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Borderjumper 07-04-2009 07:04 AM
I agree!

What gets me is offering something for sale.. getting a zillion-12 emails and PM's from someone, the deal is done. You put the stuff on hold...
THEN you wait, and wait, and wait for payment. Then poof.

golf nut 07-04-2009 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by StirCrazy (Post 432698)
because all you have to do is say nope to low.

you know that in Canada we are one of the few countrys in the world where we just pay what is asked.. in most of the other countries you are expected to deal and some places it is insulting if you don't try get a better deal. take the middle east for example, usaly you would offer about 1/2 of what they are asking.. they counter with "how am I going to feed my family for that amount" and come back with about 75%. then you tell them that is to much and offer about 65%. they may play again or accept it.. then they wrap it and have tea or some other drink with you. In greece it was grappa and you drink it even though I hated it :mrgreen:. the tea part is very important also don't refuse it or they get upset.

I know this is not the middel east or the med but whats the harm in asking? don't you try for a deal in the fish stores?

Steve
You have to haggle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n3LL338aGA

StirCrazy 07-04-2009 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Borderjumper (Post 432722)
I agree!

What gets me is offering something for sale.. getting a zillion-12 emails and PM's from someone, the deal is done. You put the stuff on hold...
THEN you wait, and wait, and wait for payment. Then poof.
easy.. nothing is on hold untill you have the money.. make that clear and there will be no misconceptions. or put a reasonable deadline inplace. say I will hold it for 3 days then it is forsale again. we are our own worst enemy as we always want to look for the best in people. :mrgreen:

Steve

StirCrazy 07-04-2009 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr OM (Post 432744)
you know.. the funny thing is that is how it was the first time I went to buy something in UAE.. the guy said you must be canadian.. I will teach you how to buy stuff and it was pretty much like that LOL..

Steve

fishytime 07-04-2009 02:04 PM
Well there is haggling....and then there is outright insulting someone with your offer. Thing that bugs me about the B/S forums is when you PM someone because you are interested in what they have for sale and they dont have the decency to get back to you with some kind of response. How hard is it to type "sorry someone else beat you to it" ???

fishoholic 07-04-2009 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted by fishytime (Post 432749)
Well there is haggling....and then there is outright insulting someone with your offer. Thing that bugs me about the B/S forums is when you PM someone because you are interested in what they have for sale and they dont have the decency to get back to you with some kind of response. How hard is it to type "sorry someone else beat you to it" ???
I agree. It drives me crazy when I never hear back from someone, I rather know it's been sold then sit around wondering.

If you ask around and the price is fair then I believe you should pay what the person is asking, however if the item is really overpriced then ya I would haggle but I wouldn't want to really lowball the person and end up insulting them. Also I agree that offers should be made in PM's and not for everyone to see. I've been lucky so far in that everything we've sold, the person has paid what we agreed upon. I'd be really ****ed off (to the point were I'd probably say no) if the price was agreed upon at $100 and someone showed up with only $80.

findingnemo1 07-04-2009 03:03 PM
Wow i am so glad i am not the only one:lol:
I have never been able to "Haggle" Anything in my life. I bought a new vehicle a few yrs back and the salesman haggled with his manager for me....lol

I guess its just when i read these for sale ad's and i know what its worth and they are already asking for WAY less than what they paid for it and then watch someone just insult them. And then continue with is all the extra's included to???
REALLY.....lol
When we sold our 180 it was brutal what ppl wanted to pay for it the stand and then us to throw in all the pumps. So i guess i was pretty darn happy to just drop the price and Christy come and get it;)

Pazil 07-04-2009 03:57 PM
I honestly don't mind the hagglers.... What really pi$$'s me off is the people who say OK I'll take it..... when is good to come by? and you never see them. This just happened to me twice!!! by the same person.. :twised::twised:

fishoholic 07-04-2009 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Pazil (Post 432762)
I honestly don't mind the hagglers.... What really pi$$'s me off is the people who say OK I'll take it..... when is good to come by? and you never see them. This just happened to me twice!!! by the same person.. :twised::twised:
Oh ya that is really annoying, I've had it happen to me before, but from different people. FYI I wouldn't try to sell anything to that person ever again.

mark 07-04-2009 04:26 PM
I can't be bothered (or to embarrassed) to haggle so if buying something big I bring along the wife and it is amazing how much she either gets the price down or have extras thrown in.

Now here selling a frag for $15, guy agrees, comes over says $10, that's just being cheap, but the no shows are way more annoying.


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