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xoxoxoBruce 07-30-2003 10:05 PM

Sorry to hear that Syc. I missed your post 2 days ago. My condolences to you and yours.:(

dave 07-31-2003 05:29 AM

That's right. The quote was actually from a story I was telling of my experiences at the DMV one day (where I saw a guy yelling at the man behind the counter - like <b>that</b> is going to get you what you want).

Anyway, yes, beds are expensive, but they only expect maybe 5% of the suckers to pay that price. <b>You can negotiate!</b> Just learn the art of the haggle and use it to your advantage. Here's how it went for my mattress:

"This mattress here, what can you do for me on a queen size? Surely you don't expect me to actually pay anywhere near $1,400."

"Well... I guess I could go as low as... let's see... *does some quick fake math on a piece of paper*... $900."

"$700 and I buy it now."

"Eight hundred."

"$725 and <b>I buy it now</b>."

"You drive a hard bargain. Alright."

That was it. Twenty five seconds of work and we got almost 50% off the sale price.

You can do it too! The key is confidence.

warch 07-31-2003 10:48 AM

Futon fun: Back when I was young and a single gal, I worked at a futon place. I had this cool Japanese style platform bed and futon. One romantic evening my new boyfriend at the time was staying over. As part of the goofy nervousness, he happily shouted "Yea! a waterbed!" followed by a long sprint and dramatic leap onto the structure. Crack. He really busted his back, and all but two of my maple slats. Kinda ruined the moment. I couldnt stop laughing.

xoxoxoBruce 08-01-2003 04:10 PM

That's really funny, Warch.:D

zippyt 08-02-2003 12:39 AM

CA King water bed with extra lumbar support ,, big ass bed !! but our 25lb boston can and does domminate the whole damn thing ,, we sleep on the side rails mostly . the little basterd :D

Undertoad 08-02-2003 07:32 AM

Hey Zip, another Boston owner! Righteous.

xoxoxoBruce 08-02-2003 09:41 AM

Zip owns Boston.
UT owns Philly.;)

Undertoad 08-02-2003 10:13 AM

Naw sport, YOU own Philly and have slowly been dribbling out pictures of it on the dodads thread. :)

zippyt 08-02-2003 03:30 PM

Bruce,
1) we own a Boston Terrier , we don't live in have never been to Boston ,,, I beleve the saying goes
"American by birth ,
Southern by the grace of GOD !!!"

2) UT is right , you have some of the coolest just stuff i have seen in a long time !!!!!


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