Best reply to bike sale haggler?

kzizok wrote:

I have a couple of tactitics I use for lowballers, especially the extreme lowballers! Here is how my favorite tactic goes: Lets use $1000 for ease...

I have a couple of tactitics I use for lowballers, especially the extreme lowballers! Here is how my favorite tactic goes:

Lets use $1000 for ease of explanation for the price of whatever it is that I'm selling. The buyer starts out by offering something ridiculous like $400. I then counter with a price of $1100. Buyer is immediatly confused and thinks it's a mistake, so he offers $500. Naturally, I counter with $1200. I will go as long as the buyer does. Although, it usually doesn't go very far and buyer doesn't know what hit 'em. Now they're mad with the confusion, and they turn to the only thing they know what to do, start throwing out expletives before they go away!

It's a pretty efficient way to get them to go away quickly.

mark_swart wrote:

HA!!! I just used that same tactic the other week - I only went up by $50....still haven't heard back. I think he offered me $400...

HA!!! I just used that same tactic the other week - I only went up by $50....still haven't heard back. I think he offered me $400 for an $800 bike...

oceantrav wrote:

People low ball because it works on people who need the money. Heck, I sold a crf450 last year for $4100. Couple hours later guy calls...

People low ball because it works on people who need the money.

Heck, I sold a crf450 last year for $4100. Couple hours later guy calls asking if he knows anyone who would want the bike cause his wife's transmission just went out, sent my buddy over there and he got it for $2500. Guy lost $1600 in a few hours cause he was desperate.

I buy a few bikes a month using the low ball method. It works. Shoot off 10 lowball offers and 1 person will need the money that day and accept. Often times they'll say no, then message me a few days later agreeing. Bikes only worth what someone is willing to pay.

I'll take some people low balling me all day over some people trying to rob me

Pete The Fisherman wrote:

Not me but a friend of mine was selling his yz125 a few years ago on Craigslist for $2,300. Some guy offered him $1,100 cash. My...

Not me but a friend of mine was selling his yz125 a few years ago on Craigslist for $2,300. Some guy offered him $1,100 cash. My friend didn't want to take it but he needed the money to fix his car for work so he accepted it. But before selling it he removed the circlips from the piston,cut up the fork springs and replaced the oil with maple syrup. Not really a craigslist haggler story, but it was good revenge on a scammer in my opinion.

Pete The Fisherman wrote:

Not me but a friend of mine was selling his yz125 a few years ago on Craigslist for $2,300. Some guy offered him $1,100 cash. My...

Not me but a friend of mine was selling his yz125 a few years ago on Craigslist for $2,300. Some guy offered him $1,100 cash. My friend didn't want to take it but he needed the money to fix his car for work so he accepted it. But before selling it he removed the circlips from the piston,cut up the fork springs and replaced the oil with maple syrup. Not really a craigslist haggler story, but it was good revenge on a scammer in my opinion.

KID858 wrote:

Your opinion sucks. Your friend is piece of shit.

Dirtydeeds wrote:

Had a dude lowball me, told em tell ya what dude, why don't I give you $100 and you can have it. His reply naturally, sweet...

Had a dude lowball me, told em tell ya what dude, why don't I give you $100 and you can have it. His reply naturally, sweet man! Told em cool, come get it but you gotta let me shoot you in the leg.

cable wrote:

dirtydeeds- i can't stop laughing, i don't know why this is funny, but I'm gonna use this..lmfao

FWYT wrote:

Not really a low-ball haggler story but semi related.... I recently sold my trusty, high mileage '94 CBR600 F2. I was asking $1,500.00. Met up with...

Not really a low-ball haggler story but semi related....

I recently sold my trusty, high mileage '94 CBR600 F2. I was asking $1,500.00.
Met up with the potential buyer- 18 year old kid getting his first bike. He had gone
through the motorcycle safety training program, had his learner's permit and had been
saving up. He wanted it really bad but said "I'm a little short, though."

"How much do you have?" I asked.
"$1,464.73."

He had scrounged all the sofas for extra change, borrowed his grandfather's beat up old truck to haul
the bike, built a loading ramp out of scrap 2x4's that morning and stopped at Kragen to
buy a cheap shit set of tie downs.

