What would you pay? I want all your money! >D

tarnish · September 2009

This is just a little vent. I'm just a little exasperated with it. Alrighty, it seems whenever I want to buy a dog that someone is selling, they ask, "what would you pay?" or "what do you think it's worth?" I know some people on here do it and I'm not attacking you. I'm just getting out how I feel on this xD But, why in the world would I tell you my price for it? If you are selling, you should be the one who makes the price, not me. I don't see car salesmen ask what you would pay for a bmw or anything xD. It puts us buyers in a weird position. What if we offer too low? If we offer too low it may insult you. If we offer too high, it leaves us on the bad end of a deal. A good sale will be a fair price for both the buyer and the seller (this excludes auctions). A good seller will not care too much about a little difference in price. They will be fine with deals for sales in bulk (like imports). Those are the things that will keep people coming back to you to buy more. They know they'll get a good price, and in turn you'll sell more. Another thing is that I don't see too many hagglers here, or if I do, they aren't good ones. A bad haggle is like: Seller: What would you pay? Buyer: What about 5million? Seller: I was looking for more. Could you pay 12million? Buyer: That's a little high, what about 7million? Seller: Sorry, but I'm really looking for 12million The right thing would be for both people to look at the item in question again and see if they really are seeing what it is worth (relating to previous sales of the same item by others, demand, etc). If that doesn't change someones views, they should then figure out a price between 7million and 10million. Anywho, just what I think. I just don't like being asked what I would pay when you're the one selling. It almost makes me want to turn my head and find someone else. ;P

riK9-5 · September 2009

I can see where you're coming from. As a seller I am afraid to put up a high price because I don't want to turn away a potential buyer. I usually work with people's prices, and am hardly ever offended by a low price. I just don't want to turn away people from buying. Can you think of a good way to balance this so that neither party has to feel the pressure? I've often wondered about this issue and I know it is frustrating for both...

Evlon · September 2009

I feel your pain

A lot of times I'll offer up a price that I know is way too low, and I figure that they will try and haggle, because I like haggling. I get two reactions: 1) THATS WAY TO LOW I WANT A BILLION FOR THIS DOG (folks this is really a quote too) 2) Could you bump it up some? I really wanted Xmil but I'll go down to Xmil. Number two is my fav, while number one I laugh and hit ignore. :twisted:

tarnish · September 2009

Actually, yes Rik. Sometimes I try and give ranges and say maybe a price somewhere within the range. It gives a chance for you to see what area you were looking for. As a buyer, if you don't necessarily want them to know your low price, you could use this example: Say for a dog you want.. 5million. For a range you could say 4.5million-7million. If it does sell for 4.5million, it's not that much of a loss, but a good buyer will normally look for a number between those. If I was given that, I'd offer 6million or 5.5million. If you don't think that will work, maybe try lowering the range to 5million-6.5million. That way you know you will at least get what you were looking for but still gives the buyer a chance to sort of 'pick their price'. Get what I'm saying? A few times I just cut my losses and sold a dog for lower than I normally would. That stinks but sometimes there is just no other way if you need the cash asap. And exactly ev! Number 1 is like my example of bad haggling to a more extreme. Number two is defanitely the way to go.

iluvdogs111 · October 2009

Uh. I hate buying and selling. I hate it when they ask the buyer for a price, and I hate it when I have to price something. I'm always afraid I'll sound like one of those newbies who prices crappy dogs and services way too high and no one buys them. Or, I'll loose money by selling something way to low. And, like you said, if I'm asked to pick a price, I'm afraid I'll go too low or too high and seem stupid. But what I really hate is those newbies that sell crap for millions of dollars. :roll: I once got an add for some "rare fully trained studs." I look. They're priced for 1mil. In my opinion, unless it's a really rare dog or something, that's too much for a stud, but I was curious so I looked anyways. Well, the dogs have awful stats, and their training? It's something like 92 discipline, 4 sport, 55 working, 61 show, with no stat maxing at all. On her kennel, it said something like "I have fully trained studs. They are not for stud unless you can pay big. Please use them for stud." OK, off topic, but back to my point, money, even virtual money stinks.

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