• themeatbridge@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    That’s not a persuasive argument. I’m not interested in haggling. The price is $10. If you see that and think “Oh, I’ll offer $5” then the answer is “no”. We’re sure as shit not going to meet in the middle at $7.50.

    Same argument at $400. That’s what I want to get for it, which is why I put that price on it. I don’t want $399 or $250, because life is too short and I’m not that desperate to sell anything. I’d rather give it away for free than haggle with someone over the price. I don’t need to sell it today, and I’m happy to wait for someone who is willing to pay the asking price. I’m not running a pawn shop.

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        11 months ago

        Right, and my point is that we don’t question it because it would be absurd to sell one-off items on-digit-removed from the actual selling price. I wouldn’t buy anything from someone selling shit on craigslist for $99 because it’s the sort of dishonest advertising that takes advantage of a psychological bias. I understand why Walmart does it, but that doesn’t make it a smart thing that good people do. It’s ths sort of deceptive thing greedy people do.