Jonwill, what has your approach accomplished?
Yes, you rejected the "lowball" bidders, but what if the "lowball" bid had been nothing more than an entreaty to bid? You would have turned away a customer.
I spent my professional life negotiating settlements of tax debts. I am NEVER going to respond to your offer with my BEST AND FINAL offer.
We can go back and forth between what you want and what I'm offering to reach a sales price, but unless you mark your offer as NON-NEGOTIABLE, I assume you are willing to move on the price. If you are not, post your offer accordingly.
Otherwise my suggestion is to shut up about the fact that people might "low ball" you on your listing and start learning how to haggle - or just get the h*** off Armslist since you're not going to sell anything there anyway - except to the occasional rube.
Yes, you rejected the "lowball" bidders, but what if the "lowball" bid had been nothing more than an entreaty to bid? You would have turned away a customer.
I spent my professional life negotiating settlements of tax debts. I am NEVER going to respond to your offer with my BEST AND FINAL offer.
We can go back and forth between what you want and what I'm offering to reach a sales price, but unless you mark your offer as NON-NEGOTIABLE, I assume you are willing to move on the price. If you are not, post your offer accordingly.
Otherwise my suggestion is to shut up about the fact that people might "low ball" you on your listing and start learning how to haggle - or just get the h*** off Armslist since you're not going to sell anything there anyway - except to the occasional rube.