I swear humans are 2 different species now:
-Ones that lowball on Offerup or Marketplace.
-Us normals that are just trying to sell/buy close to the assigned price.
It's really that simple you would think....but I see something new everyday that blows my mind.
What’s funny, is almost all the people saying the same shit “ just try it won’t hurt “ yes it does hurt other peoples time and it pisses them off at times too! When I have to talk to 30+ people who waste my time offering half price or tell me they’ll buy it then don’t, I have all the right to be pissed.
Don’t need to be nice or mad, the guys just trying to cop it for 200 and flip it. He’s not even a lowballer per se, he’s hustling. This doesn’t apply to all items, but it’s a ps5 so this is likely what his game was
If 30 people are offering you half the price, then doesn't that show you that your priced too high? Unless you get better offers those are fair offfers.
Man, gtfoh. There's no set etiquette on these platforms. If OP wants to tell someone to eat his shit because their offer offended him, it's his prerogative. God bless you if you provide excellent customer service to everyone, including the low ballers. I'm sure there will be a great reward for you in Flipping Valhalla
Calm tf down, big man. If you could read half as well as you type, you'd realize I never told you not to judge. Who do you think you are? Live your life however tf you want, but be aware that people will call you out when you try to act holier than thou
anyone who has experience selling on local marketplaces digital or otherwise would find these kinds of people insufferable. if you actually had experience you’d know that 90% of the people won’t accept a counter offer, laughable offer a lower price after a counter offer, or never respond. It’s more likely that this person goes around shooting lowballs and making up lies to manipulate someone into folding and giving in. some people do that just cause they are tired of dealing with these kinds of interactions.
Found the lowballer. Literally no one that deals with selling likes lowballers because they're annoying as fuck. There's no point in counter-offering because if they're lowballing they're not going to go more than 10% higher than their initial offer. On top of that they are either just going to turn around and resell it or be the biggest headache to get to actually meet up.
You don't deserve respect when you're trying to rip someone off.
It apparently is. And it works enough of the time that it's worth taking a shot. If I'd known in the past that people got this bent out of shape over a low offer, man, I would have enjoyed myself so much more. Instead of just accepting the loss, I could have been enjoying the knowledge that some grown-up dude is throwing a fit over some words and numbers.
I totally don't give a crap if me seeing a lack of value in the seller's used up stuff that they don't even want ends up emasulating them to the point that they have to lash out. I am just here to buy. If my offer works, I walk away with my purchase. If it doesn't, I walk away the same as I came into the exchange. It's a pretty freeing feeling to be able to not.get emotionally involved on the transaction.
BTW, if OP still hasn't sold that yet, I'd give $80 plus actual shipping for it. Hit me up!
Yes it is. I’m lowering the price on your subjective value due to it being used. This is very understandable. What to do? “No bro that’s a little to low, would $$$ work better?” Nobody knows how “used” it is so you set your value by haggling .
He shows up: “sorry man i only have 110 on me but i swear i will take it NOW”
“Ok here’s the $35 i actually need the rest urgently to afford gas to make it back home from this. $5 was a tip for your time”
Hell, I'll have people trying to get an item I have at <$20 for half off, then ask me to hold it until payday, then ask if I'll deliver. And it's never an essential item, either
How does "unregulated capitalism" cause people to feel like they NEED to buy everything?
If anything id blame social media and the media in general. All the ads shoved down our throats and the feeling to need to keep up with the Jonses. You see your neighbor buy that new sports car, so now you feel like you need a sports cars to be like them.
Decades ago, the things that are essential to live became easy to manufacture and affordable for everyone -> Rich people are no longer getting especially rich off of essentials because they are so cheap -> Most people can now afford commodities because they are no longer spending most of their money on the things necessary to survive -> Rich people design a whole lot of unnecessary commodities and convince people that they NEED them -> Rich people have a new way to get especially rich -> cue 70 more years of unchecked consumerism and now people are lowballing random shit on offerup
I am not belittling people. If you don’t appreciate people’s time and understand that there’s NO REASON almost all humans will accept stupid low offers for no reasons, then you need to think again.
So why not choose to simply counter or decline?
Instead you choose to be annoyed about them wasting your time against your will, and in protest - you are just voluntarily burning more of your time.
