We are coming to realise that Americans have
moved to a different way of buying things. The items we bought today had an up
front price, and then very quickly the price was discounted.
Item 1, conversation “How Much”, “$200”, “OK, we will have to decide whether to
come down for it”, “OK, I can make it a little bit cheaper”, “Oh, how much”.
“What about $150”,”Oh, OK”. Notice I hadn’t even asked for a discount!!
Item 2. “Yeh, we have one in stock”, “How much?”, “$80” (UK price would be about $100 equivalent), “and you get
10% discount”. “OK, thanks”. Now why offer a discount? If everyone gets it, why
not just sell it cheaper?
So now we are starting to accept that bartering is not degrading, and
discounting seems to be expected.
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