I was just thinking about this, I’ve been in the hobby 12th years and selling for 8. Thinking back, I don’t think I’ve ever had a seller be the first to bring up money in a conversation, main details are generally listed in the ad, so I think that feels like an FYI has already been provided? And further, without thinking about it, I’ve never, that I can remember, brought up payment first either. Mmm, stick that in the “unspoken, subconscious, rules of etiquette of reptile transaction” section. I think because it both feels rude to push for and a question about it signals a non tire kicker buyer and to give it more serious attention, we’ve just moved this potential deal to the next phase of closing it. Tire kickers are common and most sellers don’t really mind it and have probably done it themselves at least a few times but yeah, most sellers have quickly had to develop a money first come, first served policy. When I started, I lost a lot of sales trying to be fair to everyone. Selling kind of sucks, at least for me, because it typically comes in droves. I’ve had ads sit for months with no inquiries at all and then get 6 in a day or 2. Used to try giving everyone 24 hours to commit or back out or even just not reply, before going on to whoever asked next in line. By the time the first 2 or 3 had done 1 of those things or the other, the last 3 would have already bought from someone else and I’d be stressed out, have wasted a few days and not have anything to show for it.
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