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Originally Posted by Matt Monson
Earning some of that VW karma.
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It isn't karma Matt, it's culture 101. Culture is learned. Generally someone wants to sell, they have a price. Buyer buys or negotiates. There are guys here for years and years who say how much do you want to pay if interest is expressed. If not in their selling price range they say you don't meet the price! That's it, nothing more. It's almost like a personal auction. Not so common nowadays with the internet, but old habits die hard.
When he showed me these cars, it was summer after the pandemic began. He was hurting and trying to sell me something. I told him I don't have a dime, trying to save 1.3 mil JPY to rebuild my BTR motor. We haven't spoken since until last week. This culture is based on informal relationships. It's not what you know, it's who you know! That is opposite to your culture on more formal relationships. Welcome to culture 101 M2!