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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 145497, member: 360"]I've managed to get amazing discounts on some stuff... </p><p><br /></p><p>$160 from 200. </p><p>$180 from 250. </p><p>$70 from $100. </p><p><br /></p><p>...and my best one: </p><p><br /></p><p>$200 from $400!! </p><p><br /></p><p>Mostly because I knew the people who I bought this stuff from. Well, not 'personally', but they were people who I'd spent a lot of time with at flea-markets and antiques fairs, and at antiques shops. They knew me because I was always hanging around. And being sweet, charming, polite, and having a sense of humor also helps to chip the prices off a lot. </p><p><br /></p><p>The lady who sold me a pocketwatch for $160 down from $200 let me have the discount because the last person who handled the watch was a jerk, apparently, and she'd rather it go to someone who actually had manners. </p><p><br /></p><p>...and it was a VERY good-quality pocketwatch. She could've sold it for twice what she did. </p><p><br /></p><p>I still have it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 145497, member: 360"]I've managed to get amazing discounts on some stuff... $160 from 200. $180 from 250. $70 from $100. ...and my best one: $200 from $400!! Mostly because I knew the people who I bought this stuff from. Well, not 'personally', but they were people who I'd spent a lot of time with at flea-markets and antiques fairs, and at antiques shops. They knew me because I was always hanging around. And being sweet, charming, polite, and having a sense of humor also helps to chip the prices off a lot. The lady who sold me a pocketwatch for $160 down from $200 let me have the discount because the last person who handled the watch was a jerk, apparently, and she'd rather it go to someone who actually had manners. ...and it was a VERY good-quality pocketwatch. She could've sold it for twice what she did. I still have it.[/QUOTE]
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