Blocking me is an overreaction?

[Sachii]

Someone is selling an accent chair on Facebook, that I’d seen on the website and wanted. They’d listed it as having for a month and it not being used. Original cost was £200 and they wanted £120.

I messaged to ask if they would take £50, they sent me a laughing emoji and I said “fair, but that’s what I’m prepared to offer”

I’ve now checked back and they’ve blocked me.

I thought this was going to be some kind of dating scenario or something - not an exchange about (not) buying a chair 😂. If you’re not prepared to pay anywhere near asking price for it then why would you want to send any more messages? Blocking makes sense, to avoid wasting time.

Perfectly acceptable reaction to a time waster!

I would have blocked you too. Ridiculously low offer. They don't need to engage or accept, so decided to block.

This has to be a reverse surely?

I’d block you too for that CF offer

That’s what I thought.

@Sachii I think the way you replied to their emoji peed them off further because you said ‘that’s what I’m prepared to offer” as though you’re in the driving seat lol. I think if you’d replied less defensively and said something like ‘worth a try’ with a laughing emoji, the interaction would have been more light hearted and you probably wouldn’t have been blocked - and as you’re obviously interested still since you went back to recheck, you could have offered slightly higher amounts up to what you genuinely could afford.

From bitter experience I would block you too

You offered far below the advertised sale price. You then made clear that was all you were prepared to offer.

Your offer was plainly unacceptable to the seller. Nothing wrong with you not wanting to increase your offer. There was nothing more to say and they were not under any obligation to reduce the listing.

In their shoes I'd probably have blocked you too as I wouldn't have been interested in a back and forth negotiation or waste time on someone that wasn't offering anything close to asking price.

Why do you care? You don’t know them and they aren’t going to entertain your offer and thought you were a time waster so didn’t want you sending multiple cheeky messages or abuse ( maybe you wouldn’t, but some do) so they just off your ability to do that. Totally fair.

Because the chances are typically low of that with such an offer.

OP asked for over half off the asking price.

You wasted their time, no idea why you think they would want to interact with you.

I'd have defined you as a time waster and blocked you too.

Time waster. Why wouldn't they block you.

Your offer was rather cheeky. They’ve blocked you because they can’t be arsed with you sending any more messages trying to barter, and I don’t blame them. Why are you even checking if they’ve blocked you, you seem a bit too bothered.