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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;pearlsnblume, post: 145555, member: 141&quot;]Here is what I do for the most part.</p><p><br /></p><p>When selling (on Etsy) we don&#039;t have a best offer feature. But I have received some questions as to whether the price were negotiable or potential buyers came out and asked if I would sell the item for X amount of dollars. They seem never to say if they mean that excludes the cost to ship so I always have to ask them if they realize the shipping is extra and is not negotiable. Sometimes they think that the offer includes the price of shipping, which I can not do.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some offers have been just so low ball, I can not do them. On items that have been gathering dust and I would like to see go, I will lower the price, if the price they offer leaves me with a profit I can live with and I know it has had little interest.. On items that I think just need to sit awhile longer for the right buyer, I can lower the price a bit but not too much. Some items I won&#039;t lower the price on at all since they are priced just so.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had one perspective buyer (who was also a seller on Etsy) ask me if I could lower the price on an item, and the price she offered was rock bottom. I politely told her no. Didn&#039;t hear from her for about 3 months and then she bought the item for the full price, but said in her feedback, that that item was nice but too expensive. (insert curse words here) <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>At yard sales, garage sales and estate sales, if there are no price tags, I ask how much something is and see what they say. I know many of the regular estate sale runners and was a familiar face at sales so I know which of them have&nbsp; the kind of prices I can work with and the ones that run hot and cold with pricing and where I can negotiate. If they come in too high, I offer a price I can pay and am always polite. I do bargain with estate sale runners as around here it is the norm. But some folks are very obnoxious in the way they haggle so my approach is be nice and see what happens. I don&#039;t offer rock bottom offers. I sometimes will ask what is the best they can do and sometimes throw out a price I think works for both of us.</p><p><br /></p><p>It used to be that the more one bought at an estate sale, the better the price. Now, that has gone out the window and they add all the pieces up and rarely is there a price break for bundling.</p><p><br /></p><p>At yard sales and garage sales, where the prices are tagged on the item, I will try to negotiate a lower price if the price of the item is too high. Around here&nbsp; negotiating a price is pretty much expected, except if you go to someone who never had a garage sale before or print out ebay listings in hopes of getting that price on their stuff. </p><p><br /></p><p>Just my 2 cents.</p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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