Ozbargain Unite and Lowball all the Stupid High Sellers

Sinnerator on 23/02/2023 - 08:29

Over the last 2-3 years we have seen just how insane most consumers are, they will pay any price no matter how insane.
So sellers jacked the prices up and up and up and up…

Now, it's up to us to all unite and lowball the hell out of every stupid high seller out there.

Everytime YOU see any 'unrealistic' price on any item, in any market, LOWBALL THE HELL out of the seller.

Send that email, send that sms, make that snarky phone call, or tell them in person "that price, you must be dreaming!"

Make the greedy bastards feel miserable.

You want cheaper, more realistic prices, you want inflation to slow down, stop, and reverse, YOU can make that happen!

Poll Options

  • 152
    Lowballing is wrong because sellers deserve all my money
  • 120
    Destroy the Dirty Greedy sellers
General Discussion

Comments

    • Drakesy on 24/02/2023 - 13:03

      Qantas Club has gone to crap
      Qantas Business is decent
      Virgin toes the line between them.

      • Sweet3st on 24/02/2023 - 15:32

        Yes last time I used Qantas Club the hot meal for dinner was fried rice, straight from the caterer's pack. Jelly beans for dessert! When I went to get a glass a wine I paused to decide and the bartender said, you can get it yourself you know… classy!

  • Nillionaire on 24/02/2023 - 02:17
    +2

    shut up and buy my ps5 for $1200

  • Aerith-Waifu on 24/02/2023 - 05:45
    +2

    Interesting one, as a Lego seller I often get people offer me original retail price on a Lego released 5 years ago now is worth 3-5 times more.

    Never respond and instant block is my method and it works charm lol

  • TrumpisKing on 24/02/2023 - 08:04
    +1

    Alright Karen calm down.
    You obviously don't understand how supply and demand works. Maybe get educated before making another stupid post like this 🤣😂🤡

  • saltypete on 24/02/2023 - 08:32
    +1

    Only pay an amount for something that represents value for you. If a seller has set a price far too high the item should hang around for a while so your value offer isn’t a ‘lowball’. It’s the free market in action.
    Folk that offer a stupid price for something I have just posted are just pathetic and ignored. If that’s what you mean by lowballing - you are pathetic…

  • darkchoc on 24/02/2023 - 08:57
    +3

    I'm all in. Let's form an online group. Then the 7 of us group members can take down the big corporates with our lowballing!

  • johnfuller on 24/02/2023 - 09:25

    wow, this is a new low ..

  • Shame on 24/02/2023 - 09:42

    Thanks Gerald Ford. I'll get out my "Whip Inflation Now" badge

  • Cluster on 24/02/2023 - 10:56
    +2

    I have a side hustle level business selling on eBay. I price my items reasonably and don't take offers. Every now and then someone will low ball me anyway, offering less than the wholesale melt price for a 200 year old silver item. I just tell them no thanks, I'll keep the price where it is.

    I'm not rude to them, and they aren't rude to me. But you bet if they start messaging me with "that price, you must be dreaming!", I'll put them on my ignore list.

    This 'lowball the greedy bastards' campaign sounds like the fuel buying strikes (we all don't buy fuel this Friday). It will be just as effective.

  • Jules_d1 on 24/02/2023 - 11:08

    Sounds like you need a hug.

    • Dreamcast on 24/02/2023 - 11:57
      +2

      Replace the H with a T.

  • zoombie on 24/02/2023 - 11:18
    +2

    Tell you what…if you think these sellers are making super profit, why don't you start a business selling the exact same thing at a cheaper price. I'm sure you have no problem getting it off the ground as you could easily post a deal here and have the ozbargain community support you.

  • Thinkswithelbow on 24/02/2023 - 14:56

    I doubt the 2201 users and 6464 guests to this site low balling some gardening tool and kitchen appliances will do anything to the market. But keep dreaming feller.

  • 2esc on 24/02/2023 - 14:58
    +1

    Seriously? You're got too much time on your hands if you feel the need to lowball.

    if the price is to high Go Elsewhere!

