Are there other's besides myself that hate to see those and other similar statements in ad/postings, even when talking with someone who has an item for sale? I am in rough shape here in San Jose. It is an hour or so before the 49'er game comes on, I am feeling lousy, have a surgery scheduled more than a month off, and for now I am just waiting for the scheduled date, or as the doctor told me, if the pain gets real bad along with a list of other problems to just go back to the ER where I went last month and ended up spending 5 nights in the hospital being monitored. I was told if I go back to the ER they will most likely just do the surgery. Tricky part is that I was told by the doctor's that the surgery has a better chance of success the longer I wait and my inside's heal up some, than if I go in earlier when there can be problems. I do not want to really get into what is wrong, only inside stomach area. Worst part is just waiting around, feeling lousy, some days not to bad at all, others days I get pains where I am doubled over along with a lot of other problems. So I am typing this out, more so for my own sake in killing time. If you find all this boring just go to the next post.
I have bought and sold a lot of bikes, mainly Stingrays the past 30+ years. But I also collect a few other things. What I hate the most is when I see an ad/post/listing whatever you want to call it for an item for sale that uses uses any of the following phrases (also besides ads, when in conversations with a seller).
"No low ballers". Now I know we all feel this way way when we list something for sale, but when I list something I do want to scare anyone away and would rather spend my time talking with someone for 5 minutes that may go nowhere than not have a response which leads to the next phrase.
"My time is valuable, I know what I have, do not waste my time". Again why start out in an ad with an aggressive statement like this. I am sure nobody likes wasting time, but it kind of goes with the territory when you are selling something.
"I am not in any hurry to sell"; Just testing the waters here", This is a want to sell, not a need to sell listing", "If it doesn't sell I will just put it back into storage", All of these may be true, but why would you bother placing an ad to sell something, and then go on to make statements that show you are not that interested in selling.
"This will only go up in value", This will not last long at this price", Check Ebay to see what these are listed for" Anyone who states any of this in their ads is most likely asking twice what the item for sale is worth"
Anyway, thanks for letting me keep occupied for a little while anyway. All that said, I do enjoy the buying end of collecting. I think speaking on the phone is the best way to either buy or sell an item in response to an ad, I can tell a lot of who I am dealing with over the phone, type or text is harder to read someone and I can usually tell within the first minute or less on the phone what type of seller I am dealing with if I already did not have an idea of by the wording in the ad they posted. Thanks, Mike.
I have bought and sold a lot of bikes, mainly Stingrays the past 30+ years. But I also collect a few other things. What I hate the most is when I see an ad/post/listing whatever you want to call it for an item for sale that uses uses any of the following phrases (also besides ads, when in conversations with a seller).
"No low ballers". Now I know we all feel this way way when we list something for sale, but when I list something I do want to scare anyone away and would rather spend my time talking with someone for 5 minutes that may go nowhere than not have a response which leads to the next phrase.
"My time is valuable, I know what I have, do not waste my time". Again why start out in an ad with an aggressive statement like this. I am sure nobody likes wasting time, but it kind of goes with the territory when you are selling something.
"I am not in any hurry to sell"; Just testing the waters here", This is a want to sell, not a need to sell listing", "If it doesn't sell I will just put it back into storage", All of these may be true, but why would you bother placing an ad to sell something, and then go on to make statements that show you are not that interested in selling.
"This will only go up in value", This will not last long at this price", Check Ebay to see what these are listed for" Anyone who states any of this in their ads is most likely asking twice what the item for sale is worth"
Anyway, thanks for letting me keep occupied for a little while anyway. All that said, I do enjoy the buying end of collecting. I think speaking on the phone is the best way to either buy or sell an item in response to an ad, I can tell a lot of who I am dealing with over the phone, type or text is harder to read someone and I can usually tell within the first minute or less on the phone what type of seller I am dealing with if I already did not have an idea of by the wording in the ad they posted. Thanks, Mike.
