Sellers should learn not to say NO.

[inhawaii]

I need six  1" glass marbles for a project.

I came across a listing for 2 pounds of 1" glass marbles for $23.99 with free shipping.

I'm not sure how many marbles are in 2 pounds but i'm sure t's way more than i need. 

I messaged the seller and explained how i only need 6 marbles. If he would be willing to sell me 6,  let me know how much.

The seller replied with "sorry such a small amount is not cost worthy for me to sell".  Why would he say that without knowing how much i'm willing to pay for 6 of them?  Why not make me an offer?  6 marbles for $5 or 6 marbles for $10 or 6 marbles for $20 ... whatever he thinks is worth his time and effort?   But to just say "NO" is very poor business sense in my opinion. 

[mg152]

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@inhawaii wrote:

cottage books: The answer to your question is - i don't know.  I guess i could have offered up front.  I didn't really think it mattered.  I was going to wait to see what the seller said, then respond. I was actually kind of surprised by the response. Kind of like when i ask sellers how much to ship to Hawaii and they respond with they do not ship to Hawaii, period, for any amount of money.

And for the record, since i'm getting totally "beat up" on this thread, but i totally respect the sellers decision. It's his items. It's his listings.  It's his prerogative.  I just don't agree with it or understand it.

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I don’t think you meant your post to sound the way it sounds but it sounds bad to us. I am glad you found your marbles, the glass ones anyway. 😂

[mg152]

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@city*satins wrote:

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@inhawaii wrote:

I got the meat.

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And perhaps some extras.

Personally, I make it a rule never to get into arguments or debates with people who are about to control what happens to my body. That includes people in food services, people in medical services, and people in law enforcement.

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I’ve always told my kids never be rude to the cook, the server, the doctor, dentist etc... You may regret it.

[sapphireseal]

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@asdcr8w-0 wrote:

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The guy went on about "that's RIDICULOUS it's not WORTH THAT!"

Yup, the prostitution rests...

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I mean, it's one way to pay for a truck.   

[mg152]

BTW, you can send us all a piece of candy. We love candy. 😂😂

[inhawaii]

a_c_green:  Thanks!  No it's not a fuzzy monitor, it's fuzzy eyes!

readabouthorses & city*satins: Sorry, i read "candles" instead of "candies".  I thought you were using that as an example. 

You're talking about a customer asking ME that about one of MY candies?   Honesty, it depends on which candy.  The circumstances are different depending on which candy. If it were my dole hard candies, i would offer them free samples if they pay a few bucks to cover shipping.  I don't know if you can list something for free, probably not so maybe 1 cent + a small fee for shipping?  I have open bags of the individually wrapped Dole hard candy and often send out free samples with orders. I have 4 flavors. If they order 1 flavor, i often send the free samples of the other 3 flavors.  

If it was some other candy that was not individually wrapped, i would explain why i couldn't do it. 

I'm not making this up.  This is really how i would respond. 

Or i could tel them ... sorry, it's not worth my time. 

[mg152]

Inhawaiis prices aren’t bad for th candies. Most of those are available at the Navy Exchange here for very similar prices. I don’t buy hard candy but the chocolates she has are very good.

[mg152]

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@asdcr8w-0 wrote:

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@inhawaii wrote:

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@mypostingid15 wrote:

So, you want the seller to create a new listing for 5 or 6 marbles, end the old listing, and create a new listing for the rest of the marbles along with new description and photos For $5? I wouldn't do that.

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Would you do it for $10?  Would you do it for $20.  At some point you would do it.  So the answer shouldn't be no.

That's like someone offering to buy your car "name your price" and you saying it's not for sale. 

Congratulations to you that business is so good that you can turn down a potential customer without even knowing how much you'll be making.

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Ok I'll play along if only because I have had this happen, more than once even!

Some complete stranger (no I am not kidding) walked up my driveway to ask me if some vehicle was for sale, and I said no and was ready to move on... This individual insisted that anything would sell if the price was right...

Here's the kicker, neither of them was ready to accept that simple answer and move on...

So I told each of these individuals this:

You are right, I would sell IF the price is right BUT you wouldn't be willing to pay that.

Case in point:

Since the first guy kept on and on...

I told the first guy 5 thousand for my 19 year old car (5g's was how much I had paid for it 8 years before).

The guy went on about "that's RIDICULOUS it's not WORTH THAT!"

Yup, the prostitution rests...

The second guy I told him $800 for my tow trailer (once again that was how much I had paid for it just earlier that year), I almost regretted my "offer" the instant it came out of my mouth because how was I going to get another in some kind of order, not to mention registration and title fees and time were involved...

Fortunately this guy too said "that's too much, I can buy one new for that"

To which I said "OK" and I really wanted to say "why don't you then" but I was flat RELIEVED he didn't buy it.

Then he "offers" me $400

I was done, I told him to get lost.

So case in point, when a buyer asks for a special deal it is usually best to walk away.

It's a gamble, business owners like myself don't make money gambling.

Matter of fact we usually lose, and that's the REAL reason behind buyers who want something that's not on the menu.

Put another way:

If it ain't got a for sale sign on it, then it ain't for sale.

And if it does have a for sale sign on it, I'm not parting it out piece by piece.

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OMG! That happened to us last week. Some guy comes to the door and asks me how much for the truck. I said it’s not for sale and he says I’ve been going by here for weeks and it just sits there, how much? 

I say the truck was my father in law’s truck, he recently died and it’s not for sale at any price. He says can I leave my number, I say no and shut the door. People!!

[castlemagicmemories]

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@sapphireseal wrote:

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@asdcr8w-0 wrote:

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The guy went on about "that's RIDICULOUS it's not WORTH THAT!"