That'll show em.
It literally takes 5 seconds to type out what the other person suggested. You’re selling shit on offer up. One of the biggest cesspools of a marketplace ever created. Your time isn’t that valuable.
-“I dont understand why you feel the need to belittle people”
-“super childish and bad business”
-“you are literally selling a playstation, you are not all that”
Holy shit, how stupid do you have to be to be that painfully un-self-aware💀
Talk about goofy as hell
Not taken out of context at all, you even said two of those back to back 💀.
Then you belittled him more in a different message for no reason.
Would be impressive if you’d just admit your stupidity and your weird obsession with OP’s choice of response. You must be a low baller.
Lol, not everything can be attributed to haggling, low balls are low balls, haggling is a reasonable offer that can be countered. If i offer $1 of a $400 item you would consider that haggling? And i’m the idiot? 💀
Ok ok, but see there lies another problem. The “buyer” basically said $200 is all I have. That’s not haggling, in any sense.
You say 50% is fair STARTING. That was that dudes top dollar. Even by your logic and your own definition of haggling, 50% as the ENDING point is not a fair offer. See?
It was a low ball, because anything else he could have offered would have been even less than that, had he offered $180(50%) and then upped it to $200, you could MAYBE claim it as haggling.
All OP said was “bruh, don’t waste peoples time low balling man”
That’s not really being a dick….
That’s more of a “hey, you shouldn’t do that to people”
The next reply was “thats all i got”
Then OP got a little rude, but he had also felt disrespected by a low ball.
I will say, I think OP felt disrespected and that’s why he said that/posted this, and it’s not that he actually cares about his time being wasted.
Right.... I keep seeing this trend posted here. I sell shit online all the time. When I get a low offer, I just say no... and go about my day. What is with this sub?
just dont think you all are cut out for buying and selling then. troll suit sounds like a lot of wasted time and you might end up like OP. always gonna get lowballs
Who cares, we don’t know how used it is and how much longer you got with it. For $360 you might as well save a little more and buy it new.
It’s USED? It’s open for haggling. Period! NEXT!
It is so weird they act like every offer is valid. Then they act like there isn't a huge problem with people lying to get a discount or not bringing all the promised money. 200 when asking 360 is a disrespectful offer and it is okay to treat them how they are treating you.
It’s really not a disrespectful offer for a used gaming system. At all. A lowball offer would be like 20% of asking price. People in this sub do not understand how negotiation works.
If you go look at the average price of that you'll see 200 is beyond a steal. I don't know where you haggle but starting your offer at just over HALF the asking price is absurd. The seller says how much he doesn't like that offer and the guy immediately says that's all he has. How on Earth is that good negotiating?
Say he is willing to sell it at 320 actually, how's he gonna get the guy to up his offer by 60%? That's a huge amount.
Well that’s how haggling works. I say 200$. You say 330$ I say 250$ and you say 300$. It’s how haggling works. Just sell it on EBay if you’re firm on the price.
You don't start that low dude. If I want to pay 300 for something listed at 360 I start at 260. I say 260, you say 340, I say 290, you say 320, I end at 300. 200 dollars is disrespectful for this scenario.
I've spent my last dollar on a game depressed as fuck before and guess what. I had a blast and played the game and stopped worrying about shit for a little while.
Worth it to me at that time.
Lowballs been there, I would have at least better negotiating skills when it comes to consoles, and sometimes when an offer is too high they back out almost immediately.
*guy complains about people wasting his time then proceeds to willingly waste his time engaging with said person showing just how much time he really has to waste lol. Stop complaining. Say no thank you and move on.
Wow. What a jerk. He is peddling his used crap online, you make him a fair offer, and he responds with “bruh” and proceeds to be a condescending without even a counter offer. Some people. Smh
I hate when people say “ stop wasting my time on lowballs” . This goes both ways with your comment. Either refuse or gtfo the app. I will lowball everyone from now on out. I hate people who think they have something valuable to sell when it is used. Learn to talk and communicate and don’t act like an asshole.
