Sales Tale
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
I was surprised to receive several calls within hours after I posted my household items up for sale on the school's student portal. Guess selling items barely under 2 years of ownership at 1/8 of the original price might have something to do with it. Which is why this affirms that I am better off never to return to the world of business.
Nevertheless, some buyers who are keen to believe that they are still not getting away with a ridiculously good deal would try to haggle. Some within reason. Some shamelessly. How do you expect to pay $5 for a good quality drawer set that's scratch free and still even has that new wood smell? I may be crazy enough to ask only $30 from what used to be $200 just over a year ago, but $5? That's really pushing it and I don't have that many screws loose darling.
Yesterday, I received an email from to date, the best potential customer, because he single-handedly made me choke on my drink.
(with some minor edits in spelling, and yeah I stated online that I accidentally dropped the item)
hi
I am very interested in your TEAC Radio & CD player, and i want to know if the radio and speaker work normally,because it has been dropped. and could you decrease the price a little, because i just want to use it as a radio. thanks
Yeah okay, then could you reduce the price of that sandwich because I just want the bread? Or can I just pay 99% of the price of that state of the art handphone because I'm only going to use its call function? Smooth, real smooth Einstein. If only Life was this simple huh? |