Yup, the prostitution rests...

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I mean, it's one way to pay for a truck.   

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[castlemagicmemories]

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@mg152 wrote:

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@asdcr8w-0 wrote:

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@inhawaii wrote:

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@mypostingid15 wrote:

So, you want the seller to create a new listing for 5 or 6 marbles, end the old listing, and create a new listing for the rest of the marbles along with new description and photos For $5? I wouldn't do that.

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Would you do it for $10?  Would you do it for $20.  At some point you would do it.  So the answer shouldn't be no.

That's like someone offering to buy your car "name your price" and you saying it's not for sale. 

Congratulations to you that business is so good that you can turn down a potential customer without even knowing how much you'll be making.

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Ok I'll play along if only because I have had this happen, more than once even!

Some complete stranger (no I am not kidding) walked up my driveway to ask me if some vehicle was for sale, and I said no and was ready to move on... This individual insisted that anything would sell if the price was right...

Here's the kicker, neither of them was ready to accept that simple answer and move on...

So I told each of these individuals this:

You are right, I would sell IF the price is right BUT you wouldn't be willing to pay that.

Case in point:

Since the first guy kept on and on...

I told the first guy 5 thousand for my 19 year old car (5g's was how much I had paid for it 8 years before).

The guy went on about "that's RIDICULOUS it's not WORTH THAT!"

Yup, the prostitution rests...

The second guy I told him $800 for my tow trailer (once again that was how much I had paid for it just earlier that year), I almost regretted my "offer" the instant it came out of my mouth because how was I going to get another in some kind of order, not to mention registration and title fees and time were involved...

Fortunately this guy too said "that's too much, I can buy one new for that"

To which I said "OK" and I really wanted to say "why don't you then" but I was flat RELIEVED he didn't buy it.

Then he "offers" me $400

I was done, I told him to get lost.

So case in point, when a buyer asks for a special deal it is usually best to walk away.

It's a gamble, business owners like myself don't make money gambling.

Matter of fact we usually lose, and that's the REAL reason behind buyers who want something that's not on the menu.

Put another way:

If it ain't got a for sale sign on it, then it ain't for sale.

And if it does have a for sale sign on it, I'm not parting it out piece by piece.

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OMG! That happened to us last week. Some guy comes to the door and asks me how much for the truck. I said it’s not for sale and he says I’ve been going by here for weeks and it just sits there, how much? 

I say the truck was my father in law’s truck, he recently died and it’s not for sale at any price. He says can I leave my number, I say no and shut the door. People!!

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Thank you!  That just proves my point, waving all the money in the world at someone may not bend them to your will.  Not everything is for sale, even at any price.

[castlemagicmemories]

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@inhawaii wrote:

Thanks castle!  I did find my marbles.  I needed them to be glass, 1" in diameter and i only needed about 6 of them.

I should just let this thread burn itself out.  I'm losing my marbles!  😃

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I think this thread has taken on a life of its' own!

[postingid2017]

I just told my son the same thing - only his involved a Drug Test for new employment.  His attitude ended up with the company using "buzz words"  that would be unacceptable.  Now had it been me, I would not have said a word to the staff, waited for the results and then complained to their Corporate Office.  That is the passive/aggressive me . . . I pick and choose my battles and wait to strike.

[sapphireseal]

Someone also randomly knocked on my parents' door a few years ago and wanted to buy their mini-van.  My dad said they weren't selling it.  The guy was quite insistent but went away empty handed.

My guess is the door-to-door car buyers are just trying to get cheap cars for parts or  scrap metal.  The interaction did not feel quite right.  (I was visiting when it happened.)

[jeannicho22]

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@inhawaii wrote:

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@mypostingid15 wrote:

So, you want the seller to create a new listing for 5 or 6 marbles, end the old listing, and create a new listing for the rest of the marbles along with new description and photos For $5? I wouldn't do that.

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Would you do it for $10?  Would you do it for $20.  At some point you would do it.  So the answer shouldn't be no.

That's like someone offering to buy your car "name your price" and you saying it's not for sale. 

Congratulations to you that business is so good that you can turn down a potential customer without even knowing how much you'll be making.

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I would never say no to a buyer who only wanted to purchase 5 or 6 marbles for $23.99 with free shipping.  You are absolutely right... Everything is for sale for the right price.

The fact is that the seller most likely has all of his marbles already packaged up in lots of 2 lbs.  So once he/she removes your 5 or 6 marbles from the 2 lbs bag, what does he do with the remainder of the bag?  Sell it by piece now?  Well... perhaps that isn't what the seller signed on for when he/she purchased 50 lbs of 2 lbs bagged marbles.  Perhaps they don't have the baggies to package up those little lots of 5 to 6 marbles for other buyers.  Perhaps they don't have the shipping envelope the correct size to ship them.

On one of my IDs I have something that I resell that is factory packaged in lots of 100.  I kept getting asked for 1 dozen of them instead of 100.  So.... I went out and I purchased little zip baggies and packaged up then up by the dozen.  I cut a buck off the price of the 100 and listed the dozen for sale with the same cost of shipping as the 100.

I get it, you want what you want and no more... expect to pay for it.

[inhawaii]

@jeannicho22 wrote:

You are absolutely right... Everything is for sale for the right price.

Some people on the thread will disagree with you.   That 1972 Ford pinto sitting on the front lawn is NOT FOR SALE FOR ANY PRICE!

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[sodelight]

Why not go to another seller, there are thousands of marble listings here! Why get upset over this one seller. They have a right to sell the way they want, they know what's cost effective for them.