(08-13-2015, 10:44 AM)Hofcollector Wrote: I get what your saying but it's incorrect. You can not have the supplier also be the buyer when dealing with an entity other than itself. While I have to "bid" on some jobs it is the exact opposite of an auction format of buying. It's more along the lines of sellers entering listings on Ebay hoping either, A: Their reputation as a business will get them return customers or B: they are competitively priced enough their items will sell.
When I bid on jobs I never want to be the low guy. That sets a standard in some people's minds that that's the way it should be and they begin to expect you always coming in low. Sometimes I'm told I am the high guy but I get the job anyway because they know what they're going to get.
That makes sense, but with this particular buyer, they have no idea who you are. The statement you have been defending is what you stated to the seller. Maybe this seller saw your question the same way most of us who have commented have seen it. Again, this is why online buying and selling can really suck sometimes. You cannot read body language in text. You cannot hear the tone of manner a question is presented in text. Like I said, I personally would have been offended if you lead off with that question to me. If an when I do put a Best Offer option on an item, I feel I have done my due dilligence in providing a buyer the opportunity to haggle. If I did respond, you are correct, I would not be truthful. I would most likely go halfway between what the listed price states and what I feel my bottomline actually is.