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Message: <blockquote data-quote="brocknroller" data-source="post: 1535920" data-attributes="member: 665">Kevin,Are you saying what I think you're saying? That you can haggle over the store's list price on binoculars!??? As "Laugh-In"'s Artie Shaw used to say... "Vedy Interesdng".. but I forget the punchline. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Well, that is very good to know, particularly since I have champagne taste but a Coca Cola bank account.It reminds me of my experience with a used appliance dealer. When I was in college, I moved out of the dorms and I needed a washer and dryer set. I was looking at various brands in his warehouse and noticed that none of them had price tags. So I asked him what does this set cost? And he said: Wadda ya gibme? I didn't understand him so I asked again. He said again: Wadda ya gibme? I got the gibmes, so wadda ya gib me for that set?" True story. I didn't realize that I could dicker over prices with optics store salespeople like I could a used appliance dealer. I thought the prices were set in stone. But then again, they say the only two things in life that are non-negotiable are death and taxes, but not according to tax lawyer Ronnie Deutsch!I got to work on my haggling skills."Okay, this is my final offer on a Neu Neu EL - $1,300, take it or leave it."CLICK. "Ah, don't try to kid a kidder, you just made that clicking sound with your tongue..... ...... Hello?..... Hello?.... HELLO?"Brock</blockquote>

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