My business is Service Oriented. I offer a quality service at a fair price. If anyone try's to haggle me my response is " I'm not the cheapest in town nor do I want to be. I provide a top notch service for a fair price" if you want cheap then look elsewhere ". Before you say it. My business is booming and I don't ADVERTISE 95% of my business is from referrals. I find it insulting for some asshat to try and haggle my prices. And your analogy between services and products is weak at best. Even with your so called products "service" is part of the price. Ie. Cashiers, stickers, cooks,waitstaff. So you are also paying for service even if it's a one time purchase.
Originally Posted by Texasquest
So is mine. I also feel I provide a premium service compared to what many others provide. That being said, I don't get "insulted" when someone wants to bargain because I know full well many others in my industry only have that going for them, that being price. I kindly explain my advantages and why I feel they would be better served buying from me at my price. I do this almost daily. I used to get annoyed about it, but then I realize I could be digging ditches in Texas summers.
If no one else negotiated in my business, yeah, I might not take as kindly to people wanting to get a bargain. But my business is what it is, and bargaining happens. Same with here. It happens. Some people choose to attempt to negotiate a single session and a single fee. It works for some and others (as we can plainly see here) get a rep for being cheap with the ladies. You can have a bit more tact and still negotiate. Perfect case in point, the .6 BnG thread. Bottom line, that is a negotiation. Someone is offering up a price they are willing to pay and someone is willingly accepting.
Am I cheap for wanting to take advantage of a special by InfamousBJ? Call me what you will but she is still the best BJ (and one hell of a cool chick) I have ever had in this hobby.
Ask yourself this:
Is it bad form to negotiate an all nighter? How about a weekend (multi day) rate. What about an unposted rate?
Where you draw the line is up to you, but don't be naive enough to look down upon others for trying to stretch their hobby dollar.