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Andy Dingley wrote:
On Sep 24, 3:16 pm, The Medway Handyman
wrote:

She goes into drama queen mode, she didn't expect it to be that
much, it was much too expensive, would I accept 50?


Any guesses as to her ethnic origins?


That's just natural haggling. She'd have been happier if you'd quoted
80, then allowed her to haggle you down to 70. There's no malice or
tight-fistedness in it, it's just habit.


I have done a lot of work on traveller sites around South Yorkshire.

I usually double my quote and then let them haggle. It keeps everyone happy.

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Adam