WTB an item? Know what you paying for it.

[fadetree]

This guy is obviously one of the hated EC 'fat cats'. Wait till Swish gets a hold of you.

[Lhancelot]

Originally Posted by maskedmelon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Think you missed the part where OP wasnt advertising. He was responding to a WTB advertisement...

Yeah...

And this too. ^

[Kagey]

so you want to sell an item and you dont actually tell him what your selling it for? and he would of offered you 1k for it you also would of acted like this and prolly made another post about it..

Stop expecting someone to highball you with a insane price, pick a price then let the the conversation start.

[Vandil]

I don't buy from sellers that don't advertise a price. List a price somewhere in your haggle zone. Then we haggle. If I hit below your floor, tell me your floor. It's easy.

[Sajan]

Originally Posted by maskedmelon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Think you missed the part where OP wasnt advertising. He was responding to a WTB advertisement...

Yeah...

OP obviously already knew what the item was worth and what he wanted for it. Again, you can save a lot of time and headache simply saying, "Hey, I have xxxxx I'd be willing to sell for <insert highball price here if you're into that thing>" ... and let it go from there.

[Sajan]

Originally Posted by Lhancelot [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If my intention was to rip him off I wouldn't have told him what it was worth and what I would take for it once it was clear he was clueless what the item was worth 10 minutes after we began communicating.

Generally when you ask someone what they're offering it's not because you are oblivious to an item's worth. It normally means you're waiting for said person to offer you an amount higher than you originally had in mind.

If you can't deal with the mental fortitude that is required for haggling with people who actually go out and play the game instead of tunnelquest, then maybe haggling isn't for you.

I don't mean to come off as an insensitive jerk or a troll, but I've been here for 6 years now and I've never had someone in EC get under my skin so bad that I felt the need to make a rant post about it in Server Chat.

[maskedmelon]

Originally Posted by Sajan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

OP obviously already knew what the item was worth and what he wanted for it. Again, you can save a lot of time and headache simply saying, "Hey, I have xxxxx I'd be willing to sell for <insert highball price here if you're into that thing>" ... and let it go from there.

Yeah, but most of the time if you are not actively selling an item, you don't really have any interest of parting with it at anything less than a premium. Personally, I am super indecisive and I've no interest I squandering a precious decision to choose a price if I don't need to, but am happy to hear what someone is offering if they are looking for it.

I probably wouldn't get irritated about something like this, but don't think there's any honus on people responding to WTB advertisements.

[Lhancelot]

Originally Posted by maskedmelon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yeah, but most of the time if you are not actively selling an item, you don't really have any interest of parting with it at anything less than a premium. Personally, I am super indecisive and I've no interest I squandering a precious decision to choose a price if I don't need to, but am happy to hear what someone is offering if they are looking for it.

I probably wouldn't get irritated about something like this, but don't think there's any honus on people responding to WTB advertisements.

I think my irritation came from the fact I had stuff I needed to tend to, and the guy had me stuck as a tell-hostage for way longer than I felt was necessary. I sent him a tell to his initial WTB request, and I expected him to know what he was willing to pay for an item, after all he was the one wanting to buy.

I could have provided him a price up front, he still would have said, "ok let me go check and see how much it's worth on p99". I don't see how people think that telling him up front a price would have made the interaction more smooth.

I am just happy to share this tunnel experience with you forumquesters, and to hear your very different perspectives regarding it! You guys are the best.

[NegaStoat]

If I had an item I wanted to sell, I considered a reasonable price and included that in my "WTS Item X" /auction. If I had an item I wanted to buy, I'd ask the seller how much they wanted for what they were selling. Due to their leaving off the price they wanted on their /auction.

The seller would nearly always respond "Make offer." If they had a bit of a brain, it would be " Make an offer " instead, including those extra two letters. I'd always respond " Price X - firm ". And they'd either take it or leave it. Camping out in EC to deal with stuff might be great for people that dual box, but I wasn't one of them.

I'd love to see a New Years' resolution by the staff members to randomly select 4-6 dual logged accounts each day (or every other day) to do the "can you run in circles" test with people in EC that are camped out. I've always wondered why they turn a blind eye to what's going on.

[coki]

Originally Posted by Sajan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Generally when you ask someone what they're offering it's not because you are oblivious to an item's worth. It normally means you're waiting for said person to offer you an amount higher than you originally had in mind.

If you can't deal with the mental fortitude that is required for haggling with people who actually go out and play the game instead of tunnelquest, then maybe haggling isn't for you.

I don't mean to come off as an insensitive jerk or a troll, but I've been here for 6 years now and I've never had someone in EC get under my skin so bad that I felt the need to make a rant post about it in Server Chat.