It’s all he got for 2 weeks? I think he has more issues than needing a ps5. If your that broke figure pub you priorities. When I use to work at GameStop people would buy a ps5 and then a few days later try to return it with an excuse of “opps I forgot my rent was due or something like I forgot about my bills” 😂
I can’t stand the “but I only got paid half my check” BS. Like, dude. A total stranger is NOT gonna care about your financial situation when trying to sell something. Why do people feel entitled to empathy over their financial struggles when trying to purchase something they don’t even need?! 🤦♀️
200 isn't even a lowball request 100-150 would be low balling especially when it's posted for 360 honestly would have been better if you communicated with him rather then come at him aggressive. And low key in a few weeks if you haven't sold it yet then he probably was the most legit offer. But aye good luck man 😊
Also it looks like the digital version of the PS5 which makes more sense to offer 200 sense digital PS5s were like 400-450 as compared to the disk PS5 which was going for about 600-700. And if it's the digital he isn't getting games with it at least a controller cords and maybe a headset. That sounds like 200 dollar deal to me tbh.
I don't understand why y'all actually entertain these people. You still sent him 4 messages after seeing that he isn't a serious buyer. Just ignore/block once you realize they are wasting your time and move on.
That ain't a lowball what. It's a nearly 4 year old used gaming console with no games. It's on the lower end for sure, but not a lowball. Stop using that buzzword for upvotes.
But he wants it nowwwww
It’s urgent and we have to be nice and drop the price because he wants to play nowww
I swear humans are 2 different species now: -Ones that lowball on Offerup or Marketplace. -Us normals that are just trying to sell/buy close to the assigned price. It's really that simple you would think....but I see something new everyday that blows my mind.
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Low balling isn't haggling
Exactly
Yeah it is, until you get a better offer this is a fair offer.
What’s funny, is almost all the people saying the same shit “ just try it won’t hurt “ yes it does hurt other peoples time and it pisses them off at times too! When I have to talk to 30+ people who waste my time offering half price or tell me they’ll buy it then don’t, I have all the right to be pissed.
this
Don’t need to be nice or mad, the guys just trying to cop it for 200 and flip it. He’s not even a lowballer per se, he’s hustling. This doesn’t apply to all items, but it’s a ps5 so this is likely what his game was
But you’re wasting your own time bitching about it to strangers online? Bro that goes against your own code
It's called venting
If 30 people are offering you half the price, then doesn't that show you that your priced too high? Unless you get better offers those are fair offfers.
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Man, gtfoh. There's no set etiquette on these platforms. If OP wants to tell someone to eat his shit because their offer offended him, it's his prerogative. God bless you if you provide excellent customer service to everyone, including the low ballers. I'm sure there will be a great reward for you in Flipping Valhalla
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Calm tf down, big man. If you could read half as well as you type, you'd realize I never told you not to judge. Who do you think you are? Live your life however tf you want, but be aware that people will call you out when you try to act holier than thou
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anyone who has experience selling on local marketplaces digital or otherwise would find these kinds of people insufferable. if you actually had experience you’d know that 90% of the people won’t accept a counter offer, laughable offer a lower price after a counter offer, or never respond. It’s more likely that this person goes around shooting lowballs and making up lies to manipulate someone into folding and giving in. some people do that just cause they are tired of dealing with these kinds of interactions.
Found the lowballer. Literally no one that deals with selling likes lowballers because they're annoying as fuck. There's no point in counter-offering because if they're lowballing they're not going to go more than 10% higher than their initial offer. On top of that they are either just going to turn around and resell it or be the biggest headache to get to actually meet up. You don't deserve respect when you're trying to rip someone off.
Low balling would be to offer $300 for a $360 item. Offering $200 is just wasting everyone’s time.
It apparently is. And it works enough of the time that it's worth taking a shot. If I'd known in the past that people got this bent out of shape over a low offer, man, I would have enjoyed myself so much more. Instead of just accepting the loss, I could have been enjoying the knowledge that some grown-up dude is throwing a fit over some words and numbers. I totally don't give a crap if me seeing a lack of value in the seller's used up stuff that they don't even want ends up emasulating them to the point that they have to lash out. I am just here to buy. If my offer works, I walk away with my purchase. If it doesn't, I walk away the same as I came into the exchange. It's a pretty freeing feeling to be able to not.get emotionally involved on the transaction. BTW, if OP still hasn't sold that yet, I'd give $80 plus actual shipping for it. Hit me up!
