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<p>[QUOTE="Publius2, post: 8117935, member: 105571"]I have made lowball offers that were declined so quickly they had to be an automated response. Other offers were countered - some I've turned down and some resulted in further negotiation that either didn't pan out or did. So, you name the response and outcome and I've experienced it.</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing I don't think you should ever consider: Don't ever think that's it's somehow wrong, unethical, immoral, insulting or fattening to make a lowball offer. You hear all kinds of talk from people pretending or actually upset about receiving a lowball offer but that's just bleating. All they have to do is say "No". The coin market is a bazaar and if there's one defining characteristic of a bazaar, it's bargaining.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And I also think the only "fair" price is the one struck by buyer and seller. But I understand that we humans use the word "fair" to mean all kinds of different things so a debate about what's a "fair" price is meaningless.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Publius2, post: 8117935, member: 105571"]I have made lowball offers that were declined so quickly they had to be an automated response. Other offers were countered - some I've turned down and some resulted in further negotiation that either didn't pan out or did. So, you name the response and outcome and I've experienced it. One thing I don't think you should ever consider: Don't ever think that's it's somehow wrong, unethical, immoral, insulting or fattening to make a lowball offer. You hear all kinds of talk from people pretending or actually upset about receiving a lowball offer but that's just bleating. All they have to do is say "No". The coin market is a bazaar and if there's one defining characteristic of a bazaar, it's bargaining. And I also think the only "fair" price is the one struck by buyer and seller. But I understand that we humans use the word "fair" to mean all kinds of different things so a debate about what's a "fair" price is meaningless.[/QUOTE]
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