Dickering and Haggling

We dickered and haggled the vendor and me
The price I wanted to pay he could not see
Fifty US dollars is my final offer, I said.
I’ll keep it he replied; probably until he is dead.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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HAYNES Avatar
April 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Enjoyed I've never been good at haggling over prices
Krutsinger Avatar
April 6, 2025 at 8:59 AM
I do not even try
Bauer Avatar
April 5, 2025 at 11:52 AM
ha! hope you didn't cut off your nose to spite your face, as the saying goes, caren! i guess it depends on how badly you wanted it...
Krutsinger Avatar
April 6, 2025 at 8:59 AM
total fiction - I never haggle
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