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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;komokwa, post: 66706, member: 301&quot;]&quot; 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. That might have been why the dealer held firm on the bracelet. Did you go back and buy from that dealer again? &quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t confuse my suggestions with my real life.</p><p><br /></p><p>I asked the lady with the bracelet if that&#039;s the best she could do , &amp; offered her $350 for her $400 bracelet.</p><p>She became irate , took the bracelet out of my hands &amp; placed it back at the very tip top of her shelf, while telling me that $400 was her price , that&#039;s it , don&#039;t bother asking further &amp; the discussion is over.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I drew long and hard on that cigarette , before calming down enough to go back in there and buy it !</p><p>You see , she had insulted me, my money , &amp; my knowledge , &amp; treated a customer poorly with a foul demeanor &amp; civility bordering on kicking a dawg !!!</p><p><br /></p><p>I never went back there again.</p><p><br /></p><p>I learned a good lesson that day to never treat any customer that way in my Gallery, &amp; just as important never to be insulted by a client who started out offering me less than my posted price .</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot; 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 resent customers who think that I have to take or even consider low-ball offers&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>You&#039;re likely not a bad dealer , you just never learned the lesson I did that day !</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve had a client ....that I knew....literally throw money on my desk , saying &quot; that&#039;s all I&#039;m going to pay you for this ! &quot;</p><p>You wanna talk about insulted !!!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/mad.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" />.......I smiled , wrapped up his purchase ...&amp; whenever I passed him on the street, still said hello !!</p><p><br /></p><p>I had an American couple wanting to buy a mask for cash.</p><p>The woman said ...loudly... &quot; oh, my husband is in business so he&#039;ll figure out the exchange rate &amp; this is what we&#039;ll give you !! &quot;</p><p>I smiled , took the cash , &amp; wrapped up the mask !</p><p><br /></p><p>Business is business........when you let it get personal ......it gets in the way of Business !!!</p><p><br /></p><p>I once had a woman enter the Gallery, look around , and then ask me &quot; Who would want to buy any of this crap ? &quot; .</p><p>She didn&#039;t stop there and continued to berate , my store, &amp; myself .....</p><p>I nearly threw her through my plate glass window ......as I was ushering her out !!!</p><p><br /></p><p>That wasn&#039;t business ....... that was personal !!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Get to know the difference !</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh , &amp; BTW....I never offered anyone $600 for a $760 anything , and seriously expected that out of the goodness of their heart that they were going to accept my 1st offer&nbsp; ![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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