whats the etiquette for this then…
i have a high value object to sell. i'll be asking £800 ONO for it.
email 1 comes in quick and offers £750
email 2 comes in maybe 10 hours later offering the full £800
i want to take the £800 cos its the most, but it is a lot later than the other.
should i honor the 1st email? or go for the best offer and tell email 1 that they offered too little?
You shouldn't be taking 10 hours to respond to an offer, but if you do, you stick to what you have said either:
a) Yes please send me the cash now; or
b) No thanks; or
c) Mmmmmm let me think about it and get back to you, in which case you take offer in email 2
It's not really that difficult, but you can end up looking like a twunt if you aren't careful.
The worst, and what some folk on here does, is to not reply at all for 24 hours and see what other offers come in. In that instance, timing of the replies is ignored.