NES_Rules
09-26-2006, 12:36 PM
I do, haggling makes even the best prices seem even better. This summer I bought hundreds of games and I probably only paid the asking price once or twice. And that was to one stingy old guy at the flea market.
Most of the time, my haggling involves rounding prices down to the nearest $5, jus to make it easier for me and the vendor. Or sometimes, when the price is just high, I offer half of it, and usually get it. But my faorite is probably the "you want __ for that? I'll give you that much if you throw in all those games over there too"
Now for some of my most memorable (mostlybecause they were last weekend) haggling experiences. Both were at a flea market that I go to every Sunday. The guy had 4 NES games sitting on the table and I looke through them. Nothing special, just games I didn't have. I asked him what he anted for them, he said "Well, I usually charge $3 each for them, but I'll give you a special deal" He paused for a while and I thought " Sweet, maybe they'll be like a dollar or something" And finally he responded with "$2.50" I said "No, thanks" and started to walk away, when he said "2.25" Again, I declined and he asked what I wanted to pay for them. I told him "a dollar" He said "no way" and I left. Well I was wanderinf around and happened to go past him again and this time he yelled out to me "OK, you can have them fo $2.00" Again, I declined and started to walk away. Then he offered 1.50, and finally 1.25. Now normally I would have bought them for that, but since he irritated me by going down so little each time, and kept saying how they are old and valuable. And said any lower would be robbery, and I wouldn't be able to find them any cheaper anywhere. Yeah, like I don't know you probably paid a quarter for all 4. I just walked away from the deal altogether and he gave me the finger and said "whatever" when I left. It was funner to piss him off than playing the games :P
OK, this story has a better ending. I see a small stack of NES games sittin on this guy's table and look through them; Low G Man, Super Mario Bros, Rad Racer, Bayou Billy. All games that I didn't have and are ood games. I ask how much they are and he says $2 each. Then for some reason I notice a box next to them filled with Atari VCS games. He says there's 33 games, the systems, and 2 joysticks. I glance through the games and I don't have most of them and then I find a huge stack of manuals at the bottom of the box. He wanted $25 for everything in the box, not a bad deal, but I knew I could better. I said if he threw in the NES games, he'd have a deal. But he declined and I walked away. Before leaving the Flea Market, I decided to go back and see if he changed his mind. He accepted my old offer, but now I wanted more. There was a copy of Crash Bandicoot sitting there, so I had him give me that too. And we had a deal.
Most of the time, my haggling involves rounding prices down to the nearest $5, jus to make it easier for me and the vendor. Or sometimes, when the price is just high, I offer half of it, and usually get it. But my faorite is probably the "you want __ for that? I'll give you that much if you throw in all those games over there too"
Now for some of my most memorable (mostlybecause they were last weekend) haggling experiences. Both were at a flea market that I go to every Sunday. The guy had 4 NES games sitting on the table and I looke through them. Nothing special, just games I didn't have. I asked him what he anted for them, he said "Well, I usually charge $3 each for them, but I'll give you a special deal" He paused for a while and I thought " Sweet, maybe they'll be like a dollar or something" And finally he responded with "$2.50" I said "No, thanks" and started to walk away, when he said "2.25" Again, I declined and he asked what I wanted to pay for them. I told him "a dollar" He said "no way" and I left. Well I was wanderinf around and happened to go past him again and this time he yelled out to me "OK, you can have them fo $2.00" Again, I declined and started to walk away. Then he offered 1.50, and finally 1.25. Now normally I would have bought them for that, but since he irritated me by going down so little each time, and kept saying how they are old and valuable. And said any lower would be robbery, and I wouldn't be able to find them any cheaper anywhere. Yeah, like I don't know you probably paid a quarter for all 4. I just walked away from the deal altogether and he gave me the finger and said "whatever" when I left. It was funner to piss him off than playing the games :P
OK, this story has a better ending. I see a small stack of NES games sittin on this guy's table and look through them; Low G Man, Super Mario Bros, Rad Racer, Bayou Billy. All games that I didn't have and are ood games. I ask how much they are and he says $2 each. Then for some reason I notice a box next to them filled with Atari VCS games. He says there's 33 games, the systems, and 2 joysticks. I glance through the games and I don't have most of them and then I find a huge stack of manuals at the bottom of the box. He wanted $25 for everything in the box, not a bad deal, but I knew I could better. I said if he threw in the NES games, he'd have a deal. But he declined and I walked away. Before leaving the Flea Market, I decided to go back and see if he changed his mind. He accepted my old offer, but now I wanted more. There was a copy of Crash Bandicoot sitting there, so I had him give me that too. And we had a deal.