Hmm... BadFinger and a~~holes?- Yep, this is my kind of thread.
Unfortunately, I've never received a response that was, quite, this exotic or humorous. I'd have to say that the one's that stick out in my mind, the most, are the non-responses, (reminds me- I've got to answer a PM that's been sitting in my inbox and decline the offer), or "The other party has closed negotiations" notices from Sedo.
Second would be the response that asks me to justify my pricing. I have complied with these requests and have followed up by stating my position, in some detail, only to receive a response in my email box stating that, "The other party has closed negotiations."(or something to that, effect.)
Probably, more interesting than the responses I have received, are the one's I would have liked to have fired back, particularly, to those buyers who made me jump through hoops, compiling lists and data for them before sending out an offer that was so, ridiculously, low that it not only insulted my intelligence, but it insulted my dog's intelligence, as well. These buyers aren't, really, bottom feeders, at all- they are the bottom- the place where all of the waste and excrement settles down to.
In the reseller's market, bottom feeders are, really, not that much different from their top-dwelling cousins- the biggest difference between the two groups is a matter of appearences and the quality of the bait. Given a choice, I think everyone would prefer being a rainbow trout rising and breaking the surface with a spectacular jump over being a catfish, waddling and sniffing about in the mud, and scurrying to be the one to swallow the best chunks of liver that float down from the surface.
Personally, I try to shoot for the middle ground. I want to run with the other steelhead who, fortified from their time spent at sea are, now, working their way upstream.
Now what was the topic, again? :hehe: