is it a Singapore thing that expectations are stupid to the point of greed?
Did you sell your stuff in other markets (all of them actually) to state the statement in bold? nothing against you, just wondering.
For every item I sell I get about 10 people coming in with idiotic offers before someone sensible and knowledgeable comes along. They seem to have nothing to do with their time but waste it for themselves and sellers.
Everyone out there wanted to get their stuff cheaper and better, although all of us know that cheaper doesn't necessary meant better, but if you can get it cheaper (why not?) Obviously there are lowballers everywhere, if not... people from other nations will not understand what lowball means... and I have friends from Australia, US, Japan, China, Malaysia... everywhere and once you tell them lowball, they know, so obviously lowballers are everywhere and not uniquely Singapore.
And I see sellers listing 'as new' for almost the same as shop price and then wondering why people aren't stupid enough to buy.
Sellers everywhere (unlike) buyers try to sell their product at a higher price so as to get more out of the sales... this happen everywhere too. And I even see seller in some other forum selling second hand product that cost more than what you can get for first hand product in the country of the sales. You can even see that in ebay. And unless you are the seller, how do you know what they are thinking and wondering?
For the prices usually asked for recent equipment you can pay to go for a weekend in Hong Kong, pick up your new gear and still make a substantial saving over what some of these jokers ask.
Of course you can get cheaper products in Hongkong... for a weekend... just don't forget to factor in the following - if I wanted the product urgently, can I wait till I go hongkong and buy? Airfare is not cheap... unless there are promotion. Also, don't forget to factor in the cost of hotel - unlike youngsters or strong individual like yourself, I need to sleep, so I need to find a place to stay in Hongkong and it is not cheap too. All these in... do the thing I wanted to buy still cost lesser than those I can get in Singapore?
It would be a whole lot less hassle if people were someway reasonable.
Not sure why the marketplace doesn't allow replies, but if it did I'm sure some of these people would think twice on pain of being ridiculed.
of course it would be whole lot less hassle if people are more reasonable, but... people are not reasonable... and that is the fun of being in sales.