On Thu, 9 Nov 2017 10:48:09 -0800 (PST), "
wrote:

On Thursday, November 9, 2017 at 9:20:01 AM UTC-6, Electric Comet wrote:
On Wed, 8 Nov 2017 15:16:44 -0800 (PST)
" wrote:

I hear you. But for me, if you do not start with a realistic market
price, then you will not even get people calling to dicker. I'm not
going to waste my time to bargain you down from an unrealistic too
high price. I'll only call for someone who knows what the real price
is and starts there. Then they don't have to dicker or argue with a
buyer because it is the correct price.

well you never know

high prices can often mean different things

sometimes it is due to just an unreasonable seller

sometimes due to a family that just lost a woodworker and has no clue
what to price it at so they start high to be safe

An analogy. House prices. If I was selling my house by myself, I would find out what houses sold in my neighborhood over the past year. I can do this through the county website for property taxes. Takes a little effort. If I was lazy, or an A Hole, and did not do this and decided to price my house at 50% above market price, I would not get a single person to walk through and see my house and would not get one offer. Someone selling tools can also figure out the real market price before they list it on Craigs List or wherever. If they don't then I can rightly conclude they are lazy and/or an A Hole. They have no interest in selling the item and will not get me to look at it.


Around here this past year you checked what the last house sold for
and added 20%, The prices were going CRAZY. Slowed down a bit right
now - but agents wouldn't even give you an evaluation this summer. -
Everything was going for above listed price - with numerous bids