isn't the seller supposed to wait till the offer to insult a prospective buyer?

[Ron in SoCal]

I never understood the telephone buyer mentality of asking for a bottom line price without even seeing the car. Sotra qualifies them out in my mind. My first response to that nonsense is, 'not sure you can make an offer without seeing the car? I'm flexible on the price so if you would like to come see what you're buying we can talk about my bottom line.' Interested buyers show up, tire kickers jump off the phone.