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How often do you really haggle for private sales?

I'm advertising an RBZ stage 2 driver elsewhere and am fed up of chancers offering silly money and expecting me to say ok. I'm talking offers of 1/4 of the price when new for a pristine club and the words 'no offers' used in the ad

I do haggle when I feel the price is a little high but I'd never be rude enough to make a derisory offer. If someone doesn't want to pay what your asking, jog on :sbox:
 
kev_off_the_tee said:
How often do you really haggle for private sales?

I'm advertising an RBZ stage 2 driver elsewhere and am fed up of chancers offering silly money and expecting me to say ok. I'm talking offers of 1/4 of the price when new for a pristine club and the words 'no offers' used in the ad

I do haggle when I feel the price is a little high but I'd never be rude enough to make a derisory offer. If someone doesn't want to pay what your asking, jog on :sbox:
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There must be quite a few folk doing what a mate does along these lines. Running a small business using the likes of Ebay etc as sources of stock.

He decides what Fixed Price he can sell something at and know he will make sufficient to cover his outlay and a bit, then offers less than that. He only needs a hut rte of about 1 in 20 or 30 to come off to have sufficient 'stock' to supplement his income to the tune of about 5K/year
 
I have haggled most of my life and enjoy the process.

My son, who I never thought would haggle, bought a house last week that had already been reduced to £285k for £10k less, but got the full asking price for his after refusing to haggle. He figured, like I would, that the cash saved was better in his pocket than the sellers. You'd be surprised how much can be saved on quite expensive products by a bit of gentle, but persuasive haggling.
 
kev_off_the_tee said:
How often do you really haggle for private sales?

I'm advertising an RBZ stage 2 driver elsewhere and am fed up of chancers offering silly money and expecting me to say ok. I'm talking offers of 1/4 of the price when new for a pristine club and the words 'no offers' used in the ad

I do haggle when I feel the price is a little high but I'd never be rude enough to make a derisory offer. If someone doesn't want to pay what your asking, jog on :sbox:
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I agree. I sold some clubs on here recently. I certainly won't mention any names but I got some quite insulting offers. It also winds me up on ebay when even if you quite clearly state you won't accept offers, idiots still ask you for a buy it now price.
 
Hi guys. I don't mind hagglers one bit, but I think they need to base their offers on what they see and read.

These RBZ2's do cost a lot of money, I've been very thorough with images, description, as new condition and proving its a genuine product. If they want to pay next to nothing they should buy a suspiciously cheap one and take a chance. I'd normally try with circa 10-15% off such items so not to insult the seller and because if the item is priced fairly then there should be little room for manoeuvre

Anything else would be desperation on the sellers part, or just plain insulting from the bidder
 
What it cost you has little relevance to its 2nd hand selling price now. I generally use Ebay to gauge prices. I don't mind someone coming back at me with an offer 20% below a realistic (Ebay) selling price, and I'll argue the toss from there. If I, or they, don't like where the negotiation is going, walk away.
 
But when the rbz stage 2's are going for £110-130 second hand and someone offers £50 its barmy, and I love the 'you know where I am' message when you reject the offer. It would be ok if someone asked 'what's your best price?' Then if I was after a quick sale I'd mark it down accordingly.

I'm starting to think people may be coming to the same decision as me about the RBZ-1 being as good as the stage2 and offering prices based on those of the MK1.
 
Did someone call...?! It's my job, I do it everyday for the company and for myself. I've even haggled in Tesco, if you don't ask you don't get. I've been on both sides of the haggle and enjoy them both.

I agree that there are some silly people out there that go in too low but I usually embrace that and increase the price to them. That's when the friendly banter starts and a price is normally found.

I even had a haggle for a conservatory that went on for about an hour until the guy realised I was in a third floor apartment...don't like cold callers!

Embrace the chancer, have some fun with them!

CK
 
With regards club prices, I get a trade in quote. Anything above and beyond is good. I also watch the same items and see where they go. Timing is key, you want maximum exposure. I have sold a few items which I have had no idea about, like a couple of club heads but I just think what would I be happy with...
Regarding haggling, well new cars are my thing, my wife is great at it, there is no way we will pay full wack and they will not pay bottom book for a trade in. We go in knowing what we want and we play dealers off against each other. A car has at least 30% movement on it you can grab 15% either side of the deal. Finance deals, are generally rubbish anything higher than B of E rate by 0.5% is too much. Remember they are lending money, this is not a hard labour task, if you have a good credit rating and a minimum risk, your good business. I would rather have lots of little profit than one big risky profit deal...
 
I hate it when people ask "what is your best price?" It's asking me to low ball myself.
Make an offer. If its in the ball park you'll get accepted or a counter offer.
If someone insults with a ridiculous low ball offer then don't even dignify it with a response. They'll get the message.
 
Stuey01 said:
I hate it when people ask "what is your best price?" It's asking me to low ball myself.
Make an offer. If its in the ball park you'll get accepted or a counter offer.
If someone insults with a ridiculous low ball offer then don't even dignify it with a response. They'll get the message.
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Some numptey on here told me that my price was way to high.... Strangely I sold it for more than he offered by some margin. Just send them an email or remind them on here if they post.
 
Traders mate, Ebay is full of them these days.
They're hoping you don't know the real value of what you have and hope to get it for a steal so they can make a profit on it.
Saying that, I've been known to put in the odd "low" offer myself ;)
 
kev_off_the_tee said:
How often do you really haggle for private sales?

I'm advertising an RBZ stage 2 driver elsewhere and am fed up of chancers offering silly money and expecting me to say ok. I'm talking offers of 1/4 of the price when new for a pristine club and the words 'no offers' used in the ad

I do haggle when I feel the price is a little high but I'd never be rude enough to make a derisory offer. If someone doesn't want to pay what your asking, jog on :sbox:
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What price are you selling it for and where are you selling it? (which site).
 
Haggled in DFS last week. Ordering a couple of sofas so not cheap. Wanted to know the best offer and the guy said he couldn't discount as it was in the sale (thought every DFS sofa was permanently in some sort of sale). I said there must be a degree of flexibility and he said no. Got up and headed for the exit. A cup of tea and call to head office and we got another £200 off.

If I'm advertising on here, as it is for fellow forummers I am pretty relaxed on price and to be honest will try and help anyone although I do agree with the sentiments in the OP. There are some on here on here that want you to almost give it away. There is something enjoyable about haggling though but you do have to a degree of respect
 
Some kind soul on eBay messaged me to tell me the 3 and 5 wood I had on were only worth 20 quid, but if I ended it early he would take them off my hands. Same when I sold my irons, I was offered £50, despite there being no offers accepted. They sold for 250. I now have a guy who doesn't want to pay a delivery charge despite it being there in black and white. Think I'm finished with eBay after this. It's not haggling, it's cheek! I always offer a bit less than I expect to pay, I haggle for a living, but if one party is unreasonable it's game over. You'd be amazed at how many of my customers expect me to make zero profit
 
It just shows if you have it priced right, it will sell.

I sold it for the asking price but give delivery in with the cost, which isn't bad as I can send parcels for £7 through work
 
I generally offer 15-20 percent less than advertised, depending on if its fair priced or not. Easiest Haggling iv seen is AG preowned clubs, on the shafts the code shows the date and price paid of the club, AG only have to break even after VAT. My irons were up for 200 and I got them and my putter for 190.
 
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