January 28, 2010

Jahn question for you

Lets say you are selling your car and you have two offers:

  • Sign man offer $675 and will take car as is
  • I show up with $800 but tell you I would have to invest $400 of it back into the car so you would net 400

1) What offer would you accept?

2) Would you consider my offer to be $800 or $400?

3 comments:

Jahn said...

Imagine being the disenfranchised local businessman (and abutter?) who bid $50,000 for the Pharmasphere site only to lose it another bidder who ponied up how much???

$100???

His response to yur question would be however pays the least amt of money to city will be the awardee.

I have heard of the same thing going down in the office of Neighrborhood services with residential RFP's. Favored players winning bids by paying lesser money. Bass-Ackwards

JSF said...

If I'm a car salesman, working on commission, and commission is based on the selling price, I'm selling it for $800. The $400 of investments is someone else's problem.

Bill Randell said...

JSF

If you were working for a car dealership they would base your commission on $400 since that is what the dealership received, not 800.

Bill