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When shopping at a friends business you should rather pay more than expect a discount (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I think this is really situational. In a store, I'd say you should pay the list price, but it's more nuanced with other types of businesses. As an example, what if your friend is a contractor, but they're a bit more expensive than a competitor, and you need work done?

If you hire the competitor, it creates an awkward situation, but you don't want to pay more. The conversation can easily go:

"I need someone to do this job."
"I'm a contractor, I can do it."
"Money's a little tight right now, and you're a bit more expensive than your competitor."
"We're friends, I'll do it for their rate."

You haven't asked you friend to give a discount, nor did you ask them to do it for free. You both did each other a favor - you got the work done at the cheaper rate, and your friend got the business that might have gone to their competitor. If the friend doesn't want to give the discount, they have an easy out: "Oh, no problem! [Competitor] does good work." On a similar token, they don't feel like you went around them.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago

I think this is really situational. In a store, I'd say you should pay the list price, but it's more nuanced with other types of businesses.

Of course. If my friend is a hairdresser and makes my hair, he does not run the risk that I come back the next day and make a huge public drama because it all went bad.

So there is less risk for him. That makes it cheaper.

(I would make the drama at his home)