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Have you ever heard someone saying…
“Hey…I support you…I buy this from you…you give me best best price lah!”
Your friend is selling computer, doing it as a business to support his family and life. You plan to buy a computer, so you thought of him and want to “support” him.
You went to his shop, said “hey friend, I want to buy a computer for my kid, you give me best price then I support you and buy from you lah!”
THINK AGAIN!
Are you really supporting your so called FRIEND? Or are you trying to TAKE ADVANTAGE from your friend?
Your friend is making living from selling computer, and yet you are trying to squezze him and ask him to give you the lowest possible price and to SUPPORT YOU! So this is the friendship you are talking about…
A true friend won’t mind paying more to support the business of another friend, that is what I think is the true support. So next time if you want to buy something at the lowest price from your friend, don’t use the word “Support him” again instead of “Support ME!”.
Yes, Support Each Other… Loh.. i think buying from friend is something like FEI SHUI BU LIU WAI REN TIAN! Better let friend earn rather than others… Friend would also recommend the best lah!
Hi Danny,
Most friends would say…
“XYZ shop offer me RM1050, I want to give you business…you sell to me at RM1000 lah!”
This is so called “I want to support you…”.
mmm.. when it comes to money.. as human natural behaviour, very little friend will be real friend..
and I have experienced being con when i ‘support them’ by buying from those ”friend..ss”
so.. whats fairness..? normally i just treat them as.. sigh.. there goes another un-expected charity..
and dont hope they will be entertain again.. hehe
friendship = benefits to both parties
Heh heh. I understand your feeling. M’sian being M’sian, we always want to get “best” price, and just couldn’t careless about the seller. many don’t appreciate to service them, we need to make some profit, otherwise, hv to “close shop” in no time. We also don’t value “service/advice”, we just want CHEAP CHEAP. so many ask ask check check, then go buy from someone who sells a little “cheaper”
I think sometimes it is difficult to do biz with friends, or even worse with relatives. Not only on the issue of price, but in my experience friends/relatives can really take advantage of you (with regards to exchange/return/refund) 🙁
so “support” means buy at a reasonable price lah, esp when ur friend is new in biz, his discount from supplier would also be limited lah.
just my 2 cents.
this happens every where and all the time!!!
i had those big bunch of f***kers out there. WTF ..they even ask for BELOW COST PRICE~! WTF is below cost price??? means that I need to pay for these JERK friends?
NO WAY~! i gonna spit the FACT right into their face to show them their shame and their stupidity in real life with their F***kIng Bachelor Degree of Foolishness go to trash.
Yeah… i guess those S HOLES did said this as well -“… I will bring more f****kers to you when you can offer me that illogical bargain of rock bottom price(hell price)…”
Guess those S holes really wanted to make you bankrupt when had plan to do such things.
*Therefore, I had ordered a Tamron 17-50 VC & Nikon pro UV filter from my friend without asking any discount and let them earn.
Thing goes around and comes around.
We let people earn, people let us earn. So we both earn n learn.
well, am in retail line as well. So, i understand.
those f***kers were definitely not from retail line and they are not running any business. if they did, they were those china apek one.
things can b free if those were food & beverage industry where portion can be generous … but selling items are different.
It was real disappointment when comes to those dudes with high academic qualification but ……with low common sense.
Koh,
I bet you get a lot of this kind of “discount” remarks all the times, including me :p
What you said is true. so, that means I shouldn’t ask for discount even for church use….
I will fully support you by buying all photographic equipment from you. Hope you business will bless more people and spread the gospel.
Hi Michael,
For church use, I am truly fine in giving out as much discount as possible.
Not talking about my business here, but I think our churches should support brothers and sisters who are in business, not necessary buy from the cheapest.
I have a brother in Christ that was doing computer business, competition was too fierce and he has closed the business few years ago. I regret asking much discount from him when I bought my computer from him (when I was still “young”), now that I have my own business only I can understand the competition and the true meaning of “SUPPORTING” brothers/friends.