  • Roman Sandstorm on 24/02/2023 - 15:02
    +6

    @ Amayzingone

    Let the MARKET decide as it ALWAYS does

    @ KaTst3R

    It is a competitive market. Supply and demand will eventually reach equilibrium.

    @ Drakesy

    OP hasn't worked out what a free market is.
    People will spend what they think the item is worth.

    @ OMGJL

    ever heard of a term called "free market"?
    Just don't buy it when the price is higher than what you desire.

    @ And others….

    Some people really have a kind of fantasy 'Adam Smith / AynRand' concept of 'free market'. Where a perfect and pure unregulated environment results in ultimate fairness and equity in all economic transactions.

    So, if we don't like our energy prices we switch to another provider? And the excessively expensive ones will go out of business. Hmmmm… how's that going?

    Or Qantas jacking up prices, reducing seat availability, and announcing a record profit? Hmmm… how's the free market going there? (And have other providers stepped into take up the excess demand? Ummm… no.)

    What about all the legislated monopolies? Or the industry cartels? Or exclusive and limiting distributorships? Or 'closed' industries?

    Or something every one of us encounters every day: the oil industry? Where the 'purity' of supply and demand has almost zero effect on the reality of retail pricing.

    That whole 'free market' nonsense may work in an actual farmer's market with just a few dozens of buyers and sellers, but after 5000 years of humans living in complex cities that pure theoretical ideal is just that: theoretical.

    No modern country has anything like a 'capitalist' ideal economy; harsh experience from the Industrial Revolution onwards has demonstrated the failure. Even that paragon of capitalistic idealism, el Estados Unidos, features monopolies, cartels, government controls, etc, etc.

    But even to reduce this back to the original small-scale level: no, Amayzingone, the market doesn't always decide. No, KaTst3R, supply and demand don't always reach equilibrium (cf, housing market, oil, energy…).

  • idonotknowwhy on 24/02/2023 - 15:14

    This just creates spam. Your offer will be ignored and someone else will come and buy it (or not). Your spam won't change the outcome.

    If you want to try and reduce inflation from the demand side, I guess you could stop buying as much shit. When the cafe puts their latte up to $5.30, stop buying it. Not easy when essentials are going up in price though lol

  • cenakhoa on 24/02/2023 - 16:02

    This method kills small businesses instead of big conglomerates. Not cool

  • Nedward on 24/02/2023 - 17:26

    As a seller I LOVE people who lowball. It means my listing is getting more attention and gives me MORE confidence it will sell at my listing price :) keep lowballing and someone else will get the deal instead :)

  • Dack Smith on 24/02/2023 - 18:47

    Just don’t buy and pay your bills instead.

    It’s only when you pander to them that capitalism becomes the true victor and makes you swallow their unending greed.

    Mod: Inappropriate word removed

  • gromit on 24/02/2023 - 19:05

    If the sellers are getting buyers at the higher price they aren't stupid, they are smart, selling below what people are willing to pay is stupid.

  • wannagrababargain on 24/02/2023 - 19:19
    +1

    How to lowball Coles for Milk?

    • kiwiyonip on 25/02/2023 - 21:47
      1. Buy 1 carton
      2. Open, drink 3/4s of it
      3. Insert live cockroach
      4. Then return to customer service.

      They might give you a box of it for free, no lowballing needed.

      • CocaKoala on 25/02/2023 - 22:33

        Just for the record, there are two cockroaches involved in this story. One's inside the milk, the other one is returning the milk.

  • Protractor on 24/02/2023 - 19:39

    (a) I had no idea there were so many business owners here and (b) looks like more people come here for the forums than the bargains. I blame the other 'purple' place.

  • UncleRico on 24/02/2023 - 21:04

    I’m not sure about it being UnAustralian, but it certainly sounds like a very Indian approach to commerce.

    • Windows7forever on 24/02/2023 - 21:22

      Parting an Indian with his money is like pulling teeth. Painful experience.

      • Protractor on 25/02/2023 - 13:11

        Any other racial stereotypes on that list?

        • kiwiyonip on 25/02/2023 - 21:48

          Replace word 'Indian' with 'Chinese' there.

          • Protractor on 25/02/2023 - 23:27
            -3

            @kiwiyonip: As a litmus test as to whether you (and the charmer above) are a racist or not, just swap out the words Indian and Chinese for> Jewish.

