Define "Lowball"

[bambam]

I got cash.

 

[Nate]

I low ball all the time. People low ball me all the time as well. The only time I don't low ball is when I really want your item. I want so many things on here that if I didn't low ball I would be living on the streets. Granted, with cool guns.

lol

 

[Spas-12 Owner]

Lower ball should never offend someone. If you take an offer personally then don't sell the item as you are to emotionally attached.

I grew up in a pawn shop and love the negotiations back and forth. I don't get offended easily in life and that doesn't change while I am in here.

A lowball offer is a starting point for negotiations.

 

[Nate]

When I worked in the estate liquidation business I used a clean out crew headed up by a man named Sam. Sam used to have a yard sale about twice a year and he would sell items that he cleaned out of the Estates that the sales crew were unable to sell to antique dealers or other customers. I love going to his sales because when somebody would lowball his already rock-bottom prices he would pick the item up say a crystal vase or Bowl and just drop it onto the pavement and tell the low baller now you can have it for $0.50.

hahaha Awesome!

 

[woodstock]

some lowballer offered two stippled glocks plus cash from me for my mini gun. Kinda on the edge of lowball

 

[jloneill17]

i don't believe in the term lowball. they are all offers. Some are good, some suck. the best part is, I don't have to pm anyone back that I don't want to.

 

[jloneill17]

When I worked in the estate liquidation business I used a clean out crew headed up by a man named Sam. Sam used to have a yard sale about twice a year and he would sell items that he cleaned out of the Estates that the sales crew were unable to sell to antique dealers or other customers. I love going to his sales because when somebody would lowball his already rock-bottom prices he would pick the item up say a crystal vase or Bowl and just drop it onto the pavement and tell the low baller now you can have it for $0.50.

that's hilarious

 

[bambam]

If someone accepts your low ball offer, what was it really?

 

[jloneill17]

If someone accepts your low ball offer, what was it really?

it means that he needs the cash pretty desperately.

 

[Patronus]

With so many listings at full retail (and then some), how can you NOT lowball?

Ignore morons who think USED means APPRECIATED instead of DEpreciated. It really is a damn shame we can't post "Dumbass!" in sale threads.

When the offer truly pisses you off, it's a lowball. I had a gun I was looking to trade towards something I REALLY wanted a few years back. I took it to Gables in Newnan. They offered me **** for the gun. Then I took it to AR Bunker and the offer was worse. I never darkened either of their doors again. Gables went out of business and I laughed. AR Bunker got robbed and...well it pisses me off whenever ANY gun store gets robbed but at least it was them and not a GOOD place.

I too the same gun to Southern Shooters and got a fair offer on it. Then as a last stop I stopped by Pawn Express in Lagrange. There I got the best offer and made the deal. I have been buying guns, silver, gold, tools, DVD's, Jewelry for my wife, knives, more guns and a ton of other items that caught my eye when I was there looking at guns, silver, gold..... ever since. By not trying to **** me, they EARNED my repeat business and I will ALWAYS be grateful and loyal to them because of it.

Now on here, there is really not that kind of buying/selling relationship. Still, an insulting lowball offer will get you ignored forever. Stop being a greedy ****.

And that goes for sellers as well as buyers.