There
was some valuable information that was presented in our last class from the
lecture and from in class assignments. Some people are naturally able to negotiate
their way to get what they need or want in order to benefit. For example the
used car case study some were able to get all the money they needed from the
buyer without needing to go out of pocket. I was happy that I would bring my buyer up
$1,000 and gain the extra $100 that I would not have made with the dealership;
however; I am would have liked to break even with getting the whole amount of
$8,500 from the buyer. I know in this situation I didn’t do as well as I have
when selling my own items or even at work. When I am able to sell more of the
product and or for a higher price I know a lot more about it so I can educate
my buyer. I like to allow them to make the decision if the amount they want to
purchase. To me less is more. I have a cart full of items that are on sale or
even on clearance so many go and stock up and the price increase quickly, whereas
when a customer comes in for a big screen television they come in for that item
and that’s normally it. Say you are wanting some material cut and there is a
little bit remaining on the bolt. Some would just put the small amount back on
the shelf rather than having the customer purchase it. To me that is an easy negotiation
and it comes naturally to me along with asking if they needed any other items.
I am not pushing like the car salesmen. I know who my customers are and we have
an established relationship so they trust me in not ripping them off or giving
them bad advice. Even when I was involved in online sales there was a way to negotiate
the price or the quantity of what is to be purchased. I buy low and sell high
everyone does it like that, that’s how so many people make extra money or for
some to earn a living. When looking to purchase a home the buyers and sellers
come to the table with their agents and the seller can counter the offer in
order to get more of what they were looking to get for the property. A lot of the
time the sellers will pay more than the original offer since they want to sell.
Some of the people who price the homes are not sure as to what the listing
price should be so they need to lower the price in order to attract more home
buyers.
At
the completion of this course I hope that I will be able to persuade or negotiate
my Soldier that things can be worked out with us and that with this deployment
to Afghanistan and last years to Kuwait has helped us in so many ways. I need
to negotiate with him so many things besides the fact to move out to Colorado
which is where I will be moving not long after graduation this December. We
hurt so much and we can tell the other wants to make a move but at this point
we need to focus on us individually then as one again. I need for him to see
how much easier things will be now that both of us are not on active duty and
that more can get done and we can do so much more and have even more than in
the past. We can take a much needed vacation, we can buy a house to call our
home where we can raise our family.
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