i regularly get requests for prices in my Comic Art gallery on the comicartfans website.
I don't mind the requests, however, these donkeys apparently never remember who they have contacted in the past & I keep getting inquiries from people who have repeatedly turned down my price.
for instance, I have a 4 page Cheech Wizard story by Vaughn Bode that I want $30k for. one guy keeps asking if I will sell a page for $1500 and every time I tell him no. Next time I'm telling him to go fuck himself.
Sadly, he is not alone.
Another asshole - a well heeled one - asked me about the same story. At the time, I was not selling (right now I'm looking for real estate - I'm selling!), so I took the usual attitude when I'm not selling: I'll listen to offers.
well he wanted me to quote a price. Hey.. I wasn't planning on selling and you contacted me, not the other way around, so if you want to make me sell, make me an offer. We went on like this back and forth for numerous emails over about a week until finally I said "look, you contacted me. If you're interested in the art, make me offer or stop bothering me".. 2 days later the dumb fuck asked me to give him a price. Some people just don't get it. But facts are, I've been dealing with idiots like these for 46 years, which is why I've become such a hard ass over time. I used to have a much greater tolerance level for these fools than I have today.