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Does anybody else find haggling to be trashy?

Posted on 5/7/21 at 7:35 pm
Posted by Kujo
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Posted on 5/7/21 at 7:35 pm
It's what something's worth, not what you can get someone to pay for it.

Haggling is an attribute of third world marketplaces. Imagine going to Albertsons or Walmart with a basket of 50 items and having to negotiate with a cashier for every f****** item.

If you want to sell something put a price and if nobody wants it then you drop the price, If you want to buy something you say how much you want to pay for it. There should be no change by either a seller or a buyer.

Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
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Posted on 5/7/21 at 7:36 pm to
Yes
Posted by fr33manator
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Posted on 5/7/21 at 7:36 pm to
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It's what something's worth, not what you can get someone to pay for it



It’s worth what you’ll pay for it bro.

Now the price just went up
Posted by htran90
BC
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Posted on 5/7/21 at 7:36 pm to
At a market with set price? Trashy.

Where haggling can happen, nope.
Posted by fr33manator
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Posted on 5/7/21 at 7:38 pm to
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Haggling is an attribute of third world marketplaces


Right, because deals are never made in the first world.

I mean you just have no concept of sales do you? I’m not talking about a supermarket where the cashier has no authority over price but...retail is for suckers.
Posted by SCLibertarian
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Posted on 5/7/21 at 7:41 pm to
Posted by Tigerbythetale
Las Vegas
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Posted on 5/7/21 at 7:41 pm to

Haggling makes buying a car at a dealership a miserable experience, and this is why Carvana and other car sales companies are soon to eliminate car dealerships.
Posted by northshorebamaman
Cochise County AZ
Member since Jul 2009
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Posted on 5/7/21 at 7:42 pm to
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what something's worth, not what you can get someone to pay for it.
is the same thing
Posted by LegendInMyMind
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Posted on 5/7/21 at 7:42 pm to
frick off. Haggling is fun in most instances. You probably just suck at it.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 5/7/21 at 7:43 pm to
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I mean you just have no concept of sales do you?


Apparently not, but people who pay sticker for high ticket goods allow the rest of us to save a lot of money, so I'm okay with it.
Posted by 21JumpStreet
Member since Jul 2012
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Posted on 5/7/21 at 7:44 pm to
Depends, you gonna pay 100k for a Honda civic?
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
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Posted on 5/7/21 at 7:45 pm to
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I mean you just have no concept of sales do you? I’m not talking about a supermarket where the cashier has no authority over price but...retail is for suckers.

Ol' baw thinks people are out there dickering over Doritos and paperclips.
This post was edited on 5/7/21 at 7:46 pm
Posted by Kujo
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Posted on 5/7/21 at 7:45 pm to
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Where haggling can happen, nope.


Where does haggling happen? If you had a fruit stand or a clothing store or an electronics store.... You would just have "negotiate with me" as the price?


Get on craigslist and you want to sell your your 10-year-old couch that you paid $1,000 for $900 (because it's "like new") That's fine.... But then don't drop it and say how about 800, okay I'll do 650...$500 final.



A 10-year-old couch is worth zero to pretty much everybody else, give or throw that s*** the f*** away.


My anger comes from a parking space that a guy hasn't been using in 2 years. I asked him what he wanted for it He said $800 a month. I said no. Then he says $400, I say no, 300, no thank you, $200.


Screw you, I would have paid $300 but I don't want to deal with the scumbag, and he's now upset that I won't take it for $200, saying that I want it for free.

I find haggling distasteful and don't ever want to do business with a piece of f****** s*** who would haggle.
This post was edited on 5/7/21 at 7:49 pm
Posted by fr33manator
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Posted on 5/7/21 at 7:45 pm to
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You probably just suck at it.


Yup. Or he’s probably used to little peon deals where it’s just an insult to the salesman.

You have to come to the bazaar with enough coin to negotiate.

Oh, one unit costs this much? Okay, how about 5? How about 10? How about 50? 100? 500?

It’s a dance, you play the merchant’s game.
Posted by northshorebamaman
Cochise County AZ
Member since Jul 2009
35501 posts
Posted on 5/7/21 at 7:47 pm to
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My anger comes from a parking space that a guy hasn't been using in 2 years. I asked him what he wanted for it He said $800 a month. I said no. Then he says $4000,
I like this guy.
Posted by Hayekian serf
GA
Member since Dec 2020
2569 posts
Posted on 5/7/21 at 7:47 pm to
Are you a communist?
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
54369 posts
Posted on 5/7/21 at 7:47 pm to
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I find haggling distasteful and don't ever want to do business with a piece of f****** s*** who would haggle.

You've got more issues than your distaste for haggling.

And it is dickering, ya cocksucker!
Posted by turkish
Member since Aug 2016
1762 posts
Posted on 5/7/21 at 7:47 pm to
So you feel intimidated by car salesmen.

I’ll haggle when it’s worth my time. For the overwhelming majority of my purchases, it is not.
This post was edited on 5/7/21 at 7:51 pm
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
54369 posts
Posted on 5/7/21 at 7:48 pm to
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It’s a dance, you play the merchant’s game.


I bet flea markets are his own, personal hell.
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
124330 posts
Posted on 5/7/21 at 7:49 pm to
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Where does haggling happen?


Everywhere men of means have products that are in demand.

quote:

If you had a fruit stand or a clothing store or an electronics store.... You would just have "negotiate with me" as the price?


If you’re buying an apple? No.

If you’re buying a bag of apples? Maybe. A case? Sure? A pallet? Now we’re talking.

quote:

I find haggling distasteful and don't ever want to do business with a piece of f****** s*** who would haggle


I mean, you have a point, up to a point, but...sales is sales. If you have something someone wants, you negotiate until you have a deal. That’s business.
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