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When I am selling, you have to consider "low-ball" offers for what they are. Someone actually lining up with their cash.
There is often a huge difference what your market will pay vs. what the seller thinks its worth. Especially in dirt bikes.
It’s always worth a shit on a low ball offer, maybe they need cash. I’ve bought a bunch of stuff that way.
The key is for civility and politeness as a buyer or seller. Pretty simple.
If the person is texting, I would usually ask if they were making an offer on the whole bike, or just the wheels.
Buyer
I moved here a year ago and sold my kx right before leaving and am regretting it so much with all the amazing trails out here. It's torturous having friend who own and ride bikes here and I am on their loaner or even worse, a rental....
So I have come to the conclusion that it's worth it to clear the checking account buy a bike, but I don't have much, so would you accept $3200 cash? I can come up and grab it today or tomorrow or whenever.
Me
$3200 is a little short what else you got offer? Wife? daughter? Send pictures.
Buyer
Done, you can have my wife! She doesn't cook or clean and hell, she not that good looking, but she sure does have a mouth on her. Can call the hens home to roost from 5 miles away!
Me
When you say "she not that good looking" how does she compare to my ex Who dumped my ass!!!
She was a bitch. She like cowboys and would only let you ride for seven seconds.
Buyer
Well sir, one would say you are better off to of loved and lost, but shit a 300+lbs cowboys fan just doesn't fall on your lap every day.....and you survive I mean.
When buying it depends how bad I want it. If something I'm interested in but don't need I'll throw out low ball offers. Many times I get the no thanks. I respond with, no problem, understand but if you don't sell let me know. My last 2 YZ125 projects I got this way. About a month latter the sellers called me back and said if you still want it come get it. I've had people get upset with my offers, oh well, they don't know me.
This is a move mastered on the auto sales side because the margins are much bigger.
And just an FYI, never invite someone to your place to buy (you are showcasing your shit), always meet them at a location on your terms. If it's a high dollar item, I give them the local Police station address in case they have ulterior motives.
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If the bike (or whatever) is a long distance away, I'm going to come to an agreement on the price and get a commitment from the person to hold the item. I wouldn't bother even negotiating for a long distance item unless the seller has provided a good deal of info in their listing including detailed photos, or provides more upon request.
I'm not going to waste hours of my time and $$ in gas to go look at something then negotiate. At that point, as a buyer, you have absolutely no leverage.
I've driven as much as 9 hours round trip to buy something, but that's been with detailed information/photos on the item, a negotiated price, and a commitment to hold the item (<24 hours). That, and I have to get a good vibe from the seller. If he's acting like he's hedging his bets on another offer, or won't commit to holding it for a short time, no way am I driving more than half an hour. And I make it clear, that if the item is in the promised condition, we're good, but I find something major they are hiding when I inspect it (cracked frame), all bets are off.
The damn “block” button.
I try to post my bikes I do sell at a very fair price (compared to some people) based off what the bike is going for around me and in my area. Every bike I have posted I have gotten what I asked give or take $1-200.
These days, however, on the last several bikes I've sold anyway, the negotiation and agreement to sell has come with the buyer having never seen the bike in person.
What sucks now is that there are SO MANY people that text and waste time asking question after question only to, at some point, completely ghost you.
As for low ball offers, I've just gotten to where when someone asks what the lowest I'd be willing to take is, I just respond asking them what's the most they'd be willing to pay.
If you low ball enough people, someone will bite.
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