Maybe I'm alone here, but I dont understand people thinking they deserve something for free.I understand wanting to "feel" like you got a good deal (whether you did or didnt). I see no issues with asking a vendor or retailer to price match if you've seen the same product somewhere else for less money. But just asking for five dollars off just to feel like you "won" really bothers me. Had you in fact seen that same item cheaper somewhere else? It is not even possible for me to reasonably quantify that something is worth $50 but not $55. Really? Five dollars?
I despise having to negotiate price on anything. I know lots of people do it and maybe some vendors maybe even now expect it, but do you have to badmouth the guy for not wanting to whore out his products? If I see something I want to buy and have not price shopped, I will just buy it if it seems fair. If it seems high I'll pass. Im not gonna flame a guy on the classified board here if he wants $500 and wont take 475 for a particular firearm. Its his item, he can ask what he wishes, I will have to wait and see if someone else puts one up at lower price. I know you said you went and found it on his site for the five dollars less, but maybe he makes up the differece by charging extra shipping, or maybe he feels he needs to get that extra little bit at the gun show to justify the costs of the booth rental. Maybe next time he should price his wares five dollars higher so when you show up to randomly chisel his prices he can still pay for his gas to get home and you can feel good that you saved that five dollars to pay for that pack of Marlboros or whatever other five dollar a day habbit you have that you dont think twice about. Whatever the reason does he deserve a flame post over five bucks???????