I hate selling and buying anymore..

diymirage said

Someone mentioned offering almost half the asking price

My rule of thumb is to never offer less then 80% of the asking

Anything under that might be considered offensive and you won't reach a compromise anyway

(Just my approach)

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So long as the seller has a realistic price on whatever item.

I used to offer half as a standard practice, one time I felt we were totally justified on a '72 Fury Grand Coupe. The sellers kid thought the car was gold, I talked to the old man after he left, informed about the market for such cars, and he accepted our offer. I actually felt kind of bad, but I think his kid was comparing the car to a Challenger R/T, or similar.

As I've gotten older, and have a better bank account, I'm more inclined to pay closer to asking prices, but still love the art of haggling.


And the General boxes are the winner vs Huskys.