Marietta, GA
Quoted from DCRand:I'll admit. I am a low ball guy. But I mostly buy low end, not working, and one or more of: bad cabinet, playfield, back glass, EM games. I show up in person, make my offer and if they say it is worth more I will agree that to someone it might be worth more. But to me it is only worth X because of the work, time, and money I am going to have to put in to it. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. But I am always polite and understanding. On the selling side, unless you are out of town, I never negotiate by text or phone. And standard answer to any local offer, is "when do you want to come see it, we can talk price then".
I agree with all of this. Any time you sell anything on Craigslist, 7 out of 10 emails will be "Will you take $x.xx for it, or are you negotiable on price? Maybe I'm too old fashioned, or maybe the internet has made people lazy or afraid of in- person negotiations, but I will never negotiate a price buying or selling over the internet. The final deal should be made face to face. 5 of the last 8 pins I bought, I got because I was the first to show in person and negotiate face to face over the price. I've also gone home empty handed plenty of times when the price couldn't be negotiated to where I needed it.
