I appreciate all the replies. It's interesting to read different perspectives.
If someone offers me a price close to asking, unless it's a brand new listing, I will not get annoyed and will often accept it.
The ones that I don't love are:
- Just a price, like CardPadre mentioned ("$300?")
- "Will you take less for this?" (or some variation, not actually offering a price)
- Ones that want to debate you about your price ("This other one just sold for $X") - OK, but mine is nicer!
To NiceDocter's point: if my listings were in the "museum' category, I would definitely be more open to lower offers. However, I try to be conscious so as not to be that seller. I don't think I've ever had a listing up more than a few weeks without doing some sort of adjustment to it. In fact, I tend to take things down if they don't sell after some period of time.
Also, if someone offers me a lower price on here, I'll always entertain it. Buying and selling here feels more like an in-person environment where you are dealing with real people. There's a kind of anonymity to eBay where I feel like people act a way that they wouldn't in person.
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