Fucking A, this kid was cool and determined! I told him to keep the $64.73 and to ride safe.

Pete The Fisherman wrote:

Not me but a friend of mine was selling his yz125 a few years ago on Craigslist for $2,300. Some guy offered him $1,100 cash. My...

Not me but a friend of mine was selling his yz125 a few years ago on Craigslist for $2,300. Some guy offered him $1,100 cash. My friend didn't want to take it but he needed the money to fix his car for work so he accepted it. But before selling it he removed the circlips from the piston,cut up the fork springs and replaced the oil with maple syrup. Not really a craigslist haggler story, but it was good revenge on a scammer in my opinion.

Pete The Fisherman wrote:

Not me but a friend of mine was selling his yz125 a few years ago on Craigslist for $2,300. Some guy offered him $1,100 cash. My...

Not me but a friend of mine was selling his yz125 a few years ago on Craigslist for $2,300. Some guy offered him $1,100 cash. My friend didn't want to take it but he needed the money to fix his car for work so he accepted it. But before selling it he removed the circlips from the piston,cut up the fork springs and replaced the oil with maple syrup. Not really a craigslist haggler story, but it was good revenge on a scammer in my opinion.

peelout wrote:

i had a guy try to offer me $4k for a $9k car. i told him no and he kept going, 5 texts a day. i...

i had a guy try to offer me $4k for a $9k car. i told him no and he kept going, 5 texts a day. i sent him a picture of my dog's butthole and nuts. never heard back from him.

BMR179 wrote:

I had a little time this morning to reply to a scammer. I haven't had any hagglers yet. To timothy piper Message body Tim. Oh man...

I had a little time this morning to reply to a scammer. I haven't had any hagglers yet.



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timothy piper
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Tim.

Oh man, I gotta be honest. I use a screwdriver as a key, so screwdrivers is cheap. A friend's cousin's brother-in-law, Bubba Spivey from Slocum, has done the service work. I replaced the shifter for the transmission because I broke it with a 6' cheater bar after the bike flew off of Bubba's flatbed while leaving the tractor pull and mud run over at Union Grove. He was over there looking for used tools that folks leave laying around and had to leave real fast when his wife shot a bigfoot (against the law, made the local paper, but they don't know zactly who done it). There is a little rust on the muffler bearing, but there is some stuff you can get at the dollar store or walmart that will take care of it. I ain't real good at the internets, so whatever peepal is is foreign to me. Can you mail the cash to your mover guy and have him pay me? If not, I could send Jbud and Beefcat to El Paso to meet you. Them boys love Juarez, guns, girls & tequila you know. Hell, they would even treat a military man to a night on the town!

That's the real deal right there. If all that aint up to standard, I caint do no more. You gotta remember though, gots to have cash or no deal. Nanakay told me to watch out for folks trying a scam on me (you being military and all, I'd think you lejit). If not, I got lotta redneck boys got my back and like roadtrips.

Let me know if you want the scooter.



From: timothy piper
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Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2016 3:01 PM
Subject: Re: 2016 Yamaha YZ450F

Do you have the extra keys , Where did you get your Bike serviced, Have you ever had any transmission repairs and Is there any rust on the Bike? I'm ready to pay your asking price but not cash in person because I am serving in the US army and currently been deploy to Fort Huachuca Military Base, Arizona and calls are restricted at the moment and my only quickest payment option is PayPal, its safe fast and secure and i will be responsible for the PayPal transaction charges so you can get your expected amount. If you don't have an account with PayPal, its pretty easy to open one, Just log onto www.paypal.com and sign up. I hope we can make the purchase as fast as possible? As I am buying the bike for my dad and I'm very sure he will love this Bike, his a mechanic and a handy man, so if there is anything that need to be fixed in it just let me know he will handle it. I have a mover that will come for the pick up once payment clears in your account and he will handle the title for me.I would appreciate if you email me with more pictures (if available) too since i won't be able to see this in person. I look forward to hear from you with the information below.


Your PayPal e-Mail Address :
Full name:
Firm Price:
Zip code for pickup
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Regards,
Tim Piper.