Rockwall, TX
Quoted from locksmith:No a Pinball tire kicker.
I didn't know pinballs had tires.
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Quoted from LTG:9 - asks to see other games you aren't selling
10 - wants to play your other games ignores purchasing the one they came to see
I am guilty of these, but I am certainly not a tire kicker. I always ask about other games in case they are selling or might be interested in a sale/trade in the future.
If someone has a pin I really love, I just have to ask if I can play it. I'm like a kid in a candy store. I can't resist.
As far as tire-kickers go, I think communication is important. The problem is that they tend to communicate with their actions instead of words (actions of stalling and not buying, of course). A real buyer is always moving forward (talking price, meet up times, pertinent questions, etc).
Quoted from Gryszzz:Had a guy in IN pm me about my Corvette for trade. A million questions and two different requests for pics (ps--can you send me interior pics too?). Dude. It's a 10k car for 5k.
I told him he asked too many questions, TL;DR, bye.
If you were closer to me, I would definitely be interested. I saw your ad and started drooling.
Quoted from jawjaw:I've encountered sellers that are not really selling. I also love sellers that immediately take a long vacation right after posting. Others like some mentioned here act like it's a huge bother to answer a few questions or send a few extra pics.
I had an interesting encounter as a seller just the other day. I will try to keep it vague just in case anyone knows the individual (I have never met or dealt with this person before, however, so I don't know them):
Someone was looking for a pretty specific item, which I just so happen to have. I hadn't really thought about selling it, but this person seemed to be in need, so I reached out. It is a "particular" enough item that I really don't know what it is worth, but I sent several pics and told them to just throw me a price. They refused and became indignant. I messaged again saying I had no idea of the value (this item isn't something that EVER sells or has ANY way of looking up a value on it, whatsoever), and I was just trying to help them out...so feel free to throw me a number. They were again clearly turned off and ended the conversation saying that I "valued it more than them."
I'm not sure if they were trying to get it free/cheap, or if they thought I wanted an outrageous amount. The truth is, I still have no clue what it's worth, but I would have probably taken far less than its' actual worth just to help them out. Oh well...
Quoted from sbmania:What I don't like is people who call about one game I am advertising, then get angry that another game I have is not for sale, and then decide they don't want the first game either because they are angry about the second game.
I have never had that exact thing happen, at least...i don't think. I have had numerous people ask about other games that aren't for sale and then completely disregard the game that was for sale.
I don't recall anyone getting angry, but several have talked/asked endlessly about other pins.
I don't mind if they ask, but the best thing to do is just tell me to reach out to them when I do sell....because I will actually do it.
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