"thanks for bringing up the debate! ^_^" - Mina

My pleasure. I appreciate the informative 
responses!

The majority of your message I completely agree 
with. (That $40 payment plan story made me 
chuckle and at this early in the morning that 
ain't easy to do. ;) One part of your post I do 
disagree with is the paragraph on there being no 
set rules. 

I believe unwritten guidelines are imperative in 
a community such as ours and clarifying these 
guidelines is part of why this forum is such a 
great resource.  Between a buyer and seller 
communication and respect is key and I can't see 
that happening efficiently without us each having 
a personal rule book on how to handle different 
situations consistently and fairly. 

As for the idea of payment plans, I have 
absolutely no problem with them. My example 
wasn't meant to knock plans but instead meant to 
illustrate frustration when a potential 
transaction holds so many variables. If it's an 
offer period for every cel and the cel has no 
price on it, no minimum, no best offer, if there 
is no opportunity given to counter offer in the 
seller's reply,  no yes or no in the email...just 
a "I'm going to wait and see for an undetermined 
amount of time" I'm thinking, "Can this person 
make up their mind about ONE thing? Throw me a 
bone here buddy, I need a place to start!" I find 
this type of behavior in a seller AND buyer to be 
extremely sloppy and if they aren't going to take 
my money and time seriously I will spend both 
elsewhere. 

Basically, what I don't enjoy is the idea I'm 
being strung along or feeling as if I'm just 
being used to appraise a cel. It's a common sense 
and responsibility issue, as a few others I have 
said and said well. And it's good to hear people 
are on the same page! 

I'm glad my old school butt isn't totally out of 
the loop. ;)

Thanks again for the response Mina and good luck 
with your sale. 

-MeganD.