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WCDT Strips 3526 to 3530 (17th to 21st July 2017)
Killspree:
I used to love to watch when someone tried to haggle with my Grandfather. (outboard boat motor repair) They' try to cheat him down on price and he'd go up. And the new higher price was the new base mark, he wouldn't go back to the original.
"$250."
"How about $200?"
"How about $300?"
"Okay fine, $250."
"Nope, $300."
Case:
--- Quote from: Killspree on 18 Jul 2017, 03:00 ---I used to love to watch when someone tried to haggle with my Grandfather. (outboard boat motor repair) They' try to cheat him down on price and he'd go up. And the new higher price was the new base mark, he wouldn't go back to the original.
"$250."
"How about $200?"
"How about $300?"
"Okay fine, $250."
"Nope, $300."
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There was a story in the 90's that this was the exact bargaining strategy of Commodore's Jack Tramiel ...
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: Nighthawk700 on 18 Jul 2017, 01:49 ---My wife is an artist (mostly in glass) and graphic designer. Almost anyone who asks for something to be done, wants her to do it for a discount. "It's for a charity" "I'll put it on Facebook and tell everyone to go to you for this" "I'm getting more than one, I should get a discount" and even "I'll mail you a new lock, you can install it yourself" (from a locksmith over 200 miles away... we don't need a new lock for our doors). It sometimes gets to the point where she wants to just drop it altogether. Faye is doing a service. One that takes time and skill to do. She gave her pricing up front. If you want the service done, and done well, you pay for it. Now smile and give a big thumbs up, Clinton!
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Pretty much this.
Faye gave Clinton an estimate on what the repair would likely cost. Now, Clinton agreed to that, even if he didn't like it too much. That's materials used and services rendered. And likely a fair price considering as well that he wasn't keeping the hand in ideal conditions to begin with.
So now, Clinton is trying to weasel a discount by "offering" to post on a message board? That's not advertising, that's trying to cheat a business out of its time, money and supplies. He's already gotten a discount, now he's just chancing his arm (hand). And he's getting justly verbally smacked down.
flondrix:
--- Quote from: MrNumbers on 18 Jul 2017, 00:17 ---Also noting; I've been thinking Dora's increasing irrelevance to the comic salvaged by making her an investor, which gives more plausible reasons to bring her back from time to time with narrative significance.
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She co-signed the lease, right? She shouldn't be on the hook for money unless Faye and Bubbles trash the place.
Of course their client base includes May, Pintsize, Punchbot...
OldGoat:
--- Quote from: flondrix on 18 Jul 2017, 08:25 ---Of course their client base includes May, Pintsize, Punchbot...
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Quite an assortment, really. A convenience store clerk who might do a little hooking on the side, a lay-about who seems to have a few sketchy Internet side businesses, and a respected professional (certified public accountant) who moonlights as a boxer.
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