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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1999158, member: 112"]What it boils down to is this - how many times do you have to be told no before you accept that answer ? My point is that once you have been told no, that should be the end of it.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you ask a dealer what is best price is on a coin, that's fine, no problem with that. And he answers with $100, then that is his answer. You have already tried to bargain once, you should either accept his answer or walk away.</p><p><br /></p><p>If however, after he has already told you that his best price is $100, and you look at him and reply - will you take $85 - to me that is an insult. An insult you made to me. I just told you my best price, if my best prices was $85, then I would have said $85. But I didn't, I said it was $100. So that should be the end of the bargaining session.</p><p><br /></p><p>The opposing point is that just because you are a customer you have the right to continue to try and bargain as long as you want. And that the dealer should just accept that and continue to be kind and courteous to you, just because you are the customer.</p><p><br /></p><p>I strongly disagree with that way of thinking. Yes, you can ask, once and only once, is that your price. If you continue beyond that point and ask again, then you, the customer are in the wrong. You, the customer, are no longer being courteous to the dealer. So the dealer no longer has any obligation to courteous to you. You insulted him by continuing to try and negotiate. So he can then insult you and tell you that his price just went up instead of going down.</p><p><br /></p><p>That is how I see it. I will not change my mind. So any further discussion on my part is pointless.</p><p><br /></p><p>What this entire thread reminds me of is this - the child who will not accept no for an answer. Mom, can I go ..... No. Awwwww mom please, I just wanna go ....... NO ! Awwwwwwww c'mon mom, all the other kids ........ I said - NO !! But mom .............. </p><p><br /></p><p>That is exactly, exactly, what you sound like <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1999158, member: 112"]What it boils down to is this - how many times do you have to be told no before you accept that answer ? My point is that once you have been told no, that should be the end of it. If you ask a dealer what is best price is on a coin, that's fine, no problem with that. And he answers with $100, then that is his answer. You have already tried to bargain once, you should either accept his answer or walk away. If however, after he has already told you that his best price is $100, and you look at him and reply - will you take $85 - to me that is an insult. An insult you made to me. I just told you my best price, if my best prices was $85, then I would have said $85. But I didn't, I said it was $100. So that should be the end of the bargaining session. The opposing point is that just because you are a customer you have the right to continue to try and bargain as long as you want. And that the dealer should just accept that and continue to be kind and courteous to you, just because you are the customer. I strongly disagree with that way of thinking. Yes, you can ask, once and only once, is that your price. If you continue beyond that point and ask again, then you, the customer are in the wrong. You, the customer, are no longer being courteous to the dealer. So the dealer no longer has any obligation to courteous to you. You insulted him by continuing to try and negotiate. So he can then insult you and tell you that his price just went up instead of going down. That is how I see it. I will not change my mind. So any further discussion on my part is pointless. What this entire thread reminds me of is this - the child who will not accept no for an answer. Mom, can I go ..... No. Awwwww mom please, I just wanna go ....... NO ! Awwwwwwww c'mon mom, all the other kids ........ I said - NO !! But mom .............. That is exactly, exactly, what you sound like :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
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