My aunt's idea of bargaining...
May. 16th, 2013 11:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
icarusMy aunt bargains in reverse.
I offered to repair her gutted laptop and purchase it from her.
Me: "I can fix your old laptop, but I need to buy a disk with Windows 7. So fair market value, minus the cost of Win7."
My Aunt: "Oh, I'll just give it to you. I've already replaced it."
Me: "Don't be ridiculous."
My Aunt: "Well, then just give me twenty-five or fifty dollars."
Me: "It's a laptop."
Eventually she bargained me down to seventy-five. No, really. On a $300 laptop. I'm renegotiating the price considering I found my Win7 disc so now don't have to buy it.
I'm probably the only person who's had to raise their own rent.
I offered to repair her gutted laptop and purchase it from her.
Me: "I can fix your old laptop, but I need to buy a disk with Windows 7. So fair market value, minus the cost of Win7."
My Aunt: "Oh, I'll just give it to you. I've already replaced it."
Me: "Don't be ridiculous."
My Aunt: "Well, then just give me twenty-five or fifty dollars."
Me: "It's a laptop."
Eventually she bargained me down to seventy-five. No, really. On a $300 laptop. I'm renegotiating the price considering I found my Win7 disc so now don't have to buy it.
I'm probably the only person who's had to raise their own rent.
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Date: 2013-05-19 12:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-05-19 12:40 am (UTC)Ha! I even have a coupon for $0 off!