Weirdest cultural pet peeve as European émigré to the US I have is lots of people here do not understand at all how to haggle
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Thomas 🔭✨ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jun-2024 01:14:01 JST Thomas 🔭✨
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Flock of Cats 🐈 🐈 🐈 🌸 (flockofcats@famichiki.jp)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jun-2024 02:00:53 JST Flock of Cats 🐈 🐈 🐈 🌸
I haven’t had the pleasure of selling stuff in the US for a while, but my friend sold stuff on Facebook MarketPlace before a move back to Japan.
He said that on multiple occasions, the buyer would agree on a price and arrange an exchange, say $500 for a widget. But then when they met in person they’d be like, I’m not sure I need a widget. How about $250?
I’m not an expert haggler, but my understanding is that it is usually done before agreeing to a price 🙃
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Thomas 🔭✨ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jun-2024 02:00:53 JST Thomas 🔭✨
@FlockOfCats it’s not haggling if you already agreed on a price
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Thomas 🔭✨ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jun-2024 02:17:44 JST Thomas 🔭✨
@Soulshine I’m Austrian and I didn’t specify how good I am at it.
But Americans are in my experience extra bad at it.
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Jay 🇺🇦 (soulshine@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jun-2024 02:17:45 JST Jay 🇺🇦
@thomasfuchs Oh come on, Germans are super shit at it, too :-)
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Thomas 🔭✨ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jun-2024 02:18:55 JST Thomas 🔭✨
@commendable No, we can’t haggle about my expressing myself.
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William Whitaker (commendable@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jun-2024 02:18:56 JST William Whitaker
@thomasfuchs I really want to agree with you here, but can you come down some on “weirdest pet peeve” and “understand at all”? I could do “big difference” and “aren’t skilled at”.
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Robbie Coleman :verified: (erraggy@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jun-2024 02:48:52 JST Robbie Coleman :verified:
@thomasfuchs
We've focused all of that energy on Internet scream matches.
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