Why might someone not buy an item at a garage sale even after the seller reduced the price twice for them?

Question

Say a person was having a garage sale and had an original oil painting by a known artist for $100. A shopper stops and first asks if they would take $75. The seller agrees. After looking around a few minutes, the shopper then asks if the painting could be bought for $50. The seller also agrees to this offer. However the shopper then leaves the sale without buying the painting or making any further offers.

Answer 1

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Might have been shopping for someone else who would come back and try the same thing and buy it. Or perhaps didn't have the money in the first place. Just seeing how far it would go.

Answer 2

I haven't a clue!

Answer 3

They changed their mind. Personally, I would rather donate things rather than have a tag sale. At tag sales, everyone wants what you have but they do not want to pay nearly a fair price for it.

Answer 4

They changed their mind.

Such is human nature.

They knew they did NOT want to pay $100. But even after they got the price down to $50, they still weren't sure they wanted it that much. In the end, they decided they didn't want it.

Answer 5

The used their phone and realized that the known painters work, has no value to it.

Answer 6

Probably just a tight wad

Answer 7

They never really wanted it in the first place. They were just goofing around really.

Answer 8

They think it's fake or just not worth very much. It's all part of haggling

Answer 9

Change of mind.

Answer 10

There are dreamers about. In the UK car trade they call them 'tyre kickers'.