Card Shows: Tech as a servant or master?

[Keith H. Thompson]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

Sure, except that you know there's somewhere between 10-20% off built into the sticker price of just about everything, but you have to ask for it, as in a simple, "what's the best you can do?" etc. On the flip side, dealers can respond to the refrain, "I can get this for so much at such and such," with "Why haven't you?" It's a bit of a dance, but like I said, we're not talking auto parts here, that's part of the fun.

and I should confess that I have used the expression: "how much would it cost me to own this card?"