no way, when I sell my bike, for all the people who didn't see my bike yet and wanted to give a lower offer. i reply them all as following: "I hope you want to see the bike first, I don't want you to promise to buy something that you may not even like by the end. then nobody would be happy. " as a result of that,these low balls walked away, but I got nothing to loose since the txt message or emails are free. at the end I did sell the bike at full price, which I paid two years ago off CL. I am guessing cell phone is different story than bike, but cut the price by half is not every good way to start a deal.