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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clutteredcloset49, post: 66658, member: 85&quot;]Here&#039;s one up for auction now.&nbsp; They have an estimate of 4-600.</p><p>One bid.&nbsp; You might watch it and see where it goes.&nbsp; Notice the nice wood coloration and compare to the one in your local store.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/38307438_empire-flame-mahogany-games-table" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/38307438_empire-flame-mahogany-games-table" rel="nofollow">https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/38307438_empire-flame-mahogany-games-table</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=301]@komokwa[/USER] -</p><p>If I had a table marked at $760 and you came at me with:</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>&quot; I&#039;m willing to offer you $ 475 for this table. &quot; , lets the dealer know you&#039;re ready to buy, &amp; puts the ball in his court to counter your offer . No good dealer is going to let money walk out the door by saying &quot; that&#039;s to low...get lost &quot; </i></p><p><i>He&#039;ll almost certainly counter your offer and then you hit him with &quot; What&#039;s the bottom line number you&#039;ll accept for this table??&quot;</i></p><p><br /></p><p>I might indeed come back with an offer, but in the meantime - you have insulted me and put me on my guard, so I&#039;m not as willing to work with you.&nbsp; That might have been why the dealer held firm on the bracelet.&nbsp; Did you go back and buy from that dealer again? </p><p><br /></p><p>I must be a bad dealer as I have let money walk out the door when I didn&#039;t like the attitude of the customer.<i>&nbsp; </i>I resent customers who think that I have to take or even consider low-ball offers.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=765]@Trislo[/USER] -</p><p>If you really like the table my advice is offer $600 cash.&nbsp; That&#039;s a 20% discount.&nbsp; You are more likely to get a favorable response without antagonizing the dealer.&nbsp; Particularly if you want to do business with them in the future.&nbsp; If they counter or say no, then you have to decide if it is really worth the extra that they ask for. </p><p>Or if they counter, you can hold firm with all I have is $600 cash, otherwise I have to charge it.&nbsp; The dealer will loose about $30 to the charge company.&nbsp; Don&#039;t let them talk you into splitting the sale - part cash and charge.</p><p><br /></p><p>And in case anyone is thinking about it, Oregon has no sales tax.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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