Fun fact: when you visit hell, right next to where they keep Hitler and Stalin, there's the pen for people who send you "what's your lowest price" on Marktplaats. #TheMoreYouKnow
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@Gina And assholes like these who say "it's our marketing strategy!"
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@Gina it's somehow soothing to know that apparently every country has this pattern… in Germany, it's "was letzte Preis" on Kleinanzeigen.de
@Gina There's a whole German subreddit called r/wasletztepreis which translates to "What last price" since it's a play on the bad/broken German that users of Facebook marketplace or similar have. It's hilarious how weird some conversation are. Completely destroys your faith in humanity though 😂 EDIT: Typo
@graves501 ooh we have the same on a Dutch subreddit, called /r/TokkieMarktplaats! It's hilarious.
Set higher initial price and lower it just for them. :)
@Gina I would rather depart every single earthly possession free of charge, than try selling anything on an online marketplace. I do not have the patience.
@graves501 @pltl anything lower than €100 gets donated to the curb.
@Gina @graves501 We have plenty of goodwill and secondhand shops around, that would gladly take it. The council runs garbage site, where you can donate it to secondhand shops as well.
@Gina in Singapore we have something similar called Carousell, which seems to be pretty much the same thing.
In my profile I have clearly stated that I don't engage in haggling, but every. single. time they ask 'what's your best price?' or just outright make an offer at half the listed price. Add to this that I usually sell my stuff really cheap.
Apologies for stealing your soap box, but this is an important topic.
@loke lol they do it here as well, it's so annoying. I've replied with "for that price I'd rather light it on fire" once or twice.
