I'd have given him a couple hundred more. $400 maybe. I'd liek to think someone would do the same thing for me if I sold something I thought was valued less than it actually was. Just a good mojo kinda thing...
Well, here's a little story for you... I found out about a Club Date kit with KB Supra snare, cymbals and hardware for sale locally and went to have a look. I liked what I saw - the woman said they were her grandfather's. She said her husband was going to throw them in the trash and she figured she'd sell everything for 50 bucks rather than dumping it! Well, I turned around and said, 'tell you what, here's $500 instead of $50'. Expecting them to act like they just won the lottery, I was quite shocked when the husband retorted that he would no longer sell them to me. He said that if I was crazy enough to pay $500, then there must be someone crazier willing to pay more. They sold the drums for $950 to some other guy the following week. Although I believe in good mojo, it bit me in the keester that time. That said, I routinely give more than asking price on deals where people are asking way too little and obviously don't know what they have. That was the first and only time it's ever backfired. DOH