Arfan Chaudhry

So I listed something up for sale, and the first email I get.

” I know it is bad economy and very hard to survive, how much you will sell for your best price.”

Guess what I listed up it was a 3G Iphone with a price saying FIRM. Now I understand the economy is doing bad but is it my fault? Like seriously if the economy is doing so bad why are you even purchasing an Iphone? Why don’t you just purchase a nice cheap phone because the economy is doing bad and you can’t afford? If you can afford an Iphone during this time then I don’t think you should be complaining about bad economy at all.

Then I started talking to my friend who sells on eBay a power seller status he sells cell phones and accessories as well. He told me he gets dozens of emails daily with the same excuse over and over again “bad economy” please give us discount. He’s telling me the economy doing bad our sales are doing bad, and customers are asking for discount on already reduce product prices, with high eBay Fees, like what can we do. He said three quarters of the products that clients asked for discount because of bad economy was high end products, which does not make sense if economy is doing so bad for you guys why buy a high end product that you don’t need.

I understand if you are bargaining over life necessities such as food, shelter, etc. and trying to get a good price because you can’t afford because of the bad economy. But I can’t understand why you would say “bad economy” for a product that you want and not need. Especially High end products like Cell phones.

I guess it’s the new bargaining technique people learned to use the word “Bad Economy” to get a discount. Just the way people used and abused the phrase” give me discount and I will bring many more friends” which never ever happens.