The shop owner kept his smile, repeating, "My small shop doesn’t have that much profit. If I discount each tile by fifteen yuan, I’m barely making anything. Don’t I deserve to earn a little? Otherwise, wouldn’t I be losing money?"
"You’re not earning? You must be making a ton!" Sister Zhou huffed and walked back, plopping down onto the sofa, "This is infuriating, not giving me any face at all!"
At that moment, Sister Fang had finished looking and came back to the sofa to discuss with everyone.
"I’ve looked too," Sister Fang whispered, "Overall, they’re pretty, but we don’t know about the quality. Plus, the price is a bit steep. I did the math, if it’s for our houses, covering the floors with these tiles would cost at least a hundred thousand. I think this price is a bit high. What do you guys think?"
"Too expensive," Sister Zhou grunted, "I’m not planning to buy at this price. I would if it were cheaper." Then she added quietly, "But these tiles are indeed pretty, sigh."
After checking out the tiles, Wen Ge and Brother Dao exchanged a glance. Wen Ge said, "I’ve looked too, the price is a bit high. Sister Zhou, are you seriously interested or just asking casually? If you really like them, we can discuss the price, if not, let’s check the next shop."
This was serious business. Everyone looked at each other, until Zhou Liyan said, "I’d like to, but as you saw, the boss wouldn’t budge on the price, just fifteen yuan less per tile, so stingy!"
Everyone looked at each other, knowing they often visited shops together to look at renovation materials and might even have signed a mutual agreement. Sister Fang immediately said, "Let’s go! We’re going to bargain!"
They all stood up and went straight to the owner.
Wang Hao and three others exchanged looks, relishing the drama and decided to follow!
"Boss," Sister Fang said, "You see we’re sincerely here. You have to give us a bigger discount, right? If one person buys it, there will be many more from our neighborhood coming to pick up goods. You won’t lose out, right?"
"I really don’t have that much profit," the shop owner desperately shook his head, "Look at the quality of our tiles, each and every one is good quality, genuine Italian brand. That’s guaranteed."
"Quality or not, if it’s not affordable, we can’t take it," Zhou Liyan grumbled, "How about this, for that warm yellow tile over there, the eighty-centimeter one, you’re asking 208 per piece, right? I’ll offer 160, how about that?"
"No way, absolutely not," the shop owner’s head shook like a drum, "Who bargains ? At 160 a piece, I’d be losing money!"
Others chimed in, "Boss, we’re already here, it’s not nice to do this!" "Exactly, what’s wrong with a little discount, right?" "Who doesn’t bargain when shopping? Besides, we’re buying in bulk, a bigger discount wouldn’t hurt you!"
"No, no," the shop owner was more adamant this time, "The lowest I can do is 190, not a penny less!"
One hundred ninety, such a firm price?
Sister Fang quietly persuaded Zhou Liyan, "Zhou Zhou, did you really one, or what? If not, let’s look elsewhere."
Zhou Liyan frustrated, said, "The thing is, the tile I saw is almost exactly what I envisioned. I feel quite fated with it, but the price is too high. Considering our area, even with the floor and fancy extras, it could easily end up over a hundred thousand. If we could save some money, it’d be tens of thousands, not a small sum at all."
Everyone around him showed helpless expressions.
The shop owner clearly realized Zhou Liyan genuinely liked the tile and smirked to himself smugly.
He had already made up his mind and had even done some research beforehand – these folks were homeowners from the Golden Stone Town Villa District!
What does that mean? Easy targets! Affluent folks!
Just that tile Zhou Zhou was looking at was marked up less than eighty! Once the price point was fixed, wouldn’t it be easy to make a profit from others later?
"You can look as much as you want at our tiles," the shop owner added fuel to the fire, "I dare to say that no one else can match the quality of my tiles. Look at this color, this brightness, all top-notch! Two hundred per tile, and I’m not deceiving you. You definitely won’t regret buying!"
Hearing this, Zhou Zhou hesitated even more, but still found it hard to part with the money.
No matter how wealthy, money doesn’t grow on trees, buying these at such a high price would definitely give me sleepless nights, right?
Then it was Wen Ge who spoke, "Boss, I brought these people here, you should give me some face, right? Your price really is a bit steep."
"One gets what one pays for," the shop owner shook his head, "I really can’t lower the price."
Seeing even his own face wasn’t respected, Wen Ge got really annoyed and turned to walk out, "Forget it, I’ll check other shops. This boss, doesn’t know how to do business at all."
"That’s right, that’s right," several others gestured to walk out too.
The shop owner, however, was totally confident, thinking, "Trying to scare me by pretending to leave? I’ve seen this trick too many times. I just hold the price firm, and you’ll still come back begging!"
"Okay then," the shop owner nodded, "everyone please feel free to check elsewhere and come back if you don’t find anything suitable, alright?"
Hearing this, they hesitated a bit more, not wanting to leave.
This shop owner is so blunt? Not even a symbolic concession?
"Zhou Zhou," Sister Fang hesitated, "shall we discuss it a bit more? I think 180 might be possible."
"Maybe... discuss it further?" Zhou Liyan was about to speak when Wang Hao, who had been standing by, finally couldn’t stand it anymore.
After all, they were neighbors, coming all this way, he had to help out instead of just watching, right?
"That thing," Wang Hao stepped forward and asked, "Boss, do you have any actual tiles that haven’t been mounted on the wall? I want to see the actual quality. I can’t tell from the ones mounted on the wall."
"Actual tiles? Yes!" The boss who initially thought Wang Hao was just watching the drama, hadn’t taken him seriously, quickly directed one of his workers, "Little Liu, go fetch a few_tiles for everyone to see!" He didn’t forget to boast proudly about his product, "With these tiles, you can rest assured, besides the price, you won’t find a single flaw!"