Reply to "Have you guys ever been to a train show and things got heated between a customer and a vendor?"

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Andy Hummell posted:
At last York, another table-holder kept coming to my table and trying to buy a postwar boxcar I had for a LOT less than I was asking. He tried three times with me, and once with my brother when I was away from the tables. I offered to lower my price some, but he wouldn't budge from his lowball offer and kept making lame statements as to why my price was "unreasonable."
I don't lose my cool in these situations, but he sure made me wish I had a hammer handy to make "adjustments" to the boxcar to make it worth the price he was offering... It was not even an expensive car - the "book" price was $40, my price was $25, and he wanted to pay $10.
Andy

I remember seeing a dealer at York about 15 years ago that did just that to some figures that a buyer made him a offer on. He only hurt himself by destroying them.

7/24/1612:27 AM

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