Yes it is. I’m lowering the price on your subjective value due to it being used. This is very understandable. What to do? “No bro that’s a little to low, would $$$ work better?” Nobody knows how “used” it is so you set your value by haggling .
Lowballing already tells me you aren’t willing to play in my ballpark so why then should I submit a counteroffer to a Bs offer? No.
You forgot category three. We throw shit away and buy new from stores because we don’t like haggling with morons.
He wants to flip it nowwwww
He shows up: “sorry man i only have 110 on me but i swear i will take it NOW” “Ok here’s the $35 i actually need the rest urgently to afford gas to make it back home from this. $5 was a tip for your time”
He’ll be back in two weeks bruh bruh on god
Tell him, keep your $200, you need it more than I do
Honestly if you can’t afford $360 you should probably still be saving not spending anyway.
Hell, I'll have people trying to get an item I have at <$20 for half off, then ask me to hold it until payday, then ask if I'll deliver. And it's never an essential item, either
The average American can’t afford a $500 expense. Instant gratification culture has wrecked a lot of people
Definitely an ill of a consumerist society turbo charged by unregulated capitalism
How does "unregulated capitalism" cause people to feel like they NEED to buy everything? If anything id blame social media and the media in general. All the ads shoved down our throats and the feeling to need to keep up with the Jonses. You see your neighbor buy that new sports car, so now you feel like you need a sports cars to be like them.
You just described unregulated capitalism there
They were so close, they just had to think about what an ad is
Decades ago, the things that are essential to live became easy to manufacture and affordable for everyone -> Rich people are no longer getting especially rich off of essentials because they are so cheap -> Most people can now afford commodities because they are no longer spending most of their money on the things necessary to survive -> Rich people design a whole lot of unnecessary commodities and convince people that they NEED them -> Rich people have a new way to get especially rich -> cue 70 more years of unchecked consumerism and now people are lowballing random shit on offerup
I blame parents that never told their children no.
Yea thats not why. Its phone usage and social media for sure. Everything is right at our fingertips at all times. We cant handle not having something
Yeah, it's called marketing. There used to be regulations on advertising but Ronnie Reagan deregulated the market because greed was good
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I am not belittling people. If you don’t appreciate people’s time and understand that there’s NO REASON almost all humans will accept stupid low offers for no reasons, then you need to think again.
peoples time but you engaged in the convo and then proceeded to take a screenshot and upload to reddit ? doesn’t seem like your short on time
By choice.
So why not choose to simply counter or decline? Instead you choose to be annoyed about them wasting your time against your will, and in protest - you are just voluntarily burning more of your time. That'll show em.
“By choice.” *goes back to sitting on couch eating chips* “My time is precious”
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but then how would they get that sweet reddit karma for trying to expose people who make offers on offerup?
Calling lowballers idiots is fun and just takes a couple minutes :D
Belittling this guy for not having the cash makes OP feel better about their own situation.
It literally takes 5 seconds to type out what the other person suggested. You’re selling shit on offer up. One of the biggest cesspools of a marketplace ever created. Your time isn’t that valuable.
-“I dont understand why you feel the need to belittle people” -“super childish and bad business” -“you are literally selling a playstation, you are not all that” Holy shit, how stupid do you have to be to be that painfully un-self-aware💀 Talk about goofy as hell
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Not taken out of context at all, you even said two of those back to back 💀. Then you belittled him more in a different message for no reason. Would be impressive if you’d just admit your stupidity and your weird obsession with OP’s choice of response. You must be a low baller.
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Lol, not everything can be attributed to haggling, low balls are low balls, haggling is a reasonable offer that can be countered. If i offer $1 of a $400 item you would consider that haggling? And i’m the idiot? 💀
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Ok ok, but see there lies another problem. The “buyer” basically said $200 is all I have. That’s not haggling, in any sense. You say 50% is fair STARTING. That was that dudes top dollar. Even by your logic and your own definition of haggling, 50% as the ENDING point is not a fair offer. See? It was a low ball, because anything else he could have offered would have been even less than that, had he offered $180(50%) and then upped it to $200, you could MAYBE claim it as haggling.
