Bargaining with Joe
In March, we went with Joe1, Nicky and Richard to see Great Big Sea. Joe wound up with an extra ticket. As we were making our way to the extremely long line, a man approached us and asked if we had any tickets and how much we wanted for them. Joe asked for twenty. The man said he'd have to check with his wife.
He came back and offered fifteen. Joe could see the twenty in his hand. He replied that the face was twenty-five anyhow and that he really wanted twenty. The man, dropping his story about his wife having lost her ticket, said that would only leave him making five. Joe, knowing the scalper wasn't likely to ask face value insisted on twenty.
The scalper kept coming back with fifteen. Finally Joe said, "You don't get it. I want twenty. I'll eat this whole ticket before I give it to you for a penny less". The scalper looked him up and down once, shaking his head.
Joe got his twenty.
- Kristie's Renaissance Festival boss in 2001
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