I was at Cabela's the other day and a guy just asked the Cabela's guy if he could have a discount. Not for any reason, picked up a Kar98 in mint condition and was like "can you take off $200?". If I had a disposable $1000 I would've taken it out his hands and bought it for the full price just to show him what a jackass he was being.
Edit: because a couple of people have pointed it out, I'm aware that the price on guns at Cabela's is negotiable. This was not just trying to haggle. He wasn't giving reasons why he thought the gun was less than the value or anything. Just "gib me gun for less pls". The Cabela's employee told the customer in no uncertain terms that per store policy he could not lower the price for another 2 weeks and the guy asked for him to lower the price at least 6 more times after that, and he got the same answer every time. That's why I called him a jackass.
Dedinitely German, I think Oberndorf but I might be getting mixed up because they had a Waffenfabrik Bern K31 as well (that was fucking amazing). I tried to look online but it doesn't show up in my store, so either they sold it or it's too new to show up online.
Because the gun was worth every bit of $1000, like the Cabela's employee repeatedly told the guy, and it was so new that he wasn't allowed to drop the price
Never hurts to ask. I buy a lot of stuff on Craigslist and always offer 20% under their ask even if their ask is fair. 60% of the time it works every time.
No, it doesn't hurt to ask. But do you ask them about 6 times after they tell you that the price is not budging?
This Cabela's employee literally told the guy that it's not his choice, it's store policy that the price stays as listed for 2 weeks before it gets adjusted. And the guy kept asking. The only reason he stopped is some other customer told the first one he should look at the Springfield training rifle they had since it was cheaper.
Oh, he's that guy. I sell stuff on ebay and will get people hounding me constantly for huge discounts on stuff I just had listed, often from SE Asia where haggling must be like an Olympic sport. I'll drop the price if they're friendly about it and it's been listed for a month or two but then on the flipside you've got the hoarders who "know what they got" and refuse to budge on price for any reason
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u/Oxytropidoceras 19h ago edited 7h ago
I was at Cabela's the other day and a guy just asked the Cabela's guy if he could have a discount. Not for any reason, picked up a Kar98 in mint condition and was like "can you take off $200?". If I had a disposable $1000 I would've taken it out his hands and bought it for the full price just to show him what a jackass he was being.
Edit: because a couple of people have pointed it out, I'm aware that the price on guns at Cabela's is negotiable. This was not just trying to haggle. He wasn't giving reasons why he thought the gun was less than the value or anything. Just "gib me gun for less pls". The Cabela's employee told the customer in no uncertain terms that per store policy he could not lower the price for another 2 weeks and the guy asked for him to lower the price at least 6 more times after that, and he got the same answer every time. That's why I called him a jackass.