Depends on the item and its asking price. On the vintage brass trains I like to collect, the value truely is in the eye of the beholder. Prices on those vintage trains are all over the place, from down right bargains to somewhere over the outfield wall. When it comes to my more expensive live steam in G scale, I always make an offer and bargain from there. Its much easier for me to do via emails/online chats than in person due to me being autistic and not really good and thinking and talking well in person. I need more time to process than the average joe. If the seller is in left field on his price and wont bargain, many times they will get a smart comment when I walk away, like "good luck with that". I never pay over what I know I can find it else where for. New items, which are seldom on my radar, I usually pay the sticker price if its within what others are selling that same item for. I do plenty of research on major items I am looking for. Smaller items and basic layout supplies I rarely haggle on. Mike the Aspie
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