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Old 14-11-11, 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Ronald G. Stephenson View Post
Another perfect example of our separation in similar languages and usage. Cash buyer over here is a 'red flag' so to speak, and we are hesitant to deal with people like that. It comes with experience. The same could be said for the outrageous offers that come over the internet from Nigeria and such places. The tip-off is the, 'What is your best price' statement. We do not use that terminology. Our usual response is, "Is that the best you can do", and that seems to work every time. A 'cash buyer' in our instance would be someone who would hire an agent to search for a car, not some blatant advertisement with that language.
What you say, Mr. Stephenson, may well be true of your neighborhood in the USA, but in mine, "cash buyer" is NOT a red flag, and does not automatically scare off a seller from a transaction.

So far as "What is your best price?" question is concerned, that is commonplace around here as well, and does not immediately negate a deal.

Ours is huge country, with many different local peculiarities, both in manners and in speech, that I think it's probably better to not generalize on such topics.
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