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Originally Posted by Tallenn
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When I am looking to buy stuff, I almost never bother with auctions where the seller doesn't post their prices up front. The reason is that I'm not one of those guys that likes to haggle. I prefer to just shop around until I find what I want at a price I feel is worth paying. Yes, it probably takes me longer to find what I want, but that's the way I shop. I almost always eventually find what I want for a price I think is fair.
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I don't know why some people choose not to post a price up front. My guess is that they ARE the kind of people that likes to haggle, and feels they can probably get a better price that way. Fact is,they probably can, but I also think they are missing a significant portion of the buying market by not posting prices, because people like me usually never even look twice if there's no advertised price.
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IMO it seems like you're the one missing out on market opportunities and not the other way around. Sometimes I list prices and sometimes I don't; either way I consider myself a haggler. Besides, there's always someone who will respond to a stated price by asking if I could go Xpp lower.
I guess the question becomes this: The Bazaar had nothing but fixed prices and virtually no haggling. Do/did you prefer that to EC Tunnel?