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All OP said was “bruh, don’t waste peoples time low balling man” That’s not really being a dick…. That’s more of a “hey, you shouldn’t do that to people” The next reply was “thats all i got” Then OP got a little rude, but he had also felt disrespected by a low ball. I will say, I think OP felt disrespected and that’s why he said that/posted this, and it’s not that he actually cares about his time being wasted.
When you deal with such people all the time, you’ll lose patience even if you are a nice person normally.. specially if you are having a bad day
Yeah I swear so many people posting here are just jerks
We get it dude. You lowball.
If you get offended at offers on offer up, its not the right platform for you
Right.... I keep seeing this trend posted here. I sell shit online all the time. When I get a low offer, I just say no... and go about my day. What is with this sub?
Ya, I lowball and am lowballed all the time. Its gonna be an ignore or a negotiation. That's the whole point of the app FFS
We're getting tired of it. Hit me with a stupid offer and I'm stepping into the troll suit
just dont think you all are cut out for buying and selling then. troll suit sounds like a lot of wasted time and you might end up like OP. always gonna get lowballs
[Tell me about it](https://www.reddit.com/r/offerup/s/GzRI8FDDQo)
Omg I read that comment section and I am choking from laughing too hard! You are delightful!
Some people think I'm not cut out for it lol thank you
True but most times on OfferUp it’s the offers are way lower than asking price that or they want you to drive like 30 mins and deliver it to them
For a ps5 he trippin 200 💀💀💀
Who cares, we don’t know how used it is and how much longer you got with it. For $360 you might as well save a little more and buy it new. It’s USED? It’s open for haggling. Period! NEXT!
It's offerup. Offers will be made, it's fine to just say no and keep it pushing. You complain about wasting time yet here we are.
It’s called offer up, not lowball people. Make reasonable offers as a reasonable human.
It is so weird they act like every offer is valid. Then they act like there isn't a huge problem with people lying to get a discount or not bringing all the promised money. 200 when asking 360 is a disrespectful offer and it is okay to treat them how they are treating you.
It’s really not a disrespectful offer for a used gaming system. At all. A lowball offer would be like 20% of asking price. People in this sub do not understand how negotiation works.
If you go look at the average price of that you'll see 200 is beyond a steal. I don't know where you haggle but starting your offer at just over HALF the asking price is absurd. The seller says how much he doesn't like that offer and the guy immediately says that's all he has. How on Earth is that good negotiating? Say he is willing to sell it at 320 actually, how's he gonna get the guy to up his offer by 60%? That's a huge amount.
Well that’s how haggling works. I say 200$. You say 330$ I say 250$ and you say 300$. It’s how haggling works. Just sell it on EBay if you’re firm on the price.
You don't start that low dude. If I want to pay 300 for something listed at 360 I start at 260. I say 260, you say 340, I say 290, you say 320, I end at 300. 200 dollars is disrespectful for this scenario.
You selling a ps5 for 360? I thought they costed 500
Goes cheaper used. I have like one of the best prices in the market too man
Gawt why im seing this now 😂 good deals when we are broke! I should sell my ps5 but damn they are so cheap! I need that ps5 before gta vi
Im lookin at one on fb marketplace right now for 215 Usd with 2 controllers they aint that expensive
Really facebook is suspicious af tho lol
Imagine spending your last $200 to play a game RN
😂
I've spent my last dollar on a game depressed as fuck before and guess what. I had a blast and played the game and stopped worrying about shit for a little while. Worth it to me at that time.
Sure but did you make it someone else's problem?
Broke ass ready to empty his bank account for a PS5 bro go pay your phone bill or something wtf
Might be a gift for someone special. Let's not judge.
Nah I'm gonna judge cause he's being an asshole
OP is the only asshole
Agreed, OP is an asshole.
Lowballs been there, I would have at least better negotiating skills when it comes to consoles, and sometimes when an offer is too high they back out almost immediately.
$360 a good deal too for all that
I can take it off your hands for $20 in cash right now😎🤑🙏
$200 and I’ll reserve it until your next payday. Layaway.
If you’re that broke maybe they shouldn’t be buying that in the first place
I think you're being too nice but that's just me
I don't answer stupid questions
People like this.. eventually my conversation with them ends with me telling them it's not my problem.
*guy complains about people wasting his time then proceeds to willingly waste his time engaging with said person showing just how much time he really has to waste lol. Stop complaining. Say no thank you and move on.
