On 2006-07-28 15:34:37 +0100, "Mary Fisher" said:


"Andy Hall" wrote in message ...


... My customers usually get a small price reduction.

That's daft. why not give them the lower price to start with?

It's called negotiation.

Have you never dealt with a purchasing agent?

"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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On 2006-07-28 15:34:37 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
said:


"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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... My customers usually get a small price reduction.

That's daft. why not give them the lower price to start with?

It's called negotiation.

It's called conning in my book.

On 2006-07-28 16:41:52 +0100, "Mary Fisher" said:


"Andy Hall" wrote in message ...
On 2006-07-28 15:34:37 +0100, "Mary Fisher" said:


"Andy Hall" wrote in message ...


... My customers usually get a small price reduction.

That's daft. why not give them the lower price to start with?

It's called negotiation.

It's called conning in my book.

The only situation that can be described as conning is when there is a
huge discrepancy between the asking price and market price for
something and the seller is attempting to claim something that is false
or something based on not intending to deliver on what one says.

Why do you think I make such an issue out of the importance of
delivering on commitments? It is precisely because I don't expect to
have to make any significant price reduction in a transaction.
Nevertheless, in a business transaction, it is very common as steps in
negotiation to trade price and deliverables back and forth until
agreement is reached. The degree to which that happens varies by
business by culture and by situation. However, the important thing is
that both parties meet their commitments after the agreement is made.
Under those circumstances, nobody is conning anybody.

"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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On 2006-07-28 16:41:52 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
said:


"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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On 2006-07-28 15:34:37 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
said:


"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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... My customers usually get a small price reduction.

That's daft. why not give them the lower price to start with?

It's called negotiation.

It's called conning in my book.

The only situation that can be described as conning is when there is a
huge discrepancy between the asking price and market price for something
and the seller is attempting to claim something that is false or something
based on not intending to deliver on what one says.

Why do you think I make such an issue out of the importance of delivering
on commitments? It is precisely because I don't expect to have to make
any significant price reduction in a transaction. Nevertheless, in a
business transaction, it is very common as steps in negotiation to trade
price and deliverables back and forth until agreement is reached. The
degree to which that happens varies by business by culture and by
situation. However, the important thing is that both parties meet their
commitments after the agreement is made. Under those circumstances,
nobody is conning anybody.

I disagree.

On 2006-07-28 17:54:45 +0100, "Mary Fisher" said:


"Andy Hall" wrote in message ...
On 2006-07-28 16:41:52 +0100, "Mary Fisher" said:


"Andy Hall" wrote in message ...
On 2006-07-28 15:34:37 +0100, "Mary Fisher" said:


"Andy Hall" wrote in message ...


... My customers usually get a small price reduction.

That's daft. why not give them the lower price to start with?

It's called negotiation.

It's called conning in my book.

The only situation that can be described as conning is when there is a
huge discrepancy between the asking price and market price for
something and the seller is attempting to claim something that is false
or something based on not intending to deliver on what one says.

Why do you think I make such an issue out of the importance of
delivering on commitments? It is precisely because I don't expect to
have to make any significant price reduction in a transaction.
Nevertheless, in a business transaction, it is very common as steps in
negotiation to trade price and deliverables back and forth until
agreement is reached. The degree to which that happens varies by
business by culture and by situation. However, the important thing is
that both parties meet their commitments after the agreement is made.
Under those circumstances, nobody is conning anybody.

I disagree.

That's a matter for you, but it is how the business world works and
does not imply any form of less than high integrity relationships.

wrote:

'gm' is mutual conductance, and concerns the gain of valves.

And transistors :-)

--
Andy

"Andy Wade" wrote in message
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wrote:

'gm' is mutual conductance, and concerns the gain of valves.

And transistors :-)

I remember those. Magic!

--
Andy

Andy Hall wrote:
On 2006-07-28 15:34:37 +0100, "Mary Fisher" said:
"Andy Hall" wrote in message ...

... My customers usually get a small price reduction.

That's daft. why not give them the lower price to start with?

It's called negotiation.

boost the buyers ego and you get a better price, everyone knows that.


NT

On 2006-07-29 10:33:25 +0100, said:

Andy Hall wrote:
On 2006-07-28 15:34:37 +0100, "Mary Fisher" said:
"Andy Hall" wrote in message ...

... My customers usually get a small price reduction.

That's daft. why not give them the lower price to start with?

It's called negotiation.

boost the buyers ego and you get a better price, everyone knows that.


NT

That's one thing, but another is that purchasing agents are often
measured/remunerated based on savings that they make for their
organisation.

"Grimly Curmudgeon" wrote in message
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Mary Fisher"
saying something like:

... My customers usually get a small price reduction.

That's daft. why not give them the lower price to start with?

Because a haggle leaves everybody happy? You've just said yourself you
like haggling.

I didn't. I suggested that what I did was back to haggling. I don't like
doing it and won't accept it when I'm selling.

I do like barter which doesn't include coinage.

Mary
--

Dave