At the swap meets I’m known as “cheap parts guy”, and as such I don’t usually have prices on my stuff. Reason being that I don’t like to lower the price on the tag if it doesn’t sell. I also like the art of conversation, and some spirited haggling, tho rarely needed. If I have something that I know is valuable, I try to price it under market by just a bit so somebody gets a good deal, if I had to put a price on it I would have to price it higher, to avoid the lowball offers.
Funny example… I had a flywheel that I got in a deal, wasn’t really sure what it was from, but it had “130” written on it for the tooth count. I had it sitting on the corner of my table and a guy walked up and said “would you take $120”? and I said sure. After he walked away I realized that he thought 130 was the price. In reality, I would’ve started the haggle at $75 and probably taken $60.
