So nothing will grate on your nerves more than nickel and dime-ing when you are negotiating the biggest sale of your life! It may sound completely petty, but honestly, it gets to a person! So back and forth with the buyers of a whole….entire….house….finally ended satisfactorily today! Yea! But not before we agreed to giving up our refrigerator, washer\/dryer, playset, basketball rim, AND our living room TV armoire! So let me preface this by saying we both err on the side of generosity and maintaining good faith during negotiations.<\/p>\n

But there must be a limit. And yes, I found my true mojo…over the weekend…when selling furniture online via Facebook yard sale sites. Yes, yes I did! So I listed a chair – a beautiful, cream colored, plush glider used for the Littles’ baby room – probably paid over $200 new – beautiful condition – for $50 online.<\/p>\n

Potential buyer messaged – agreed to the price – then sent her “boyfriend” to pick it up. So he gets here, makes small talk, then decides to “negotiate” by offering us $40 instead of the $50 agreed upon. I know, I know…$10 difference. Not a big deal, right?<\/p>\n

Wrong! Somewhere something inside of me said – “I’m not negotiating ANY MORE!” I blurted out, “that’s a little ‘bait and switch’ isn’t it? After all, the price was agreed to online.” He says, “Yeah, but everything’s up for negotiation, right? And I’m here, and I have a truck. And….it’s only going in a sitting room in my house…won’t be used much.”<\/p>\n

AS IF what you arrived to load it in matters…AS IF where you are going to put it…or what you are going to do with it matters! The price is $50! Period!<\/p>\n

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So I look at Steve, and then looked back at “Frank” and said – \u00a0the price is $50. Handed back his $40 and walked away. For some stupid reason, it actually felt good watching him drive away without our little $50 chair. And yes, for the record, I did sell it later that day for the full $50 (which was still a steal)!<\/p>\n

And some little evil part of me hoped his girlfriend gave him hell…<\/p>\n

Sorry…I will pray for forgiveness for that tonite. Sweet dreams, everyone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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