14 Jul
2005
14 Jul
'05
1:51 p.m.
Yep, one of my local recyclers is like that. I think
they assume that
anyone who appears to be knowledgeable about what they have is
immediately going to take their junk and make a fortune selling it. Tell
them that it's worthless in financial terms and they think you're lying;
tell them that you absolutely will not sell it on and they still think
you're lying. I haven't figured out a way of dealing with that class of
people yet :-(
Bring your SO along, pretend to spot the item and say "Oh look honey,
this is just like the <insert item here> we were using when we met". Then
have your SO say "Oh, we simply MUST buy it"
Then offer the guy 50% of what you really are willing to pay for it.
Watch the dollar signs roll in his eyes as you haggle your way up to the
amount you were willing to pay.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
14 Jul
14 Jul
2:13 p.m.
On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 13:51 -0400, chris wrote:
Heh :) That probably only works once for one item though - I'm not sure
of a good strategy for the situations where they get piles of retro
stuff every week given to them and they just scrap it for gold value.
Actually, my strategy so far's been to make sure people know of the
museum such that they'll approach me with offers of things first, which
does work to a certain extent - but the recyclers still get stuff in
Yep, one of my
local recyclers is like that. I think they assume that
anyone who appears to be knowledgeable about what they have is
immediately going to take their junk and make a fortune selling it. Tell
them that it's worthless in financial terms and they think you're lying;
tell them that you absolutely will not sell it on and they still think
you're lying. I haven't figured out a way of dealing with that class of
people yet :-(
Bring your SO along, pretend to spot the item and say "Oh look honey,
this is just like the <insert item here> we were using when we met". Then
have your SO say "Oh, we simply MUST buy it"
Then offer the guy 50% of what you really are willing to pay for it.
Watch the dollar signs roll in his eyes as you haggle your way up to the
amount you were willing to pay. from school clearouts, office storage etc.
cheers
J.
2:47 p.m.
On Thu, 14 Jul 2005, Jules Richardson wrote:
On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 13:51 -0400, chris wrote:
Heh :) That probably only works once for one item though - I'm not sure
of a good strategy for the situations where they get piles of retro
stuff every week given to them and they just scrap it for gold value.
Relationships sometimes take time to build. Once you gain their trust &
friendship then eventually they'll start to treat you nicely. If not,
move on as they don't deserve your loyalty.
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Yep, one
of my local recyclers is like that. I think they assume that
anyone who appears to be knowledgeable about what they have is
immediately going to take their junk and make a fortune selling it. Tell
them that it's worthless in financial terms and they think you're lying;
tell them that you absolutely will not sell it on and they still think
you're lying. I haven't figured out a way of dealing with that class of
people yet :-(
Bring your SO along, pretend to spot the item and say "Oh look honey,
this is just like the <insert item here> we were using when we met". Then
have your SO say "Oh, we simply MUST buy it"
Then offer the guy 50% of what you really are willing to pay for it.
Watch the dollar signs roll in his eyes as you haggle your way up to the
amount you were willing to pay. 
2:57 p.m.
And thusly Vintage Computer Festival spake:
Relationships sometimes take time to build. Once you gain their trust &
friendship then eventually they'll start to treat you nicely. If not,
move on as they don't deserve your loyalty.
But what about the stuff they have??
Cheers,
Bryan
5:46 p.m.
On Thu, 14 Jul 2005, Bryan Pope wrote:
And thusly Vintage Computer Festival spake:
Oh well. There are other recyclers out there. Or better yet, start your
own recycling operation.
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Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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Relationships sometimes take time to build. Once you gain their trust &
friendship then eventually they'll start to treat you nicely. If not,
move on as they don't deserve your loyalty.
But what about the stuff they have?? 
9:18 p.m.
On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 18:13:13 +0000
Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 13:51 -0400, chris wrote:
Heh :) That probably only works once for one item though - I'm not
sure of a good strategy for the situations where they get piles of
retro stuff every week given to them and they just scrap it for gold
value.
You revise the script slightly. She says 'that looks just like the big
pile of equipment in your apartment when we met. . .'
Yep, one
of my local recyclers is like that. I think they assume
that anyone who appears to be knowledgeable about what they have is
immediately going to take their junk and make a fortune selling it.
Tell them that it's worthless in financial terms and they think
you're lying; tell them that you absolutely will not sell it on and
they still think you're lying. I haven't figured out a way of
dealing with that class of people yet :-(
Bring your SO along, pretend to spot the item and say "Oh look
honey, this is just like the <insert item here> we were using when
we met". Then have your SO say "Oh, we simply MUST buy it"
Then offer the guy 50% of what you really are willing to pay for it.
Watch the dollar signs roll in his eyes as you haggle your way up to
the amount you were willing to pay.
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