Classifieds etiquette

Hi Guys,

I would just like to add. If you are genuinely interested in buying an item, feel free to ask the seller questions.

But please do not get into a debate about quality or price.
It's not polite.

Thanks

 

what if one wants to make an offer like say someone has something listed as R1500 and you want to offer R1200 is that considered an argument?

 

I think it comes down to manners

For eg, there is a difference between:

If a seller is offering a heater for R100 for eg.
You say to him: Been a tough month financially, would you be willing to consider R90?
IMO - that's ok.

But to say -the lfs sells them for R110, so how can you ask for R100? Or yours is the old model, so you are asking too much.
That IMO - not ok.

As @MariaS says if it's not for you (for whatever reason), just walk away, as you would in a shop.
No need to push the seller into a corner with the possible aim of getting him to reduce his price.

 

And I would say that the above applies to both discussion on the open Forum and a PM.

 

This is also contradictory to the rules shared above as they also state all negotiations must be performed on the open forum and only personal details shared on PM

I agree with this though but I'd say this should apply to all conversations not only over the interent

 

Agreed plus if age really factors into something you can be polite and say I'd offer R90 for said item due to age, because some items like lights and tanks only last so long lights burnout and tanks need to be re sealed - IMO this makes sense