Lowballing...
Man alive I wish I could have had a video of this situation. Before I went to Rome, we were talking about 'lowballing' in class. Lowballing was very interesting to me, because I didn't realize how easy it was until Rome. Here's the situation...
David, Trey and I are at the Vatican trying to decide if we want to take a tour or not. The tour costs vary...A LOT. When we were walking over there we met an Australian guy who was offering tours at 40 euros. We would have skipped the line, done the Sistene Chapel and gone all around the museum. Well, thats kinda pricey, so we all say no.
Well, we get inside the vatican and this guy comes RUNNING up to us and pulls the scarity tactic. He says..'hey if you guys want a tour, you've got a great one run over here by my friend Mike, he's even an American.' (Mike was from Ohio, not...me...:-/) He says that 'the Vatican will be closing soon, and that the group that the Mike had was leaving soon.' So we MUST HURRY OR DIE!!
I knew the vatican closed at 1:45 and it was only like...12:30. So I knew the game he was playing. I asked how much, he said 28 euros (good deal based off the 40 euro one earliar) Knowing we had a plethera of time, I told the seller that we would talk about it. While we were debating if thats a good idea to drop 28 euros on a tour, another guy came up to us offering the same tour for only 26 euros. Hmmmm....intriging, all the sudden I've got some leverage.
Well, then I start telling the second tour guide (we'll call him Maximus) that I knew the tour guide Mike,and that he was going to offer us the same tour for only 20 euros. Well David being totally out of it, said...
'Dude nah, he was going to do it for 28.'
I said, no no David, we were going to get it for 20! *nudge, nudge*.
Well Maximus totally got what I was trying to do and said 26 is the final offer. Ugh. Then, it was funny, David goes...oooohhhhhhh I get it. Funny moment in the lowballing life of me.
David, Trey and I are at the Vatican trying to decide if we want to take a tour or not. The tour costs vary...A LOT. When we were walking over there we met an Australian guy who was offering tours at 40 euros. We would have skipped the line, done the Sistene Chapel and gone all around the museum. Well, thats kinda pricey, so we all say no.
Well, we get inside the vatican and this guy comes RUNNING up to us and pulls the scarity tactic. He says..'hey if you guys want a tour, you've got a great one run over here by my friend Mike, he's even an American.' (Mike was from Ohio, not...me...:-/) He says that 'the Vatican will be closing soon, and that the group that the Mike had was leaving soon.' So we MUST HURRY OR DIE!!
I knew the vatican closed at 1:45 and it was only like...12:30. So I knew the game he was playing. I asked how much, he said 28 euros (good deal based off the 40 euro one earliar) Knowing we had a plethera of time, I told the seller that we would talk about it. While we were debating if thats a good idea to drop 28 euros on a tour, another guy came up to us offering the same tour for only 26 euros. Hmmmm....intriging, all the sudden I've got some leverage.
Well, then I start telling the second tour guide (we'll call him Maximus) that I knew the tour guide Mike,and that he was going to offer us the same tour for only 20 euros. Well David being totally out of it, said...
'Dude nah, he was going to do it for 28.'
I said, no no David, we were going to get it for 20! *nudge, nudge*.
Well Maximus totally got what I was trying to do and said 26 is the final offer. Ugh. Then, it was funny, David goes...oooohhhhhhh I get it. Funny moment in the lowballing life of me.
posted by Godfather | 8:18 AM
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