I suspect parent meant "priced too high" which you are just thinking of as "market dried up". Here's an example: I'll give you, sight unseen, $1 for each of them (US or CA, your choice).
You don't want to take it? Of course not, because the price you want for it (your ask) is higher than my bid, and my bid is probably not even the best bid (someone who has seen it will almost certainly offer you $2).
"market dried up" is a shorthand for "the inside bid is fairly low", which is basically what noonespecial said and you disagreed with.
You don't want to take it? Of course not, because the price you want for it (your ask) is higher than my bid, and my bid is probably not even the best bid (someone who has seen it will almost certainly offer you $2).
"market dried up" is a shorthand for "the inside bid is fairly low", which is basically what noonespecial said and you disagreed with.