Asking price is not what the seller is willing to take.
You aren't speaking for me when you say that. To me the price is the price. If I'm not going to mean what I say, I'm not going to say it! I don't expect to be haggled, and I don't haggle with anybody else!
I am of the same mind as you, Jeff. I do not like to haggle, or to be haggled. I will take it or leave it at the price quoted. And nothing irks me more then to have somebody's first question to be, "Will you take less for it?" Especially when they have even yet to inspect what I am selling.
But that seems to be primarily an American trait. My brother hosted a German student. She just could not understand why we Americans would so willing pay the asking price. My brother was constantly getting chastised by her. With her all prices were negotiable. It is a way of life with her. For me, it is demeaning for both me and the seller to ask for a lower price.
$33,000 for a 100 HP 150? My opinion?
