Response : "Kutta kamina haramka......"
The authenticity of the message is still not known. The mail says its been sent from a blackberry or we do not know if its one of those geeks playing around with some pop mails. God knows whats the enmity between the 60 yr old man from whose id the mail seems to have been originated from and the actual person who sent it.
Thats the story from the rental side. Lets hear the selling side,
Person 1 : "My house nnnn in yyyzzz is ready for sale" something like that.
First response on this thread,
Person 2 :"Have you done any interior? How much are you quoting for this? If you can answer these two questions it would be nice."
Person 1 : "YES, Flat includes modular kitchen and modular ward robes (3 in no), have done customization and electrical fittings. Ready to move Flat, all these works costed me around 4 Lakhs Total price I am expecting is 70 L (including customization cost) + registration
If you don't require modular ward robes, we can take them out"
OK, this has justified his pricing enough. Now comes the actual drama -
Person 2 : "I think the running rate in yyy zzz is not more than 60 for a flat of that size. Any bargaining possible?"
Bargaining ?? Is that the term you use when you speak real estate and when you speak in lacs ? I thought bargaining or haggling applied to 'kathirikkai, vendai kai vyaparam' meaning eggplant and okra business.
And in a community there are always some silent observers whereas some are not -
Person 3 : "I know from a broker that a yyy zzz flat sold for 66 lakhs with out wood work or electrical fittings. 70 is fair price with wood work and electical fittings... any way good luck with bargaining.. . "
Now, we do not know if this person really heard it from a broker or if he is just trying to press the point that whatever Person 1 is quoting is right so he could do so too when it comes to selling his flat. And why the good luck, who is he trying to wish here ? Who is going lose and who's going to gain in this bargaining act ? And again bargaining strikes! Hmph!
Our man looks like being in a great hurry to get rid of the property and returns thus,
Person 1: "My quote is 66 L (including all deposits) with out customization cost. This is running price, no much bargaining pls"
This reminds of a famous Koundamani-Senthil comedy from movie "Ulathai allitha", where the said comedian or villian goes, "Tempo ellam vechu kadathirken pa, konjum pottu kudupa" meaning he kidnapped using a tempo so he's kind of trying to bargain for a higher price.
One must remember that all this so called 'bargaining' is happening in public i.e reply-all mode. Looks like the bargaining bit helped after all, that he came down to 66 from 70 in just 2 email exchanges. A funnier aspect of this whole conversation is, we do not know if the person selling the property is really aware of the fact that the person trying to bargain is only yet an other property owner in the same community and was only trying to ask the rates for GK purposes and is not really interested in buying. Or may be that person was gathering pointers to sell their own or just to check the extent of possible bargaining. Unlike yesterday's passive (shy) 30 year olds ( 3 year olds), these are the nosy citizens who cannot just ignore messages that are meant for prospective tenants and buyer and NOT for them. They just feel like the ice-breakers and have to have a say in every mail thread. I'm only reminded of those inquisitive 6 year olds in their 1st or 2nd grades. When the teacher asks the class a question, all of them go in chorus, "Me, me, me", "I know it, i know it" instead of quietly raising their hands and letting the teacher choose a pupil to answer.
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