But it Sell it "Make Me An Offer"

[Bob700]

I've noticed recently that the "make me an offer" has cropped up again, I don't know how anyone else feels but I would not respond to an offer ad, I want to know what someone wants for their item.

[Paul]

Make me an offer is not allowed. I can ondurstand for swap if there is enough info but ads with no prices and "make me an offer" only. So please bare it in mind please before put you add in for sale tread.

[smitch6]

i can see where your coming from but alot of the time i suppose ppl don't know what it's worth

[mrs maggot]

oh Sh*t thats me then,

[Bob700]

I think most of the time the seller feels akward in stating a price and prefers to have an offer made from a potential buyer. In the long run I think that it's counter productive from the sellers point of view as I don't think many people are keen to make an offer

[JSR]

I wouldn't respond to such ads. I understand that the seller might feel awkward about asking a price, but it's doubly-awkward for the potential buyer. If they buyer thinks "sure, I'll offer £20 for that" but the buyer actually wants around £70, then all the buyer is doing is offending the seller. That creates bad relations.

At least if the seller originally said "around £70" and the buyer then says "I'll give you £60", then both are in the same ballpark. Or, if the seller says "around £70" and gets no takers, then they can drop the price if they wish or keep the item.

Transactions like this must be initiated by the seller, not the potential buyer.