I am not a store or a reseller but at times i have a few items for sale on Facebook marketplace. Currently i have a few video games. They are not super expensive titles but they are worth a few bucks (around 40$ or so) either because they are brand new (bough them on PS4 but found Xbox version later before having time to play it) or because they are limited edition or whatever. Anyway its not important but basically...
I put all the details in my ads. I specifically says that if an item is sold, i will update the ads (or remove if all are sold), do not contact me asking "still available?". I also specify my prices are non-negociatable. They are slightly under market value (price charting) and if i want to sell at huge loss ill just bring them to a store for trade credit. But guess what?
I have peoples asking me to sell them 2 games for the price of one (litteraly insulting)
I have peoples texting me the name of the game with NOTHING else. Whats the point of said text? A useless extra step where i need to reply "Yes.. you want to buy?"
And of course the peoples who ask if its still available from time to time, you reply yes, then they never reply back.
Here is how you should contact a seller
Hi, i am interested in "Game 1", when would you be available to meet?
Straight to the point, no haggling, no time waste.
Personally i started simply ignoring those peoples who can't properly communicate, wich is something so simple. And mind you i only get a few of these here and there when i have items for sale (wich ain't often) so now imagine the SW having to endure this EVERY DAY most likely. So yeah thats why i can feel their pain even if its way lower in my case. And thats why as clients we should learn to communicate properly. The least a client can do is read the ads... And if there is nothing specify/asked, just use common sense. I am not the most eloquent person, but i always try to be polite and go straight to the point to not waste time.
Its ok to ask stuff tough. I mean not long ago i contacted a seller wich was selling old Xbox games. He said some had manuals, others not, and as a collector i like my copies "CIB" (Complete In Box) so i contacted him asking if certain games were CIB, and they were not, so i thanked him for the answer and said its not what i am looking for. It was 4 texts total (2 from me, 2 from him, last just being him saying np). In the same vein its ok i think asking a few questions to a provider, but only if you genuinly intend to book if the answers are what you looking for.
Anyway thats just my 2 cents. I still don't get why there is so much peoples like this yet, especially in the hobby.
I put all the details in my ads. I specifically says that if an item is sold, i will update the ads (or remove if all are sold), do not contact me asking "still available?". I also specify my prices are non-negociatable. They are slightly under market value (price charting) and if i want to sell at huge loss ill just bring them to a store for trade credit. But guess what?
I have peoples asking me to sell them 2 games for the price of one (litteraly insulting)
I have peoples texting me the name of the game with NOTHING else. Whats the point of said text? A useless extra step where i need to reply "Yes.. you want to buy?"
And of course the peoples who ask if its still available from time to time, you reply yes, then they never reply back.
Here is how you should contact a seller
Hi, i am interested in "Game 1", when would you be available to meet?
Straight to the point, no haggling, no time waste.
Personally i started simply ignoring those peoples who can't properly communicate, wich is something so simple. And mind you i only get a few of these here and there when i have items for sale (wich ain't often) so now imagine the SW having to endure this EVERY DAY most likely. So yeah thats why i can feel their pain even if its way lower in my case. And thats why as clients we should learn to communicate properly. The least a client can do is read the ads... And if there is nothing specify/asked, just use common sense. I am not the most eloquent person, but i always try to be polite and go straight to the point to not waste time.
Its ok to ask stuff tough. I mean not long ago i contacted a seller wich was selling old Xbox games. He said some had manuals, others not, and as a collector i like my copies "CIB" (Complete In Box) so i contacted him asking if certain games were CIB, and they were not, so i thanked him for the answer and said its not what i am looking for. It was 4 texts total (2 from me, 2 from him, last just being him saying np). In the same vein its ok i think asking a few questions to a provider, but only if you genuinly intend to book if the answers are what you looking for.
Anyway thats just my 2 cents. I still don't get why there is so much peoples like this yet, especially in the hobby.