  • furyou on 24/02/2023 - 22:37
    +1

    I've had this jackass offer me $50 below whatever I listed on several different items (all of a similar type of equipment) over 12 months. No matter if it was new, used, whether it was listed at 70% or 20% of the new price. Whether it was rare or common on ebay.

    He even did sob stories like "hey it's xmas I need to buy toys for kids". It's annoying but also funny, he obs has been searching for so long and can't buy anything.

    Of course, the idiot lists his own items higher than the average price.

    • morse on 25/02/2023 - 15:19

      And you haven’t blocked them yet?

      • furyou on 25/02/2023 - 18:28

        You can block people?

        I just been answering 'no' then he goes what's your best price cash? And I go to 'no' then he goes away for a few months

        • morse on 25/02/2023 - 18:33

          On marketplace you can. Not sure about gumtree now that you mention it.

  • Wasabi Ninja on 24/02/2023 - 23:35
    +2

    Now and then I see someone hit rock bottom and post a crazy rant on Facebook. It’s a bit of a roller coaster of emotions. On one hand I feel bad for the OP and on the other I’m grabbing the popcorn to see how self destructive they are going to go. It’s kinda fun to see it on Oz too.

  • UFO on 25/02/2023 - 08:44
    +1

    Hahahaha…. OP clearly has no concept on what it takes to run a business, or how to negotiate successfully.

    Offensive lowball offers don't lower prices, they just get deleted/ignored and are an embarrassment to the person foolishly attempting it. It doesn't matter if you're buying a $2 heat sink or a $2,000,000 property. Lowballs don't do anything other than make the other party realise you aren't serious about buying.

    The MARKET sets the price, not rubbish attempts to insult. If enough people don't buy the product, prices will come down. Being offended by what other buyers are prepared to pay simply shows you're out of touch. Yet your poll insinuates that everyone else is wrong and you're right. There's a medical term for that type of thought process.

    • infinite on 25/02/2023 - 10:01

      The whole rant from OP just screeches of mental illness. I almost feel bad for them.

      I'm actually surprised the mod's allowed it in the first place & didn't just refer them on to a few mental health services.

      • Protractor on 25/02/2023 - 13:17

        Oh dear.
        .
        So that's what 'low balling' looks like

  • THICKnSLOW on 25/02/2023 - 11:50

    How about those ads where the price is $12,345?

  • Alley Cat on 25/02/2023 - 16:30
    +1

    I'm guessing it's time to get off this section of the site.

    • ihfree on 25/02/2023 - 19:12
      +1

      OP is on deals making similar comments. There's no escape.

      • Alley Cat on 25/02/2023 - 21:51

        Would watch the movie if it had a higher score lol

        • ihfree on 25/02/2023 - 21:56

          In an unidentified country in Southeast Asia, Sinnerator lowballs a representative of Cardiff, an American company specializing in water systems. After the representative leaves, a group of armed rebels assassinate Sinnerator.

          • Alley Cat on 25/02/2023 - 22:01

            @ihfree: Hahaha I would so watch that… not!

          • Protractor on 25/02/2023 - 23:30

            @ihfree: Let's pretend you posted when sober.

            Re-read what you wrote. Let that sink in.

            • ihfree on 26/02/2023 - 01:15

              @Protractor: Let's break this down:

              • User mentions avoiding this section of the site
              • I mention they are also on the deals section and say there is "No Escape"
              • "No Escape" happens to be the name of a movie
              • I post a summary modified to be relevant to the thread
              • You: whoosh

              Drunk OzBargaining is irresponsible and something I would never do. You on the other hand with your dog whistles and whatever the fsck this is….

              • Protractor on 26/02/2023 - 09:49

                @ihfree: I see what you did there..

              • Protractor on 26/02/2023 - 14:45

                @ihfree: Nice (ironic) deflection.
                Topic gets ugly with multiple mental health slurs pile on, you say "look over there" to cover the words you swapped out to include the words 'Sinnerator' in a sentence with assassination in it.
                and

                Your interpretation of 'dog whistling' is out of kilter.

