Fair Market Price (was Re: EC-1 fiasco....)

From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_socal.rr.com>
Date: Mon Nov 6 11:52:52 2000

>At 12:58 AM 11/6/00 -0800, Mike wrote:
>>My point is that apparently several people on this list would LIKE to have
>>one of these old computer things, but don't want to pay a fair market price
>>for it. You have my sympathy I hate paying a fair market price for
>>anything, and rarely come close to it, but those are often the only kind of
>>cookies on the table, deal with it politely.
>
>And other message took me to task for some "low ball" bid.
>
>But both Mike and Craig have expressed a misunderstanding that is important
>for people to avoid. The Market Price (MP) is defined between the set of
>all buyers for a product and the seller of the product. The "Worth" of

If your going to make low ball bids, don't get embarassed by it. When "I"
am buying "fair market price" doesn't mean a rodents behind to me, I offer
"about" what the item is worth TO ME, with some room to negotiate.

Buying and selling should be HAPPY. Getting all wound up over issues you
can't control isn't healthy. I know because I do it all the time.
Received on Mon Nov 06 2000 - 11:52:52 GMT