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Originally Posted by Matt Monson
SilberUrS6 has another thread about forum protocol from the other day where I tell a specific story about a steering wheel.
I saw the wheel in the classifieds a couple of days later. The buyer was a flipper. I have subsequently seen many wheels and horn buttons for sale by this particular member. Wheels and buttons are what he flips...
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OK.. . . yeh, that is pretty slimy. Lying is never an acceptable negotiating tactic, used by people who have zero negotiating skills.
Many years ago I was preparing for an extended trip to Africa. I was told to negotiate the price of EVERYTHING. Hotels, restaurants, transportation, etc. were all fair game and I was pretty intimidated by the prospect. Before I left I met with a European who had grown up in Zaire. She said that I could never say 'I don't have the money' as a negotiating tool. And running down the wares was equally poor form for the simple matter that neither were true. As a tourist I had money by definition and if the items weren't of interest why was I talking with them?
And she also gave me the answer to those pesky sellers who try to sell you anything so that they can have something to eat that night; 'not today'. I still use that when confronted with homeless/beggars in the USA; 'not today'--not quite as cold as 'no' and gives the impression that they just caught me on the wrong day.