So some of you may remember a posting on here for a yellow 22" kettle in Duluth. This ad had not gotten a whole lot of interest for the most part. It was listed at a "Packer grill" I know that myself and Greg (glrasmussen) had emailed him and expressed interest. The original listing price was 50.00. The kettle was in good overall condition.
I was to be up in northern, Wi. for vacation and wanted to pick it up. Greg (not to my knowledge at that time), had plans too. Basically a first come first basis. So a day or two prior to heading up to Wisconsin, the seller of the grill called me to say that the grill was still available as of now, but the price had gone to 150.00. I asked him what happened? He told me that he had been contacted by another interested buyer in Georgia. He said this person was asking him many detailed questions...about what was on the top vent, and other odd questions of great detail. This person offered him more money than was being asked, and still wanted it shipped at an additional cost of course. The seller told me he wondered why someone in Georgia would want a grill in Duluth, and have it shipped so far away. What happened was the seller went online to do some research on what exactly he had after what he thought was an odd request for someone to show so much interest from so far away. Detailed questions, willing to pay more than the asking price, and knowledge of this "basic grill" far more than any novice would know...single handedly caused the seller to investigate this grill. He found our site and learned that a yellow Weber is pretty rare and collectible.
I spoke to Greg after this and told him the buyer raised the price to 150. Greg wasn't happy when I told him what happened. He wasn't going to pay that much, either was I. I spoke to the seller again and said I was still interested, but not at 150. I told him he wasn't likely to sell this grill to anyone for that price plus shipping on top of it. Before I went up north, I spoke to Greg and asked if he minded if I continued to negotiate with the seller. He told me he didn't mind since he wasn't wanting to pay that much.
I spoke to the seller again and made him another offer, he accepted it, but told me if someone came before I got there and offered him his asking price, he would still sell the grill to that person. Fair enough. So that next week I headed up there and met the seller. Nice enough guy. I sat and talked with him for awhile. He told me the guy from Georgia was still trying to get him to sell it to him for more money than the asking price (even though the seller told him he had a deal worked out with me), but they couldn't come to an agreement on the shipping charges. So long story short here, I got the grill (for another member).
I guess I would say if you are dealing with someone that has a grill you really want, and if it happens to be older, there really is no good that can come out of throwing your knowledge around about something rare or uncommon. All you will do is tip the person off and make them question what exactly they might have. It ended up costing one of our members some extra cash. But anyways, I got this grill despite the person from Georgia