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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 4107043, member: 105571&quot;]Speaking strictly as a collector/buyer, I don&#039;t understand why a seller would be put off by a potential buyer asking &quot;What&#039;s your best price?&quot;.&nbsp; I think it is unreasonable for a seller to expect the buyer to assume that the listed price is always firm unless the seller has clearly stated that position.&nbsp; After all, except in certain categories, coins are not fungible items like packaged tee shirts in the big-box store.&nbsp; The seller is always free to price his wares in any manner he chooses.&nbsp; The buyer is always free to couch his purchase offer in any way he chooses. </p><p><br /></p><p>Again my own opinion, sellers must put up with unreasonable customers, low-ball offers, insincere offers, and unethical/dishonest buyers however annoying those people may be.&nbsp; Seems to me it just goes with the territory of retail trade especially the anonymous market of eBay.</p><p><br /></p><p>From my standpoint, though, when I ask a seller for his best price and he gives it to me, the negotiation is done.&nbsp; At that point, I either take it or leave it.</p><p><br /></p><p>In other cases, if the buyer has put a visible price on the item and that price is not significantly more than I am willing to pay or than what the coin is &quot;worth&quot;, I may make a lower offer that I think is somewhat lower than the maximum amount I would pay and hope the seller is willing to dicker.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the seller has not put a price on the coin (and I always interpret this as an invitation to bargain), then I may ask him his asking price (not &quot;best price&quot; but &quot;asking price&quot;, there is a difference) or open with an offer of my own.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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