Someone found something you want, how would you react?

[henrysthreeironbands]

So someone found something I want.
NIB. For real. 30 years old, new in box.

But, when he heard I want it the price went up.
Almost double the original offer.
2.5 times as much as I paid 30 years ago.
Objectively speaking, it is for certain not worth it in the open market.

How would you react?

 

[The History Man]

Casually.

 

[d8mok]

Re:

It can be frustrating for sure ....I wanted to buy a NIB 20th anniversary Zaskar last year and simply wanted pictures of the actual item I was buying rather than catalogue images and info about the actual item of what it came with. It never came unless it seemed I paid first. Then a day or so later the seller stuck it on eBay without even sending the pics even though we had agreed numbers to buy subject to what exactly I was buying. Suppose some people just don’t shoot straight as they say .....

 

[mdvineng]

So someone found something I want.
NIB. For real. 30 years old, new in box.

But, when he heard I want it the price went up.
Almost double the original offer.
2.5 times as much as I paid 30 years ago.
Objectively speaking, it is for certain not worth it in the open market.

How would you react?

Walk on by

 

[henrysthreeironbands]

2.5 times, plus shipping and taxes actually About 3.5 times then.. hah

 

[ishaw]

Re:

Sounds like someone is being a bit of a (enter expletive here). Don't give them the satisfaction. While it might be what you want, no matter how much, no matter how long it takes, wait for it to come up somewhere else.

No amount of bleach showers and brillo scrubs will make you feel clean if you buy it from the cu'rre'nt owner.

 

[The History Man]

I have been casual about something I wanted and asked about over the last six months. I paid what I consider to be a bargain price. Most would say a fair price. I sold my similar one in a different size for the same.

What comes around goes around. Hopefully it will for them too.

 

[rwm1962]

There are some chancers out there. There was an item I forgot to bid on twice on eBay. No one else bid. It wasn't automatically relisted again so I asked the seller if they'd relist. They did - at twice the price. I offered a pound more than the previous price & was turned down. It's been relisted a couple of times since & still not sold.

 

[RickTheUncivil]

Re:

One the one hand, demand greater than supply equals higher price.

On the other hand, some people are just dicks abou it.

Personally I'm not the sort to pay top dollar for a NIB part, that's not how I work. But there's enough folk out there who will to make that dickish behaviour pay off from time to time.

Question only you can answer is how much are you prepared to pay.

 

[mk one]

I would tell them i would have bought it at original price but the price now is too high, and tell them i will wait until another comes up as its not that important and certainly not worth the higher price, then bid them a thank you and goodbye, sit back and wait until they come back with a more reasonable price again.

Have you put a wanted ad up on here for the part? surprising what people have stashed away