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"Montblack" writes:

My one pet peev is ads that don't quote a price.

Here's a useful rule-of-thumb for that: If you have to ask, you can't
afford it. :-)
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from a business 101 standpoint, the buyer should never be the first one
to quote a price offer. that's what people mean when they say "i'm not
going to negotiate with myself." the quoted price is just a starting
point but it is the sellers starting point, not necessarily the buyers
and unless you're dealing with an unwilling seller, that's the way it
should be.

and, as a seller, i would have the greatest effection for the person
who believes that if you have to ask, you can't afford it. i'll even
throw in my satisfaction guranteed money back offer. (if i'm not
TOTALLY SATISFIED with your money; i'll give it back! promise.)

dan

What does one have to do with the other?

"David Dyer-Bennet" wrote in message
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If you have to ask, you can't afford it. :-)

"Steve Foley" writes:

What does one have to do with the other?

"David Dyer-Bennet" wrote in message
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If you have to ask, you can't afford it. :-)

Uh oh. We're getting into "explaining the joke" territory here, and
that *never* works out well.

However...financier J.P. Morgan was asked by a reporter how much his
yacht cost to operate. "If you have to ask, you can't afford it," he
replied.

I take the absence of prices being mentioned in an advertisement to
indicate that they're selling stuff that falls into that category.

With the explanation, it may not be funny, but I hope at least you
understand what I was getting at, anyway.
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("David Dyer-Bennet" wrote)
However...financier J.P. Morgan was asked by a reporter how much his
yacht cost to operate. "If you have to ask, you can't afford it," he
replied.


Some yacht.

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/s...sh-c/sp159.htm


Montblack

I guess I must be from a different mold. Ever since I bought my airplane
I wondered why there is this phenomena of "no price listed". Do some
people who own airplanes think the "If you have to ask" reasoning is
REALLY valid.

Hey, I'm shoppin' here!

No price means that I now have to call you up and chase you down to see
if you are asking something reasonable. If not, you just wasted my time
and yours. Since "reasonable" is in the eye of the beholder, it just
seems to me to make absolutely no sense to not list the price. Does
calling you up make me somehow more "serious"? I think not. I am
personally turned off by an ad with no price. It says one thing to me:
difficult seller. Might also be a broker as someone else had mentioned.
Some of them think they can "talk me into" buying their airplane. I
don't think so.

What a coincidence that when I was in the market, all the guys who had
no price listed were off their rockers with prices 50%+ higher than the
market.

Your experience may vary.
Good Luck,
Mike


However...financier J.P. Morgan was asked by a reporter how much his
yacht cost to operate. "If you have to ask, you can't afford it," he
replied.


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"David Dyer-Bennet" wrote in message
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"Montblack" writes:

My one pet peev is ads that don't quote a price.

Here's a useful rule-of-thumb for that: If you have to ask, you can't
afford it. :-)
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To which I reply - "Sure, I will start - $1. Now you want to keep doing
this the hard way or get real?"

David Dyer-Bennet wrote:

"Montblack" writes:


My one pet peev is ads that don't quote a price.


Here's a useful rule-of-thumb for that: If you have to ask, you can't
afford it. :-)

I think that about 99% of the ads without prices are from brokers or
dealers who leave off the price because they want you to call so they
can start talking to and selling you.

I think that about 99% of the ads without prices are from brokers or
dealers who leave off the price because they want you to call so they can
start talking to and selling you.


Most of the good brokers seem to print most or all of their prices (don't
know why some are not printed). Sometimes I think they leave them out of
the print, but put them on the web.

OTOH, a broker who doesn't print the price is likely to be trying to size
you up and milk you for all he can get when you call. Caveat Emptor.