I'll always go and see something, but making an offer via text, PM, etc., lowball or not, is a HUGE timesaver if you know your mental price. I recently picked up a new game and texted the guy something to the effect of "hey I'm ready to buy but my cap is $X depending on condition". He replied "sounds great", then i went over and we worked out the final details after checking out the game. I'd hate to drive without knowing if my offer is going to land close or not. Just my preference though!

I don't necessarily think (for me anyway, about to turn 34 if that still counts as young ha) it's about not wanting to do them, it's often times just simpler to shoot a text, especially if I see something pop up and I'm at work, at the grocery store with the baby, etc. You can fire off a "hey I'm interested would you take $X or no?" in 5 seconds and usually get a quick thumbs up/down and then say "great I'll be home in a bit and call to finalize" or even "shoot me your address i'll be there by 2" kind of a thing. I've often found with calling it turns into a day long game of phone tag and by then someone else has moved in, especially in the cases of great CL deals and that type of thing. I've also sold games where people have called and start asking 30 questions and trying to get me to describe things and I'm not in the vicinity of the game. It's often much easier just to get a "hey send me a nice close up of the boards" and i can grab it when I'm home or whatever and text it instead of trying to describe something that's going to result in me having to email a bunch of pictures anyway. The text/visit approach seems to be the most efficient in my experience. -YMMV.