Fixed it for you.
Lowballing prices
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Fixed it for you.
I don't believe sellers mind folks making fair offers. If a cue is used and you can afford so much,
well, you can only get a reply (sometimes people selling a cue may not reply) of not enough or something.
As a seller of new cues as well, if someone offers a low price, I may respond with some lesser cost cues for that price. Usually, on new cues, I just put the list price and ask for an offer. A lot of people don't like that and feel I should put a price out.
I have put selling prices up, and then I receive a email asking how low I could go. LOL, ........ ???
Here lays the problem, if the cue is a " Production Model ", true dealers have a guideline that we can not advertise a price lower than such and such a price. I really don't want to lose any of the lines I sell by being turned in because I published a price below the Manufactures Advertised Price.
I ask not to be contacted through a public forum and always leave my outside email address as once
I am contacted directly and corresponding through a open forum, I can then communicate with a person about a fair price.
A price may or may not be " low balled ", but, I think a seller of new cues might be acceptable to offers outside a public forum.
well, you can only get a reply (sometimes people selling a cue may not reply) of not enough or something.
As a seller of new cues as well, if someone offers a low price, I may respond with some lesser cost cues for that price. Usually, on new cues, I just put the list price and ask for an offer. A lot of people don't like that and feel I should put a price out.
I have put selling prices up, and then I receive a email asking how low I could go. LOL, ........ ???
Here lays the problem, if the cue is a " Production Model ", true dealers have a guideline that we can not advertise a price lower than such and such a price. I really don't want to lose any of the lines I sell by being turned in because I published a price below the Manufactures Advertised Price.
I ask not to be contacted through a public forum and always leave my outside email address as once
I am contacted directly and corresponding through a open forum, I can then communicate with a person about a fair price.
A price may or may not be " low balled ", but, I think a seller of new cues might be acceptable to offers outside a public forum.
$2000 for a Titlist conversion with one shaft is beyond reasonable? I have some cues to sell you.
I'm just saying that most the cues he posts for sale hardly ever go over $500.
Maybe he posted $2k price tag resulting from all the low balling he apparently gets.
Most custom cue makers these days won't turn a lathe on for less than a thousand bucks.
If your Titlist conversions were made by any big name,
you'll probably get $2k for them.
All the PFD Titlist conversions are appx $2,000+ on here.
I've had many high end cues.
I now choose to play with a $100 sneaky pete a friend made for me from a blank.
If other people can ask $1500 for a sneaky pete made outta the same wood as a $100 one, let them try to get it. The reality of the world is a rude awakening to some.
I doubt the Titleist Chuck made will sell for that, but at least it's his right to try since he put it together.
People can offer their opinion that they feel it's over priced...
That's how I feel about people paying $6 for a cup of coffee, but it's done on a daily basis.
I ask for opinions
And I got a bunch. Most negative, which surprised me i did not know azers would get so mad without knowing all facts.
I noticed a lot got on the buyer is a vet thing, I'm a vet living on a fixed income. Did not see anyone mention that.
The buyer is doing a favor.
In the last 20 plus years of the 600 cues I have made 53 have been given to charity auctions or there is an az member that I sent 6 or 7 cues to for his local boys home.
And the 2k titlist was either brazilian rosewood or ebony. Check out any prices for either. I have a lot of titlist $600 to $900.
I will continue to build and sell cues as I want. I make a great product at a great price, with an unheard of guarantee.
But because of suggestions I got here I will change the wording on my prices.
And I got a bunch. Most negative, which surprised me i did not know azers would get so mad without knowing all facts.
I noticed a lot got on the buyer is a vet thing, I'm a vet living on a fixed income. Did not see anyone mention that.
The buyer is doing a favor.
In the last 20 plus years of the 600 cues I have made 53 have been given to charity auctions or there is an az member that I sent 6 or 7 cues to for his local boys home.
And the 2k titlist was either brazilian rosewood or ebony. Check out any prices for either. I have a lot of titlist $600 to $900.
I will continue to build and sell cues as I want. I make a great product at a great price, with an unheard of guarantee.
But because of suggestions I got here I will change the wording on my prices.
