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<p>[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 34121, member: 37"]I think the dealer not having a price on the item is part of the problem. People that do this are usually fishing to see what something might be worth. In my opinion, it is a very low class way of doing business. For the most part, I try not to get involved in such transactions. I f I do, I try to get the dealer to name a price first. The basic tenant of business is that the seller puts something out at a price to sell. Those that refuse to do so are not serious about doing business.</p><p><br /></p><p>The dealer withdrawing the item from sale confirms what I said above. You telling him that you thought it was worth $600.00 piqued his greed. His assumption is probably that you are not being honest with him and it is worth quite a bit more. I have seen this type of person a lot in this business. If they get something that is a bit better than their usual class of merchandise, they think it is their ticket to wealth and are determined to get as very much as possible out of it. It really doesn't matter what it really might be worth. They just have the mentality that someone is trying to cheat them out of their profit and are determined to not let this happen.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 34121, member: 37"]I think the dealer not having a price on the item is part of the problem. People that do this are usually fishing to see what something might be worth. In my opinion, it is a very low class way of doing business. For the most part, I try not to get involved in such transactions. I f I do, I try to get the dealer to name a price first. The basic tenant of business is that the seller puts something out at a price to sell. Those that refuse to do so are not serious about doing business. The dealer withdrawing the item from sale confirms what I said above. You telling him that you thought it was worth $600.00 piqued his greed. His assumption is probably that you are not being honest with him and it is worth quite a bit more. I have seen this type of person a lot in this business. If they get something that is a bit better than their usual class of merchandise, they think it is their ticket to wealth and are determined to get as very much as possible out of it. It really doesn't matter what it really might be worth. They just have the mentality that someone is trying to cheat them out of their profit and are determined to not let this happen.[/QUOTE]
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