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the market price

posted 11 years ago by denham
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Nick and especially Pete seem to think there's something very wrong with Figlia paying Pete $2 after he'd paid Nick $6.50 per box. Is there? Nick got $6.50 because, as Figlia says, he got there first. And because he gave Figlia a hard time. If Pete had done something similar, he'd likely have gotten a better price. And he never even tried offering the apples to anyone else. Would Pete have been happier to get $1.50 provided Nick only got $1? It seems to me that on this particular point Figlia hasn't done anything wrong and Pete is just full of sour apples, I mean grapes.

"I beseech ye in the bowels of Christ, think that ye may be mistaken."

[–] Manton29 11 years ago

You're damn right, Denham. Pete needs to wake up and smell the price of coffee. Nobody hands it to ya, you gotta take it.

Time for a new signature, perhaps. Hmmmm...

[–] Mighty_Jack 9 years ago

You seem to be forgetting the fact that Figlia told Pete that he'd paid Nick $3/box, and based on that information Pete agreed to $2/box.