It's 4:52 AM and I can't sleep. So I decided to do some blogging.
I'm very sure the above statement is very familiar to many of us, especially if we shop 2nd hand stuffs online on forums. You get to see this statement more often nowadays. Some people would conveniently use this term 'lowballer' without even understand what it really means. It means: to bargain extremely lower than that of the retail price or the reasonable price. So if a person is selling a pedal at $100 (when it costs $80 for new) and the buyer bargain it for $70, will you call him a lowballer?
In my opinion, this term is best not used when selling an item. I had never used this term when I'm posting ads in the forums. Reason? The negative connotation of this word is enough to chase people from buying stuffs from you. People may think twice before wanting to deal with you. After all, first impression is very important. Of course, I do get rather excessive (sometimes even absurd) bargains while trying to sell my things. Never would I scold the person off or ignore their SMS when a simple & polite reply could solve all the problems.
Now, I'm not targeting this to any specific people in the forum or anything. I know the frustration of getting 'lowball-ed'. However, why would you want to chase potential buyers away from you?
Just my personal thoughts...
