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Pastiche · 07-10-2009, 06:14 AM

Hi I'm late to the party.

Just wanted to say that I love to bargain. I spent alot of time in South-Asia and it is a way of life there. Bargaining is basically about personal respect there. If you don't bargain you lose alot of respect from the people selling to you. They see you as a total moron. It's not necessarily about getting the best deal but about attaining a modicum of decency.

It took a while to get good at bargaining but now I love it. Recently I have sold alot of stuff on kijiji and craigslist. It seems the opening poster doesn't have a good idea on how the whole thing works. You never list an item at the price you want to sell it at. That's barganing/negotiating 101. You know that you'll have to come down so give yourself (depending on the item you're selling) a 20-50-100% cushion. And then come down to the price you want to sell at. Give yourself an absolute zero can't go further point but never let the other party know what that is.

In that end, selling things on the internet works great. Sometimes I get the better of someone buying and other times someone gets me for a good deal. What I factor is what the Somali guy said, I just get to get rid of the damn thing with someone driving to my house to pick it up! Great.

I just sold a TI-85 graphing calculator that's 15 years old yesterday. I had this thing forever didn't know what to do with it so I listed on kijiji at $50. Ended up selling it for $25 and my real sweet spot was $20 (although I would have gone as low as $10). I just wanted it gone.

So the basic lesson is when people want to bargain don't be upset, either say that you don't/can't bargain or engage with them in the process.

07-10-2009, 06:14 AM	#191
Pastiche Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Enil Angus Exp:	Hi I'm late to the party. Just wanted to say that I love to bargain. I spent alot of time in South-Asia and it is a way of life there. Bargaining is basically about personal respect there. If you don't bargain you lose alot of respect from the people selling to you. They see you as a total moron. It's not necessarily about getting the best deal but about attaining a modicum of decency. It took a while to get good at bargaining but now I love it. Recently I have sold alot of stuff on kijiji and craigslist. It seems the opening poster doesn't have a good idea on how the whole thing works. You never list an item at the price you want to sell it at. That's barganing/negotiating 101. You know that you'll have to come down so give yourself (depending on the item you're selling) a 20-50-100% cushion. And then come down to the price you want to sell at. Give yourself an absolute zero can't go further point but never let the other party know what that is. In that end, selling things on the internet works great. Sometimes I get the better of someone buying and other times someone gets me for a good deal. What I factor is what the Somali guy said, I just get to get rid of the damn thing with someone driving to my house to pick it up! Great. I just sold a TI-85 graphing calculator that's 15 years old yesterday. I had this thing forever didn't know what to do with it so I listed on kijiji at $50. Ended up selling it for $25 and my real sweet spot was $20 (although I would have gone as low as $10). I just wanted it gone. So the basic lesson is when people want to bargain don't be upset, either say that you don't/can't bargain or engage with them in the process.