Haggling’s one thing, but where’s DiS standing on bribing?
Have to be honest I’ve twice lobbed bouncers a few quid to get into a club with a queue outside when I’ve been pretty steaming. Not when it’s one in one out obviously.
If you did it by slipping a note with a handshake then you’re a fucking superstar
Love haggling with the street vendors in Barcelona trying to sell you sewer cans.
Tax bill?
Behaviour of amoral monsters, obviously
Surely charity shops serve a dual purpose though? The buyer may well be in dire need of essentials (e.g. clothing) on a shoestring, whilst the shop (and the cause to which it gives profits) might not need to absolutely maximise the sales proceeds.
I find it annoying on eBay
‘How much do you want for it?’ ‘As much as I can get’
Think that’s a bit of a romantic view of it. The reality is usually elderly volunteers getting bullied by people to give them stuff cheaper.
Sold my old car on gumtree. Thought it was worth about £320 so put in on for £400 so I could get haggled down, as was the style at the time. Lad turned up, didn’t ask for any discounts and handed me the full 4 hunners. Felt a bit bad tbh
Fair enough, but it depends on the customer as to whether haggling in a charity shop is appropriate or not.
i listed a record on ebay for £200. someone made an offer of £60, which i rejected, they upped it to £70, rejected it, then with their last bid they upped it to £72 or something like that. jog on, pal.
I think most of us are pretty content in recognising haggling in charity shops as being inappropriate.
There’s a record that costs £200?
there are paintings worth literal thousands of pounds too!
But but but but I could just press my own record and make the artwork identical for that much I mean you could do that with a painting I guess but that’s obviously never going to look or be exactly the same.
A friend of mine collects vintage film posters, most pointless thing ever
`technically no two records are the same. it’s a v rare double LP and there was like a super nicely printed ~30 page booklet. i’m sure you could get a bootleg for a fraction of the price.
When I sold my snare drum the other week I was hoping for around £300. Someone bid £100 and asked me if I’d take the auction down.
Yeah, sure. Fuck it, I don’t even know you but I want to do you the massive favour of fleecing me out of £200.
It sold for £320 gtfi
I think he misunderstood the technique. When they ask why, you tell them it’s too expensive, you were looking at Netflix + Virgin as a cheaper alternative or you’re finding you’re not using the service as much. You don’t give a reason that they actually can’t provide you with a service any more.
i do this with everything i sell on gumtree. you’d be stupid not to haggle imho.
