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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clutteredcloset49, post: 145478, member: 85&quot;]I don&#039;t mind a customer asking for a better price.&nbsp; I try to do 15-20% if it has been around for awhile.</p><p>A lot depends on how long it has been on the shelf.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I don&#039;t want to sell it for less than marked I simply tell them I can&#039;t on that item.&nbsp; However, if they want to pay cash, I will absorb the sales tax.&nbsp; Which in my area is 8%.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a mix of old and new.&nbsp; I go to the gift shows and buy from wholesalers.&nbsp; </p><p>So I really lost it one day when this man said he would only give 1/3 of what a new item was priced.&nbsp; I told him to get out of my store, told him the item wasn&#039;t even marked up double of what I paid, so why should I give it to him for less than what I paid. </p><p>Never done that before or since, but his attitude that he would only give me so much really made me mad.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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