You just need a thicker skin. Just had a dealer buy 100 boxes of chalk. Asked me to throw in 4 FREE t-shirts. The cost of the t-shirts is equal to the amount of the profit I'll make on the 100 boxes of chalk I just sold. Did I get mad? Nope, just said no deal. I said I can give him a great price on the t-shirts cause he's a dealer and he bought 3 shirts. Win/win. He still got a good deal and I sold 3 more shirts that are not flying off the shelves
You just need a thicker skin. Just had a dealer buy 100 boxes of chalk. Asked me to throw in 4 FREE t-shirts. The cost of the t-shirts is equal to the amount of the profit I'll make on the 100 boxes of chalk I just sold. Did I get mad? Nope, just said no deal. I said I can give him a great price on the t-shirts cause he's a dealer and he bought 3 shirts. Win/win. He still got a good deal and I sold 3 more shirts that are not flying off the shelves
Let me get one of them shirts!
I don’t think anyone got mad until you responded to their opinions like a crybaby. And I think more people got on the “just say no thank you” thing than on the “he’s a vet” thing. You’re super sensitive for a pawn shop owner.
That’s some deep stuff...
If you take a question to an Internet forum, you’ll get reasonable responses and unreasonable responses. If you focus your attention on the unreasonable responses, you’ll find yourself goaded into making your own unreasonable statements and the conversation breaks down to the point of not having.
I think strong sellers have a series of tactics up their sleeves to defend against discounts and strong buyers have tactics up their sleeves to seek discounts. The “ridiculous offer” is one buyer tactic that can be effective in some scenarios and tacky in others and show ignorance in others. The “I’m offended that...” is one seller counter-tactic. Others include “my policy is...” and “the value of my product is...”. Negotiations are a conversation. How that conversation went between one seller and one buyer at one point in time says little about what is appropriate across a wider range of negotiations in general.
And there’s always choices, especially if you’re selling your own product. If a particular buyer is being too tacky, just don’t deal with them anymore. They owe you nothing and you owe them nothing.
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I think strong sellers have a series of tactics up their sleeves to defend against discounts and strong buyers have tactics up their sleeves to seek discounts. The “ridiculous offer” is one buyer tactic that can be effective in some scenarios and tacky in others and show ignorance in others. The “I’m offended that...” is one seller counter-tactic. Others include “my policy is...” and “the value of my product is...”. Negotiations are a conversation. How that conversation went between one seller and one buyer at one point in time says little about what is appropriate across a wider range of negotiations in general.
And there’s always choices, especially if you’re selling your own product. If a particular buyer is being too tacky, just don’t deal with them anymore. They owe you nothing and you owe them nothing.
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So then, you are more familiar with "haggling" then most on this forum. What seems to be the problem ?
I hope you got a fair price for it!:thumbup:
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Only got 3 left, 2xl, 3xl, and 4xl. It took a lot longer than I thought to sell the shirts.
Not sure I'll do that again
$15 bucks, including delivery right to your door for anyone of them
Nothing upsets me, If I have a cue listed for $2K and someone offers me a world class joke thats never been heard...I might ask to hear it :groucho:
I have sold tens of thousands of items online on Ebay and forums too and once had a potential buyer that would haggle like no other. My thing with haggling is are you buying multiple items or have you bought from me in the past and if so how much did you buy? I actually kept track on forums because I had a lot of repeat buyers and checked notes going back a few years and this buyer had never bought one thing from me yet wanted much better prices than my best buyer which is laughable. When purchasing just about anything online 10% off isn't a big deal and I will give that 95% of the time.
If a seller has $100,000 in their inventory or $100 in their inventory either way they will have to be priced competitively or buyers will purchase elsewhere. One could message Chuck and argue that since he has so much inventory he gets items cheaper than others. I would personally rather have buyers knowing nothing about my inventory.
If a seller has $100,000 in their inventory or $100 in their inventory either way they will have to be priced competitively or buyers will purchase elsewhere. One could message Chuck and argue that since he has so much inventory he gets items cheaper than others. I would personally rather have buyers knowing nothing about my inventory.
