Other way around, brain, please!

[thistlechaser]

My car is old, going on 15 years now, it's the oldest car in the company parking lot. I'd like a new one, but the idea of haggling makes me want to hide in bed with the covers pulled over my head.

In game, there was (finally) a blazing hippogryph for sale. You'll recall I lost snapping one up for one silver. (This screenshot still makes me wince.)


The one up on the AH was 114K, bid only, with no buyout price. But the seller was online! I chatted with her and asked her if she'd go down to 100K. She agreed. Why in the world can I haggle in game but not in RL?!

I have no idea what to do with the mount, other than I'm not flipping it. I think. I'd use it on my mount collector, though he's already using a rare-ish hippogryph (and I really hope to get the scroll of resurrection mount on him). I have two alts with boring OOC mounts (Clove and Reed both ride plain old wind riders), but I never do anything on Reed anymore and once Clove hits 85 he'll become a non-moving crafting mule, too.

In other news: I like ham. How is that news? I've hated ham my entire life, then I got some today because it was on sale and I wanted to give it a try again and it was all OMNOMNOM MORE NOW. (OKay, I had Subway ham now and then, but that doesn't taste like ham. This was off-the-bone hammy ham. And it was GOOD.)

Edit: Falling under a million gold makes me feel all PANIC. D: Stupid, stupid brain! That's still more than I'll ever need! Must work harder to make it back!

Comments

[teaandfailure.livejournal.com]

Your bank/insurance company might also have a service to haggle for you... I know USAA has a service that does it for me, and I plan to use it the next time I get a car. Elroy is nine years old, so I hope he lasts another five like your car!

[elo-sf.livejournal.com]

Yeah I was going to advocate using a buying service. For $100-300 they give you a lot of piece of mind and remove the hassle.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I had no idea they exited! Going to look into that, when the time comes.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I had no idea! I'll check into that, thanks!

Yeah, I've been really lucky with my car. Helps that I don't have to drive much. I've had my job about ten years now, our first building was 5 minutes from home, second building was 10, and the one we're currently in is about 15. So not much wear and tear!