Price can certainly overcome any objection, but buyers like to double the costs of updates, and you can't blame them. So sellers may really be hurt and take way less than if they would get their home "market ready" including staged. It is especially true in a vacant home. When buyers see the home is vacant they now assume the seller is even more desperate to sell the home, it's proven that vacant homes sell for less than homes that are occupied or at least staged to look like it may be occupied, plus it just looks better when the home has nice furniture, etc.