On May 10, 4:45�am, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 10 May 2007 03:33:48 -0400, "RCE" wrote:
I guess everyone has to negotiate, regardless of the price

I know what you mean.

Then there's negotiation and negotiation. *I'm not a negotiator in any
sense of the word. *I always buy my cars from the same dealer (have
for over thirty years), I've bought my boat engines from the same
dealer (plus about 8 boats over 30 years), I always have car repairs
done by the same mechanic, etc. *I value them as friends and business
men/women and they value me as a customer. *If they say this is the
price, fine - I have faith that I'm not getting hosed and in fact, I'm
not. *One the other hand, they have faith that I will return when
necessary and that I'm easy to deal with. *There is an added advantage
that if I show up with a problem, it's taken care of immediately - I
don't expect that kind of treatment and insist that it be taken care
of in order so not to unconvinced others, but...

I just hate it when things like this happen. *It's not that I expect
people to buy it if I work hard at giving them the information they
want - that's part of selling something.

I do expect to be treated with respect like any other normal human
being. *This clown was talking about the auto jib furler. *It's a
Harken furler, but he was all hot and bothered because it wasn't a CDI
which is more common thus better.

What?

I'll be the first to admit that I don't know about a lot of things -
I'm not the Universal Renaissance Man. Larger cruising boats for
instance and I haven't sailed in years so there are gaps in my
knowledge. *But I'm not stupid and I do know the basics and I do know
small boats. *I can also research and talk to others who do know.

You respect me and I'll respect you and we'll get things done. *I
insisted on it in my business dealings and I expect it personally.

~~ sigh ~~

Rant off. *:)

When you make a living buying and selling high ticket retail, as I did
for the majority of my working life, you come to expect the sort of
treatment you got from your "buyer". It's fairly routine. The trick
is in not letting the *******s get you down. I've listened to
salespeople lie their butts off, and I've listened to buyers doing the
same. I'm here to tell you, the typical salesperson on his very best
day can't hold a candle to some of the consumers who walk in with the
attitude that salespeople are all lying scumbags, and then proceed to
outlie the most dishonest salesman on the premises.

I think it's always been this way in a market where the prices aren't
fixed. Doesn't matter whether it's a Mexican flea market, a corner
vegetable stand in Europe, or a jewelry wholesale firm in NYC.
Particularly those buyers who aren't interested in establishing a
relationship and becoming repeat buyers will use every trick they have
ever heard of and invent a few more if required. :-)