Corvette: Has Everyone Gone Nuts? - swap meet tale

Tom in Missouri wrote: 
Everybody has a bad day now & then, I guess you caught him having one.
He may have regretted the price as soon as it was out of his mouth. Next
time you'll know to pay the bargain price when you see it, without
hassling the guy for even more.

"Tom in Missouri" <too much spam @ here.com> wrote: 
Not exactly, but there have been a few times where I had
offered something at a very low price and told the
interested buyer that the price was going to start going up
if he kept pushing.

When they tried again I raised the price. I was offering
the items at a price that I knew would sell without any
haggling so didn't have to deal with skinflints.

I've never gotten belligerent about it, just having fun with
cheapskates.


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Tom,

I think theres a difference between a Car Parts Swap Meet....and a
Garage Sale.

Dave

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You make an interesting point, but one different than this case. The guy
simply said $10. He didn't say "Hey, this is a super deal just for you. If
you try to go lower, I'll triple the price."

I didn't hassle him. I didn't say "hey, these are junk" or "I saw some just
like these at two other tables and they only wanted $5". I only asked
"Would you take less?"

A proper response would have been yes or no. An uncalled for response was
to blow up.


As to Dave and his garage sale comments, of course it isn't. In a garage
sale, everyone buys everything for $.50. But in the last 30 years of swap
meets, everyone has always haggled on prices except company vendors and
often they will give a deal for being at the show. Almost every private
vendor will tell you as you move away "well make me an offer".

It is expected here to haggle with a car dealer, but I get grief for asking
for a lower price at a swap meet?

Maybe everyone has gone nuts.

What I like is when they haggle over a service and not a tangible item...
Before the service is done...

I hate to haggle. I'd probably put the part back in my truck too. He was
probably miffed about staying in the hot sun all day long.

-Stan


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"sbright" <com> wrote in message
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I agree. When you are selling something at a "right price" and someone makes
a ridicules offer it tends to piss one off.

Al

Point was that he didn't make an offer. He asked if he would go lower. I
wouldn't have said it the way he did, but it was a fair question and
deserved a fair answer. I would have asked if he was firm on that price,
it's a form of testing the water to see if the person can be haggled with.
Most people don't realize the number of places that you can haggle prices.
After we lost our house in the flood from Allison, we had to purchase just
about everything new. We went to Sears and was able the haggle prices on
washer/dryer, icemaker, big screen tv, freezer, etc... They beat the offer
we had from another company.

"Big Al" <net> wrote in message
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Tom,

I think its worth asking for a lower price, but, be willing to get the
other guy offended if you do .. At these Swap Meets, the guy has to
rent a space , haul all his c___ to the space, sit there all day long,
and load up what stuff he doesnt sell to take back home. Theres an old
saying :" Everyone is entitled to make a profit" . I dont mind people
making a profit off of me, so long as its not outrageous.

Dave