In article , R. Lee Hawkins <lhawkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
>Hi all:
>I'd like to get other's opinions on "price heckling". What do I mean by
>this? Say I post an item for sale, and you think my price is too high.
>Is it ethical for you, as an uninvolved party, to challenge my pricing
>publically in the list? I have been very tempted in the past to
>"heckle" various people, but have refrained, because I gave these people
>the benefit of the doubt, assuming that they had good reasons for
>posting the price they did. I also think it sets a bad precident. If
>people continuously heckle eachother's pricing, I don't think stuff will
>continue to be advertised here any longer. To me, it's just really rude
>(you listening, Brad?) to butt in about a price when you aren't planning
>to buy the item. I have seen cases on rec.photo.marketplace where
>someone had something sold, then some smart guy price heckled, and the
>sale fell through. And these weren't cases where the items were
>overpriced. Let's not let this list drop to the level of r.p.m.
>
>Ideas? Thoughts? My next post will be a re-pricing of my lenses, since
>I'm sure no one will want them at my original prices due to Brad's price
>heckling.
>
Since this is an international forum, Brad's comments were a bit OTT.
What might appear as overpriced in the US may be reasonable in Europe
and a positive bargain in Tuva! (Apologies to any Tuvan's reading this
list, but its just an example. :-) )
At the end of the day a reasonable price is as good or better than you
can get it locally.
--
Kennedy
Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed;
A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed.
Python Philosophers (replace 'nospam' with 'kennedym' when replying)
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