Book 10. (1 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 5 | 234 | The trick, of View more quotes about course">course, was to make the asking price high enough to arrive at some reasonable exchange value later on, and, at the same time, not insult a man of Suleiman's position and intelligence. |
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Book 10. (7 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 5 | 231 | "A hundred weights of date bricks," I said. |
| 5 | 232 | "That is too high," he said. |
| 5 | 233 | Of course it was too high. |
| 5 | 234 | The trick, of course, was to make the asking price high enough to arrive at some reasonable exchange value later on, and, at the same time, not insult a man of Suleiman's position and intelligence. |
| 5 | 235 | To make the first price too high, as though I were dealing with a fool, might result in unfortunate consequences for myself, the least among which might have been immediate decapitation, supposing that Suleiman had had an excellent breakfast and a pleasant preceding night with his girls. |
| 5 | 236 | "Twenty weights of date bricks," he said. |
| 5 | 237 | "That is too low," I said. |
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"A hundred weights of date bricks," I said.
"That is too high," he said.
Of course it was too high.
The trick, of course, was to make the asking price high enough to arrive at some reasonable exchange value later on, and, at the same time, not insult a man of Suleiman's position and intelligence.
To make the first price too high, as though I were dealing with a fool, might result in unfortunate consequences for myself, the least among which might have been immediate decapitation, supposing that Suleiman had had an excellent breakfast and a pleasant preceding night with his girls.
"Twenty weights of date bricks," he said.
"That is too low," I said.
- (Tribesmen of Gor)