I get an email asking if I was negotiable on price
That's the standard response from any Dumbtree buyer nowadays, you just gotta have thicker skin and tell those opportunistic punters to nick off, or post the words "Price is Firm" on your listing and this eliminates these sort of people. Honest buyers will see the value in an item and only contact you if they are happy to accept the price.
I tried to sell a welder on Gumtree last year. I soon got sick of all the stupid offers of $2 and $5. I ended up parting with it for $20, which was a bargain to say the least. Then I listed a near new Rover mower in great condition for $120. First week I get a PM from someone offering me $2 for it. Not sure if they are just trolling, dreaming, or crazy? I sometimes wonder if these are the same people who bid things up to insanely inflated prices on ebay at times? Like when I saw a mower wheel bid up to $450 one time, that was really not that rare, I had to scratch my head in wonder. Well I have wondered about myself on occasions whenever I have paid far too much for something, or sold something for a tenth of its real value. Auctions tend to bring out the craziness in people. We see it all the time. People bid over a million dollars on old houses that are literally falling down, but they could have gone to a real estate agent and bought a much better home for half that price. Gumtree seems to be the polar opposite of an auction site. It is more like a haggling site in my opinion. Buyers are only looking for a bargain. A mate of mine calls it "poor man's ebay".