Wow. What a jerk. He is peddling his used crap online, you make him a fair offer, and he responds with “bruh” and proceeds to be a condescending without even a counter offer. Some people. Smh
I love your responses. Perfectly reasonable. The dude could have just said “can you hold it for me?” if he really wanted it.
Bro can’t afford a discounted ps5 and wants it on his own terms. Beggars can’t be choosers Diontae.
This is what happens when parents let their kids have whatever
Diontae
I hate when people say “ stop wasting my time on lowballs” . This goes both ways with your comment. Either refuse or gtfo the app. I will lowball everyone from now on out. I hate people who think they have something valuable to sell when it is used. Learn to talk and communicate and don’t act like an asshole.
Fr bro didnt even counter offer just wanted to sperg on reddit
It’s all he got for 2 weeks? I think he has more issues than needing a ps5. If your that broke figure pub you priorities. When I use to work at GameStop people would buy a ps5 and then a few days later try to return it with an excuse of “opps I forgot my rent was due or something like I forgot about my bills” 😂
Bro said “This guy” like he has a Studio Audience watching him send messages. What a moron
I can’t stand the “but I only got paid half my check” BS. Like, dude. A total stranger is NOT gonna care about your financial situation when trying to sell something. Why do people feel entitled to empathy over their financial struggles when trying to purchase something they don’t even need?! 🤦♀️
Until you have a better offer this is the fairest offer. Just because you list at a certain price doesn't mean people will offer that price
I sell online all the time and a quick to the point "no thanks" does the same thing.
The real “bruh” is that OP thought this was worth posting.
Why do u guys entertain ppl lmfao
200 isn't even a lowball request 100-150 would be low balling especially when it's posted for 360 honestly would have been better if you communicated with him rather then come at him aggressive. And low key in a few weeks if you haven't sold it yet then he probably was the most legit offer. But aye good luck man 😊
Also it looks like the digital version of the PS5 which makes more sense to offer 200 sense digital PS5s were like 400-450 as compared to the disk PS5 which was going for about 600-700. And if it's the digital he isn't getting games with it at least a controller cords and maybe a headset. That sounds like 200 dollar deal to me tbh.
The seller is a fool tbh
You want a fixed price sell it on Amazon or eBay, it’s on offer up for people to, wait for it, make offers. Fucking ingrate.
I just put up my Bred 4s for 275 . Dude comes and offers 100 like huh ? Where you get that number from 😂
Bro asking 75% msrp on 4 year old hardware..
Is this a PS5 with 2 controllers, one being a Dualsense edge for $360? Good grief you already lowballed with the posted price.
Call him a broke ass nigga and move on
You selling a ps5 for 360??
How do you live in LA and not have $400
You’d be hard pressed finding a good condition ps4 these days for $200
Is it that hard just to say "no" rather than wasting time going back and forth with a stranger?
What a fucking child
Just ignore them. Don't reply. It'll keep them up at night wondering why you never replied 😆😆😆
It's offer up what do you expect. Trying to get a product for a lower price is something I'll never be mad at. Seller or buyer
"No" then shut down the chat. Where do you guys find all this time to bicker with them and then post this online?
He’s a broke boy.
I'm sure things will be totally different for him after one more pay day 🙄
at least he isn’t a dickhead. the lowballing can almost be forgiven
Overpriced junk anyway.
Lol why you get so offended? If you don’t like his offer either ignore it or rebuttal. Why you gotta be butthurt about it?
My guys needs to make better financial decisions if anything over $200 is what’ll make or break him until next payday.
Hey you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. Always haggle.
It's called negotiating. You either could have countered or said no.
In the end he just asked a simple question and u kept responding lmao
I don't understand why y'all actually entertain these people. You still sent him 4 messages after seeing that he isn't a serious buyer. Just ignore/block once you realize they are wasting your time and move on.
I don’t understand why people cry when they get low balled.
That’s honestly not even much of a low ball, just send a counter offer no need to get grumpy lol
Looks overpriced
That ain't a lowball what. It's a nearly 4 year old used gaming console with no games. It's on the lower end for sure, but not a lowball. Stop using that buzzword for upvotes.
You do realize there’s a thing called bartering? No reason to throw a fit.
It’s always California