Has anyone been on a Facebook Yard Sale site lately? Maybe it's just my local group, but it seems that rudeness is abundant. I know that people go on there to get a great deal, but offering 50% or less than what the seller is asking seems rude to me.
This seems to be what happens EVERY TIME something is posted. You can post an item for $5 and someone will want to give you $2. I know the idea is to go back and forth to get it to $3 or $3.50, but it just seems ridiculous to me. If the seller wanted $3.50, they would have posted $3.50. If everyone offers less, it makes the sellers have to ask for more to get what they really want. For example, if I really want $5 for an item, I pretty much have to post it at $10 (which is ridiculous for some things) in hopes that someone will offer me $5 and not $3. I know the seller could always say no, they want to stay at the original price, but then they seem hostile.
Then there's the people that want to negotiate on the thread. Recently, I had an item listed at $15. After sitting for a while, someone offered $10 on the post. I said sure. Then other people were interested, now I feel like I could get more - maybe $13 or so, but since I already agreed to $10, I now pretty much have to accept that from anyone else. Oh, and the original person that offered $10 disappeared for like 3 days, then was "confused" when it went to someone else.
Maybe it's just me, but I'm getting sick of buying and selling on these sites. :-/
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