WOW, Im posting!  Now THAT'S rare ^_~

I just had to throw a shot in here.  The offer 
periods of today are mainly frustrating because 
prices of today are not like they were last 
year, etc.  Like Mina said, if she paid XX for a 
cel, and now the cel is more rare because cels 
of said chara are nowhere to be found, then the 
cel may be worth XXX....but man, people have 
gotten CHEEEAPP!  It's really infuriating to get 
a 20$ offer on a great cel..

"It's my 
feeling you should be ready to part with a shot 
before it's on the block in ANY form. If 
unwilling to part with it, make that darn clear."

Hmm, well..in the past I've made offers on 
people's cels who werent chomping at the bit to 
let them go.  However, for me, an offer period 
means "Make me an offer I cant refuse, and I'll 
let you have something to make it worth your 
while ^_~".  And, 9 times out of 10...I got the 
cel I wanted.  (in best FMA voice) To gain 
something, you must present something of = 
worth, ne?  In this case, you must present 
something = to what the seller feels is an 
adequate trade for something they worked hard to 
find and pay for.  Offers should be restricted 
to extraordinarily rare and/or beautiful cels 
and items.  Because let's face it..no one ever 
wants to let go of those outright.  But if a 
bigger fan comes along..hmmm, maybe that 500$ 
would be more useful to you than that watercolor 
sketch of Ed (would die for one of those...cant 
tell Im a FMA nut eh?)

Plus, then there's cels YOU got via offer, and 
now want to part with, perhaps..for the right 
price, but you know you cant get what you paid 
for(cough-cough LEIGH offers), so you stick the 
thing up for 'offers' to gague what people ARE 
willing to pay for it...if anything at all. Id 
rather someone put something up for offers 
rather than stick a 1k price tag on it.  Shizer!

Dam, I had someone offer me 50$ for one of my TV 
Nuriko cels recently.  DAAAAAM. (ROFLMAO) People 
making the offeres are just as responsible for 
the abhorance of the term as the sellers 
accepting them....both sides are in the 
dark..all you can do is throw your biggest $$$ 
out there and see what you get.  If you're not 
willing to do that, then you dont want the cel 
that much...so just leave it..cause someone else 
may be willing to offer what the seller really 
wants. :D Its that simple...you either 
paarticipate, or you dont..ignore the post, and 
scroll down to the next one. I got almost all my 
cels via offer periods.  Usually, if I was off a 
bit, the seller would let me know what they were 
really leaning towards.   At that point, I 
either meet that, or I dont.  Easy.

I do think folks should put a range, or min 
offer on stuff...cause man, it's really 
embarrasing to make an offer that's not even in 
the ballpark...

(Im a rude beast, I know, blame the monthly 
bill..)