it a day. Why bother to keep having a busted RROD 360 re-fixed every month lol.
 
[quote name='ninja dog']My point is that people put games up with impossible qualifications. who the hell lists games because they want people to appreciate them? these aren't fucking cats, they're videogames. And how would you know a buyer's intent anyway?

and yeah, nobody wants bundles of shit games. that's why they're making offers on decent games and not the crap surrounding it. Even when there's something decent in the lot, you're always going to get a lot less than what you would have if you sold them individually.

Maybe you should just sell your games instead of worrying so much about a buyer's intentions.[/QUOTE]

Actually, I did eventually sell the lot of games for $450-460 shipped to someone on CAG after trying out Gamestop($260), the local shop($280-290)and plopping them on both CAG and Craigslist at the same time.

Considering I only paid over $3-5 for a handful of them(Dark Alliance 2, Futurama, a couple others), I'd say I made out pretty fuckin' well for being patient and not giving up on selling them all in one shot.

Now, had the cherry pickers picked a few common titles out of the rest of the lot and grouped them in with maybe ONE of the 'rare' titles I had, I might not have been able to determine what their intentions were. But considering EVERY cherry pick offer was 'I'll give you $15 for Dark Alliance 2, Futurama, Silent Hill, Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 3, etc, etc' and they wanted every game worth anything for that piddily amount, I was more inclined to believe they were a collector/reseller and not interested in getting themselves an instant collection of various games.

But again, this deal has long passed and I think the buyer was a virtual unknown on CAG who has made very few posts before or since that deal. Whatever they did with the games after they bought them from me I don't really care, since I held out and I got what I wanted for them, even if I had to sit through offer after offer and comments like yours saying I was basically f'n nuts.:razz:
 
No. It was a long time CAG who was basically a lurker. They PM'd me after I received tons of the 'gimme all the rarez for stupid cheap' bullshit on here and CL. Obviously they thought getting nearly 100 games for $400 or so after shipping was a damn good deal and I was happy to get them all gone in one shot and not have to listen to the whiney bitches wanting the good stuff and leaving the 'shit' games anymore.
 
From a general game buyer's POV, it was a really good deal two years ago. It was much less than he would have paid at Gamestop.

Another peeve of mine is the fake story. "Oh man I loved Final Fantasy VII as a kid. I want to play it again. Will you take $10 as long as it's the one that doesn't say Greatest Hits?" Let's not only lie but also try and give it to the person in the ass AND with no lube.
 
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