make for terrible customers.
I get so tired of my "friends" trying to take money out of my pocket. I posted a nice revolver on Facebook yesterday and an hour later a buddy calls me from a business trip to shoot me a low-ball offer $200 below my asking price. Thanks buddy. I'll remember that the next time you hit me up for door prizes for your charity banquet or come to me asking you to sponsor your barbecue team (he's done both and I've ponied up). A couple of hours later I'm on the skeet field and another friend hits me up about the revolver. Can you do any better? Fair question and I'm willing to work with him a little bit but I won't forget that two months ago when he was in a bind and needed to sell a gun, I stepped up and paid top dollar.
A few months ago my next door neighbor came into my pawnshop looking for a horn for his kid's band class. I had one he liked and I said I could do a little better on the price. His response: "Don't do that. The price is fair. I want you to succeed." Now he's my neighbor, but not really somebody I would call a friend. But he gets it. My good buddies who always want the good buddy price? Not so much . . .