invite offers or put a BIN?

[retired_member6]

Originally Posted by FisherMan

What really gets to me are the "Fixed Price" sales threads that start off ...

"absolute bargain £100"

followed by two days later "reduced for quick sale £75"

and then two days after that "£50 today only" etc etc etc..


Should "Fixed price" mean just that - No price drops allowed? Otherwise the above example is just "open to offers - BIN £100"


As for "open to offers" threads... Sure, there are some names listed where I think "I wonder how much they want for that", but realistically know it's likely to be more than I'm prepared to pay (I'm a small time player).

(Yes, I know I could PM them and ask, but if they knew the answer, wouldn't they have quoted a BIN?)


Perhaps sellers could be encouraged to indicate a "minimum offer".

eg domain.co.uk open to offers - min offer £100
or domain.co.uk open to offers - min offer £100 - BIN £350


That way, it would let everyone know the kind of money expected, and would cut out the "how much do you want for ...." and "I'll off you a fiver for ..." type PMs.

Oh, and "open to offer" threads should be time limited ( to say, one week from the first posting ).


I am not the most active member on these forums, though I do enjoy reading some of the threads, so feel free to ignore my suggestions

Domainers / end users / developers have got tight on here so you have to adjust to see what sells, there isnt a "tight arse forum" so people do their gauging in the fixed price forum. if your house don't sell you lower it, although I did start low once and started highering and that got a few sales that way, should try that again.

[FisherMan]

I don't want to been seen as poking my nose in where it's not wanted, so please feel free to tell me I'm nit-picking over the word "fixed"

Originally Posted by LeeOwen

... if your house don't sell you lower it, ...

Lee, I think the analogy with the housing market is flawed.

It's been a long time since I bought a house, but I always understood that the price you saw in the advert was an "asking price", equivalent to a BIN in these forums. It's the amount that you would definitely sell at.

On many of the "housey" type programs on the TV, you hear the estate agents saying "I'd expect to sell at £140,000, so I'd advertise it for £150,000"

What you are hoping is for someone who really wants the house, to pay the premium price, to guarantee the sale.

I doubt, especially at the moment, that many houses are sold at the asking price.

[FagEnd]

OK, You're nit picking

[retired_member6]

Originally Posted by FisherMan

I don't want to been seen as poking my nose in where it's not wanted, so please feel free to tell me I'm nit-picking over the word "fixed"



Lee, I think the analogy with the housing market is flawed.

It's been a long time since I bought a house, but I always understood that the price you saw in the advert was an "asking price", equivalent to a BIN in these forums. It's the amount that you would definitely sell at.

On many of the "housey" type programs on the TV, you hear the estate agents saying "I'd expect to sell at £140,000, so I'd advertise it for £150,000"

What you are hoping is for someone who really wants the house, to pay the premium price, to guarantee the sale.

I doubt, especially at the moment, that many houses are sold at the asking price.

Your last sentance sums up domaining at the moment, hence prices lowered but still at a fixed price. Every fixed price enables someone to offer, although offering £10 when at £20 is clearing taking the... but some do it.

[FisherMan]

Obviously it doesn't bug others in the same way as it bugs me.

I'll have to live with it

[FagEnd]

Originally Posted by FisherMan

Obviously it doesn't bug others in the same way as it bugs me.

I'll have to live with it

It's when people do stuff like this that really annoys me
http://www.acorndomains.co.uk/bargai...es-org-uk.html

[FisherMan]

Originally Posted by FagEnd

It's when people do stuff like this that really annoys me
http://www.acorndomains.co.uk/bargai...es-org-uk.html

FagEnd,

I'd have no problem with that thread.

1) That forum doesn't suggest it's a FIXED price.

2) The level of pricing (<£50) would suggest that offers around the asking price would have a reasonable chance of being accepted (after a short period of it not selling).

[FagEnd]

Originally Posted by FisherMan

FagEnd,

I'd have no problem with that thread.

1) That forum doesn't suggest it's a FIXED price.

2) The level of pricing (<£50) would suggest that offers around the asking price would have a reasonable chance of being accepted (after a short period of it not selling).

So it only bothers you when the price is (>£50) ?

[FisherMan]

The main reason is that ...

Originally Posted by FisherMan

1) That forum doesn't suggest it's a FIXED price.

[fish]

Originally Posted by FagEnd

It's fixed until it's reduced. Then it's fixed again.

absolute classic!