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When buying antiques from an individual, many times they feel you are low-balling them. After all, they paid a lot for the item years ago. The fact is, many things have lost value over the last few decades. So, I've been doing this and it seems to work for me. If I feel there price is too much for me and I make an offer they reject, I just tell them my offer stands if they find they are unable to get what they think it is worth. This also gives them the chance to have a starting point when folks wish to buy the item. They are already able to say I already have an offer for this amount. It helps them out when they try to sell to others and most of the time they give me a call back to "come and get it".
Then we always hear that "I saw one on EBAY for thousands of dollars". Just tell them they can sell it on EBAY too. You can still leave an offer.
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