Book 10. (7 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 5 | 233 | Of View more quotes about course">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. |
| 5 | 238 | Suleiman studied the stones. |
| 5 | 239 | He knew his suggested price was too low. |
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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.
Suleiman studied the stones.
He knew his suggested price was too low.
- (Tribesmen of Gor)