by Ice Cream Jonsey » Sat Feb 10, 2018 9:07 pm
It is important to me that you understand that I understand that the market cratered on old Infocom stuff. Of course it did. It is important, Flack, that you know that this is not about the fact that I'll probably be lucky to get half of what I paid for plastic in a cardboard box a few years ago.
There is also the aspect of something I don't have a catchy name for. It was something I noticed playing fantasy baseball and football and text baseball. It's "My Stuff Sucks, Your Stuff Rocks." I feel most people who are good at negotiations figured it out decades ago instead of just a decade ago for me.
When someone is trying to get one of your players, your player sucks and theirs are amazing. Whoa, your counter offer asks for Fred Shithead? Fred Shithead is AMAZING. Ha ha, no, I couldn't possibly give up Fred Shithead for this - who is he? Ted Williams?
Should you make an offer for one of their guys, well, Ted Williams is the best player in the league. You want to acquire him for Fred Shithead? It is to laugh!
"My Stuff Sucks, Your Stuff Rocks." Once you recognize something you can loathe it. The ebay guy giving me this helpful advice AS IF THERE'S A STOCK MARKET OF INFOCOM BOXES (which is another whole thing) is doing that, even though he did not sell me the game originally. We did figure out he lives in Ben's town, funnily enough.
The guy that bought my Donkey Kong cocktail went over it with a flashlight and pretended like he didn't want to buy it for a half hour. Then he immediately tried listing it on eBay for double what he paid me. "My Stuff Sucks, Your Stuff Rocks."
It is important to me that you understand that I understand that the market cratered on old Infocom stuff. [i]Of course it did.[/i] It is important, Flack, that you know that this is not about the fact that I'll probably be lucky to get half of what I paid for plastic in a cardboard box a few years ago.
There is also the aspect of something I don't have a catchy name for. It was something I noticed playing fantasy baseball and football and text baseball. It's "My Stuff Sucks, Your Stuff Rocks." I feel most people who are good at negotiations figured it out decades ago instead of just a decade ago for me.
When someone is trying to get one of your players, your player sucks and theirs are amazing. Whoa, your counter offer asks for Fred Shithead? Fred Shithead is AMAZING. Ha ha, no, I couldn't possibly give up Fred Shithead for this - who is he? Ted Williams?
Should you make an offer for one of [i]their[/i] guys, well, Ted Williams is the best player in the league. You want to acquire him for Fred Shithead? It is to laugh!
"My Stuff Sucks, Your Stuff Rocks." Once you recognize something you can loathe it. The ebay guy giving me this helpful advice AS IF THERE'S A STOCK MARKET OF INFOCOM BOXES (which is another whole thing) is doing that, even though he did not sell me the game originally. We did figure out he lives in Ben's town, funnily enough.
The guy that bought my Donkey Kong cocktail went over it with a flashlight and pretended like he didn't want to buy it for a half hour. Then he immediately tried listing it on eBay for double what he paid me. "My Stuff Sucks, Your Stuff Rocks."