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Okay...what does that even mean?
No silly offers? How does one define a "serious" offer?
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It's made with a long face.
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Coffee wrote:Okay...what does that even mean?
No silly offers? How does one define a "serious" offer?
Yes, no silly offers. Pay what is asked, or make an offer within reason. Be ready for such an offer to be accepted and be likely and able to proceed with a purchase.

Asking for a $100? Then $30 is probably a silly offer. $90, well I'd consider that serious, yet it still doesn't mean it would be acceptable to a seller.
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How about funny offers?
I love those.
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I doubt that someone who is funny enough to make silly offers will be deterred from doing so by the request for "serious offers only" anyway.
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Oh, I'm deterred.
Or maybe da terd...hope not...
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What's annoying (to me) is when "serious offers only" are solicited without any price or beginning point stated - like we're supposed to read the seller's mind to make a large enough offer that doesn't insult them.

Beyond that, business is business, and I have no qualms about offending a potential seller with a low-ball offer. If they don't want to sell it (or negotiate further), all they have to do is say "no". I don't care if they consider my offer non-serious or otherwise.
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You find the same sort of seller stipulating 'no time wasters'.
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I happen to have a Susato D, with a rampant lion engraved on it, that I'm thinking of selling.

Funny offers only.
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