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I recently had a cutlery set on ebay.  A lady from California offered what I thought was a very low offer for a vintage set from the 1960s. The nice thing about it was we kept it both very professional and wished each other well even though we could not get close on a price.  She wished me well but did note that she didn't think the set would sell for the $45 I was aking.  The next day some dude in Germany bought it lock stock and barrel.

Thanks for making me laugh today!  I love how idiots stand by there idiocy and then try to defend it by trying to flip there idiocy on someone else.  It actually amazes me when people write stuff and actually think they are making intelligent arguements.  A fun read!

Thanks everyone for the replies. I'm glad you got a chuckle out of it. Living it live was making me laugh (nearly uncontrollable, at times).

I realize that there will be cases where the seller and I (or the buyer and I) will not agree on price. There was a case a while back where someone tried to get me to come down on the price of a card that was SN99 and I already had the lowest posted price on the internet. He said he managed to get one for the price he was trying to get me to go to. I told him congrats. But I stood by the price I was asking, and I did sell it at some point (I think it was lower than my asking price but about his). There will always be give and take, especially in a hobby/business where negotiations are commonplace.

The speed in which the replies were coming back to me was ridiculously fast. I was really thinking there were just sitting there waiting for my next response (yes, I pictured someone sitting there hitting F5 every ten seconds or so). That's when I started laughing and getting funny with them.

And really, since when is comparing the price of the exact same card the wrong way to price things? LOL

Gotta love well thought-out responses--nice going!

That was well played and funny, I do the waiting game too. It is better to let them hang as you think. But I always drop in something strange to put them on the back foot. Like, Sorry I did not get back to you yesterday. But a car accident happened in front of me as I was going to the store and that was the first time I ever picked up someone's arm off the road to give it back to them. Then I just leave it there and go to what needs to be written and never go back to it, even if they ask about it. If it goes on for a few days I just keep dropping in stranger things. From shootings, next door, to a small meteor almost hit my house. To old yeller ending, I just take things from tv shows and movies and twist it around a bit. It does not take much to sidetrack someone and completely knock them off their game. I remember one where I wrote. Sorry, it took me so long to get back to you, but yesterday was a strange day. I've never been on the news before. Well anyway.... lol. Boy, he just had to know what happens and kept asking what news station?  I do it on U-tube comments too. If you ain't laughing you're not doing it right. 

To me it appeared like somebody who was looking to start some kind of argument. The fact they responded so quickly makes me think they were sitting there just waiting and hoping you would. I was laughing because it looked like he was trying to get you riled up while you kept your cool. Kudos!

Too funny, kudos to you, thanks for the laugh 

Great post and thread Dan! I definitely enjoyed reading the OP and all the replies. I commend you on keeping a cool head throughout the whole thing!!! After the 5th or 6th reply, I'd have probably either said something I later wish I hadn't said or completely ignored everything else. Both responses would have likely escalated the whole thing into name-calling and such.

That seller will either hold on to that card for a decade at that price or finally realize that nobody will pay that much and lower his price. My guess is that he keeps that card for a very long time b/c everyone who really wants one will get it much cheaper from someone else. Then he has no market left for the card.

I loved it! But then again I'm a little sick. I used to enjoy telemarketers calling. I actually had one hang on while I ate dinner!😂