“POA” Does this put you off ?

[Pinoyuk]

Why do certain items always seem to be “POA” rather than stating a price ? After all a buyer is going to want to know roughly if the price suits them.Without having to play Inspector morse with a seller etc. I don’t get it at all . Its like the seller will be making the price up as they go along .

[cerb4.5lee]

POA usually means that I can't afford to buy it.

You see it a lot on exotic/very expensive/rare cars.

[Pinoyuk]

I find it a bit ‘wky” . So many items for sale over £50k still have retails prices etc ! Even Property costing Millions .

[m3jappa]

I think they (the vendor) thinks that by having that it somehow makes their item seem more special.

No, it doesn't it just makes you look like a nob who is selling something which isn't as important as you think it is.

[grumbledoak]

Gone are the days of "If Sir has to ask, ..." - even Rolls Royce put the prices on their products. Now it just means "Seller is an ahole". Swipe left.

[Drooles]

I hate it. Almost as much as when somebody says, ‘Make me an offer.’

[anonymous-user]

cerb4.5lee said:

POA usually means that I can't afford to buy it.

You see it a lot on exotic/very expensive/rare cars.

....or at least that’s how the vendor likes to portray them.

[crofty1984]

Drooles said:

I hate it. Almost as much as when somebody says, ‘Make me an offer.’

Yup.

[anonymous-user]

Yes , Personally Overpriced And desperate, because I have been unable to sell it before for what I was asking.

Peeks some people's curiosity though

[Moulder]

Yes, they can FRO as far as I am concerned.

[Drooles]

Once, I did make someone an offer. It didn’t end well.

I’d viewed a privately advertised decent 2l Triumph Vitesse saloon on the morning for £1300 (back in the nineties) and then went to see a 1600 convertible (full of filler) in the afternoon at a classic car dealers. The dealer said, “Make me an offer” so I explained the situation and offered £1500. He told me I was lying about the first car and then said that convertibles were worth significantly more. I wasn’t pleased at having my integrity questioned.

Unsurprisingly I went back and bought the private sale. I still own it...

[oddball1313]

We don’t advertise any of our products with an advertised price, the simple reason being we are the market leaders in our field and realised we were becoming a free resource for the asset valuers/auctioneers i.e. our list price +/- 10% was becoming the reserve bid. Decided 3 years ago that the more those numpties were kept in the dark the better for everyone.

[anonymous-user]

oddball1313 said:

We don’t advertise any of our products with an advertised price, the simple reason being we are the market leaders in our field and realised we were becoming a free resource for the asset valuers/auctioneers i.e. our list price +/- 10% was becoming the reserve bid. Decided 3 years ago that the more those numpties were kept in the dark the better for everyone.

Antiques Auction House?

[oddball1313]

Used Engineering plant and equipment

[Trevor555]

There's a few that put me off.

POA

No time wasters

Selling for a friend

[InductionRoar]

I do find it off putting - I have never bought anything advertised as POA.

Antiques are my main interest and I have always assumed that "POA" is a polite way of saying "don't bother, you can't afford it".

[xjay1337]

cerb4.5lee said:

POA usually means that I can't afford to buy it.

You see it a lot on exotic/very expensive/rare cars.

Very true.

Just put the fking asking price.

I understand the reason behind it.... you are interested so you probably have a vauge idea of the value.
You call up. They have you, a customer, engaged in dialouge.

However.... imagine Aldi having "POA" under their Bananas....

[Trevor555]

xjay1337 said:

I understand the reason behind it.... you are interested so you probably have a vauge idea of the value.
You call up. They have you, a customer, engaged in dialouge.

This is exactly what the seller thinks.

Ok if they have a car that's so rare there might only be one or two available.

But in truth, if I was looking, I'd call the other cars that have a price way before this one.

In fact, I can't recall buying any car that was advertised with POA. And I've bought a fair few cars in my time.

[jjones]

POA - I read as "Priced Over Average", hasn't let me down thus far.

[glazbagun]

Trevor555 said:

There's a few that put me off.

POA

No time wasters

Selling for a friend

I also used to see No Test Pilots a lot.

I once thought that noone would be a big enough ahole to rag someone elses car on a test drive without any intention of buying it, but my opinion of people is a lot lower these days. I wonder how often it happens to car dealers.