Cannot Understand Problem With Buy It Now

One pet peeve I have- sellers with BIN or Make Offer options who NEVER answer your offer. They just let it expire- just a 'no thanks' would be appreciated. In some of these cases I offered nearly the full BIN price with no result. Why offer this option if you won't sell for a bit less?

Like I said - I just don't get it. I guess that's why North Americans really can't handle a European flea market.

Flea markets in America are not comparable to "BIN".
The are absolutely "Or Best Offer"!

A vendor selling wares at an American flea market, that is unwilling to negotiate a price, is going to be dragging most of their goods back home.

Are European markets different?

As the teens say - "whatever." Just raised an issue - about an opportunity collectors are missing.

I would rather do without than pay his outrageous prices.

It's called lack of basic manners.

CanadaStamp, I just reread your original post. I hadn't read the edited version. I find it odd that people don't take advantage of 'make an offer'.

I don't understand the nocking of Lang for his prices ,if he raises prices for material you can't find anywhere else ,that is called making a market in my business .
I was a trader of Soybeans ,if two or twenty people are bidding to buy beans at $5.00 and no one has beans to sell at $5.00 ,I make a market and sell at a much higher price. That is how the market works .When I was building my Egypt collection and KELLEHER AUCTIONS had a rare collection up for auction , I was paying 120% to 160% of catalog for some items because that material only comes up for sale once every 6 to 10 years --------SORRY, IF IT IS UNUSAL MATERIAL , YOUR GOING TO HAVE TO BEAT EVERYONE ONE ELSE PRICE WISE , TO GET IT .
Too many of you swim at the bottom and buy common stuff and want to pay some kind of reduce price ....... pay for the best and then you have something special ........Shees I need to slap a few heads here ....or ....get me a first cup of coffee this morning .

floortrader,

You seem to be responding to me. I only "nock" Lang's pricing because it is for the most part highly unreasonable. He has items that have been listed for years, and they will not sell at the prices he asks for because they are commonly available from other sellers for 1/3 or even 1/4 of his asking price. It is as if he doesn't understand how the market works. But by all accounts he is not dumb, so he's satisfied with the results of his pricing. Yes, he does have some items that are scarce and hard to come by elsewhere, and in those instances you can seemingly rationalize his prices. But you cannot rationalize prices 3 to 4 times what others are asking for commonly available items. That makes no sense.

eyeonwall,

I think floortrader is right, in the limited case where Lang has items not available elsewhere. In that case how can you say his prices are overpriced? I see it somewhat like the question of where items on ebay are likely to sell in relation to CV. Common items will often go for 1/4 or 1/3 of CV. The more scarce or desirable an item is, the closer it gets to CV. The problem I have with Lang's is that he seems to think he can get the same kind of price in relation to CV for a common item as he can get for a scarce item.

The nice think about a free market is that if you don't want to pay Lang's prices, even on scarce items, you don't have to. And if I want to, after getting it marked down 10-15% with offer, I can. I don't do it often, and I always look hard to see if others have what I want before I resort to Lang.

After five days? If that's true, you probably should not try to make a living in sales.

Agreed. If I want to sell an item that quickly, I'll put it up at auction with a low start price. I assume that most buy-it-now items will sit there for weeks or even months before they find a taker.

If you are willing to take offers you should use Make an Offer. If you use Buy it Now only (with no Make an Offer button), I assume you want the asking price. If your BIN price is absurdly high, I will not make an offer even if Make an Offer is used. To me, this indicates the seller is out of touch with reality and life is too short to risk dealing with someone that might have real ethical challenges.

If I were to sell strictly BIN without Make an Offer you would not get a response from me were you to assume BIN meant something else.

The buttons are there for a reason people. Use them.

I see here again and again - potential buyers second guessing sellers. Listen to me. It costs you NOTHING to make a low offer on on a BIN. NOTHING. You do not have to revoke your religious beliefs. Or sell a child. Fer gosh sakes folks lighten up and get a deal.

Keep thinking like that....I am sure you
are on many blocked bidder lists.

Do you think a seller wants to entertain a lowball offer??