                • ihfree on 26/02/2023 - 14:57

                  @Protractor: 4h56m after your other response. You've already got an explanation of the joke.

                  Have you been thinking about this all day?

                  • Protractor on 26/02/2023 - 17:25

                    @ihfree: I'm sorry I wasn't here sooner to put a bandaid on your wounded soul.I was busy triage-ing things and ppl that matter.

                    • ihfree on 26/02/2023 - 18:32

                      @Protractor: Lol. Ok. Don't forget you responded to me because you were upset by a joke you did not understand which you're now pretending you find offensive.

                      Keep up the mental gymnastics!

  • aDDiKt24 on 25/02/2023 - 17:26
    -2

    Low ball the (profanity) out of them. Let's get them so low in no time at all they gonna be begging to lick our sphincters.

  • MagicOZ on 25/02/2023 - 20:16

    There is free market, but also there is lack of desire to go low prices. In my country we have cartel of manufacturers that decide the price should be high, even so on the global "free market" the prices went down.

  • tunzafun001 on 25/02/2023 - 20:55

    Im sure this has been said somewhere already..but…
    the banks have lent money at 1.5% for a heap of loans lately, now charging us 5% plus under the guise of the RBA.

    So the banks are making record profits. But the banks are owned by people (share holders), so the profits are going to them.

    These share holders dont care the price of chips or Whoppers have gone up a few bucks in the past few years. Dividened checks will cover it..

    So what we are seeing is those with money invested, have more money than ever to spend. So inflation trucks along, the wealthy will pay it regardless..but unfortunately the have nots get rheemed.

    So you are trying to pick a fight in a world where the rules are against you.

    Interest rates to control inflation exists to make sure the gap between the haves and the have nots gets bigger. Taxation as a % would be a fair way to control inflation evenly for all…but they dont want to do that (wont get re elected with more haves being educated voters than have nots).

  • kiwiyonip on 25/02/2023 - 21:44
    -1

    OP, I agree with you, can you start your rebel cause with the housing market and target those sellers please? Thank you.

  • echelon6 on 26/02/2023 - 10:10

    Just don't get mad when your employer lowballs you. And one day when you sell a house you get many lowballs. Just remember your post here.

  • Kmartsecurityguard on 26/02/2023 - 16:57

    Why can’t we all just live in a happy communist society where everyone is equal, all wear the same clothes, earn the same money, and pay the same price?

    Seriously is this post real life? OP, let me know how you go low balling chicken nuggets and an ice cream Sunday at Maccas.

  • ChaLuo on 26/02/2023 - 22:01

    Should I ask the Coles checkout person to let me walk out paying $1 for 3L milk?

    • Protractor on 27/02/2023 - 17:27

      You could pay them in 5 cent pieces each time, accompanied with a note complaining to their CEO (about price gouging-with a list of ripoffs) and ask them to get their store manager to fwd note on. And/or call a Current Affair or The Waleed Ali Young Talent Time team, and have their camera crew there to film it. Make sure it's just a single bottle and zip in front of multiple heavily loaded shopping trolleys of other customers, for better effect.

      • UncleRico on 27/02/2023 - 19:59

        I don’t know what would be more annoying - being one of the other shoppers or employees inconvenienced by the petulant display of entitled rebellion or being one of the ACA or Project viewers witnessing the masturbatory exhibition and thinking it was an acceptable means of “making a difference by sticking it to the man, man…”

        • Protractor on 27/02/2023 - 21:20

          Okee,
          Then I'll cede to your clearly superior knowledge of 'masturbatory exhibitions', (very nice wordology) and suggest that perhaps , the customer just purchase the milk ,( with correct change) and sup from it's nourishing powers later at home, comfortable in the knowledge that it's always someone else who sticks it to the man. Which probably explains why when someone does, the queue to the bandwagon is always so crowded.

      • ihfree on 28/02/2023 - 14:41

        Yeahhhhh…. or vote with your wallet and support smaller businesses. Sadly, consumers are motivated mainly by price rather than quality.

  • Protractor on 27/02/2023 - 16:25
    -1

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-27/wages-rise-but-profit…

    Looks like the OP has less egg on his face than most of his detractors think.

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