I never have not bought a higher end gun that the price was not set to dicker on. Guns are like cars in the price s always had a little room to move. I also have a feeling GJW asked a little more tactfully about the price than he did here.
There is much truth in all three of your sentences. It is why on occasion I have made an offer to buy for less than what was asked. I have done so on planes, boats, sports cars,real estate and horses and if I offered I was prepared to write the check. I have never done so on shoes, nuts or bolts.
If the seller countered, I walked. I hold to the belief that fair is fair only when it is so for both parties.
There is however a huge difference between buying fair and dickering. And that is why I can accept GregSY feelings about selling to those who would nickel and dime a price to death.
We may well be saying the same thing about fair, but I do think that Greg has a valid point about dickering.
