note: i exercised goodwill today.
how... you may ask?
simply put, i gave in to my soft spot for fellow "starving" students making their way in the world.
hahaha. okay. so that's probably being slightly melodramatic, but the events of today seemingly highlights one inherent weakness that i can't seem to escape.
my trip to china over the 2008 christmas break reminded me that i really have absolutely zero skills at bargaining. again today, i can say with all confidence that i just don't know how to negotiate! see, i've been trying to sell my piano over the past couple of weeks and after putting an ad up on gumtree, i had quite a few calls. a serious buyer came to see the piano today and after inspecting the piano, we talked price. oh boy was it a bad idea for me to be there alone. lol. people say that you've gotta know the lowest point that you're willing to go to right? check, i did. but as soon as they said that the guy (who was like 17? 18?) was paying for it himself and was a student and only had $X saved up to pay for it and that they just moved into a new house and really couldn't afford much more, i said... okay, no worries. i'll do it for $X+100, even though it was less than what i wanted for it.
*haiz.sigh*
so i know i did a good thing. the guy was clearly a musician (he plays guitar and is learning composition, hence the piano), and i'm pretty sure that it'd go to good use. and hey, at least i sold the thing right? but the principle of the matter is still there: i gave in WAY too early.
ah well, it's a lesson for next time right?
;)
til next time,
x pheebs.
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