Does anyone else hate this...

[joshimus]

I think part of the problem is the internet itself. It hurts everyone including regular brick and mortar retail businesses. Where I work, I recently had a lady ask me to match USA pricing on something because on .COM she saw it cheaper. Everyone shops around online nowadays. Even if a store has a sale going on, people check the internet options. You're already there looking to buy so why drive around or order online to save a few bucks, IF you are even saving money with the other options, instead of buying right there while you are right there?!
I honestly think it's only gonna get worse.

[python]

Just remembered a few offers from before Christmas - anyone else had this lately? (I list items under $100 in US as well to be covered under base insurance - anything higher is Canada only.)

Guy (at least 3 I recall - different items) says along the lines of "I live in Canada - I want to buy in Canadian" so I advise I can make a new listing and quote what I'll do after conversion - each one of them is like "WTF dude - I want the USD price in CAD, It says $45 (USD) - I expect to pay $45 CAD"

Each one I replied "Good luck with that" and blocked them.

Seriously though - you want me to eat 40% because we live in the same country? ARG...

[CanBot]

My reply is always the same (if I even bother to reply, which most of the time, I don't):

Go buy it from there, then.

Tirekickers are entitled to kick tires, but my prices are my prices. Don't like em, don't buy.

[Einstein]

I just got a message from one of these guys again and he says I'll pay 300 CDN and you pay for shipping. I already told him no before and he still messages me to say it.

[Pascal]

300 CAD for Utopia? That guy is dreaming.

[Einstein]

Originally Posted by Pascal

300 CAD for Utopia? That guy is dreaming.

Yeah and he wanted me to pay the shipping from NB to ON

[down_shift]

I find it annoying as well. I'll be as polite as possible, and tell them if it really is that much better of a price, that they should jump on it.

What you paid doesn't always equal what someone else has paid. It's not often that black and white.

[Pascal]

My favorite reply: "My friend once gave me his complete vintage G1 Megatron. Does that mean everyone is entitled to get one for free?"

[Obliterator999]

Originally Posted by python

Seriously though - you want me to eat 40% because we live in the same country? ARG...

You're gonna think I'm an idiot, but, as seller, I sorta do that. I have prices reserved for Canadian buyers (which are much cheaper) and have a different price list for US buyers.

So if I have a toy listed at $10 USD on an american site, generally I'll sell the same toy $10 CAD to a Canadian. My reasoning being that I don't expect buyers to be willing to pay that much more for the same identical hunk of plastic, not unless there's some rarety attached to it in which case I will do a more proper conversion. I dunno, it makes sense to me... Admittedly, I don't deal with items worth in the hundreds of dollars in which case the difference is far more significant, I'm sure I'd be less willing to lose the money.

[Obliterator999]

Originally Posted by Einstein

Does anyone else get really annoyed when you are trying to sell something and people make it a point to message you and say "I can get that new at such and such cheaper".

The only time I get upset with a seller's price is when they're selling a figure considerably higher than their retail price when it's still possibly available in store, if given the effort to look for it. I get how some figures are more desirable and valued higher than others but even then I find it very scalper-ishy and I hate that.

However I don't message them to whine about it. If I don't like a price, I either ask politely if they would accept to lower the price or look elsewhere, simple as that.