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Why would a seller add OBO to their price when they are not looking for offers and get insulted. That’s my best offer. At least an offer was made. A simple too low or counter offer would be respectful. Why is that too much to ask. Why not say firm?
Quoted from stpcore:That's what I thought too but he said " Or best offer, and I got a better one." Never thought of OBO in that way. Didn't mean to hijack your thread OP.
Not at all I never thought it was to go over asking. Interesting perspective but that seems more like the old $1 make offer auction.
Quoted from Dodgefolks:I don't agree with that, I sell cars for a living. I own a small dealership. I get very agitated with offers. I just got one via email 5 minutes before I read this post. I'm asking $3,995 for a truck and they just offered 2,900 out the door. So after state fees that translates into about a 2,400 offer on a basically 4 grand truck. That to me is a ridiculous offer. If your offering close to half of asking that's pushing it in my opinion.
I assume your business requires a thicker skin than that to get agitated over any offer. An offer is an offer. I forget how much does it cost in your business to say no?
Quoted from swampfire:On the flip side, here’s an example of a bad lowball offer (IMO):
“You’re gonna have a hard time selling this game, the Pro version is the one people want. I’ll give you (X-$500) but I need you to deliver it and set it up.”
I made that one up, but it’s representative of some of the offers I’ve seen.
And you are still here to tell the tale. You did not melt or need a safe space. 
Would you respond to the above?
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