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Back to the original proposition. This is a discontinued item, rare, or "hard to find" as the subject ot the thread indicates. I would assume this item isn't something that the buyer will find on the shelves in every other shop in town, on ebay or at the online discounters. <br /> <br />Kent, your impression of being grateful for the find is correct, in my opinion. You haven't been ripped off if you've found rare items and paid list price. Rare & hard to find items increase in value. It is only the concept of MSRP that keeps the costs of such items from rising in the shops. <br /> <br />As a buyer, I would recognize the fact that I was lucky to find the item. I don't haggle anywhere. If the price is too high for me, I may let the seller know and move on. Note, I said "too high for me." This doesn't mean he is asking too much, owes me a discount or should participate in "haggling." <br /> <br />As a seller of "discontinued items" (used & rare books) I won't haggle, though I have offered a discount to repeat buyers if there is some volume, but I don't generally entertain requests for discounts. Rare books may "gather dust" for years while the right buyer comes along, and unless a flood of the same edition comes on the market, it doesn't lose its value. No, I won't haggle over the price to sell it now and no, I wouldn't rather have $100 now than $200 in the future. I find such suggestions insulting. <br /> <br />I am patient and the right buyer for the book will come along eventually. If you have to haggle, then you aren't the right buyer & I wish you well in your search for discount rare items. <br /> <br />Wayne
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