Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-11-24
SHOPPING.
"It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer; but
when heis gone his way, he boasteth.-Prover6s,

"It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer; but
when he is gone his way, he boasteth.
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Buying and selling have each its perils.
The seller is tempted to praise his goods.
"This is a very fine article. 1t was manufac.
tured especially to please old customers, and
I think it cannot fail to please you. And
this-it was bought at auction; hence, can
afford to sell it low; don't believe you can
find its equal in the market at the same price.
And this you shall have for dollar; it is
richly worth dollar and quarter; great
concessions have been made on this article.
Just look at the fneness of the texture and
see how beautifully it takes the light and
shade! It will make up splendidly. Only
one dollar yard. Since it is you, though l
can't afford it, will take off an eighth. No
lady can afford to be without one. You shall
have one very cheap"
So much for the salesman and if he can
not set off piece Of tow-cloth, so as to make
it appear as fine a piece of satin as ever
was manufactured; if he cannot turn every.
thing into good in the eye and estimation of
the buyer, he is said to want tact, and the es.
sential qualifications for successful mer-
chant. In plain English, if he cannot skill.
fully practice deception, and cheat the buyer
into the belief that he is not cheated, he will
never make good salesman, and is politely
informed that after the end Of the month his
services will not be wanted.
But now the text turns the table, and shows
off the buyer. "It is naught, it is naught,
saith the buyer" 81 can buy it cheaper else
where, besides want better article. This
may do, however, if-if you will say two dol.
lars? Suppose it did cost more, you can bet-
ter afford to take two than to keep it on your
shelf" @a
Next comes the scene at home. "See here,
what splendid piece of cloth I've bought!
Was it q bargain? At two dollars when it
cost two dollars and half? Isit not Frank
lin who says that penny saved is as good as
a penny earned? And here is dollar and
quarter saved A good bargain that" "But
when he has gone his way he boasteth."
Now the preacher will not put the buyer
and seller in the scale to det- mine whose sin
is the greatest, but he has word for you
jointly, and severally. To you both let him
say, you are pursuing course and forming a
character contemplate in the eyes of all hon.
orable men. .aagl
To the seller let me say: Never sell your
goods on sliding scale, between the lowest
figure you can afford and the highest you can
extort. Let your goods, like your works,
praise themselves, and give only such infor-
nation about them as your customers desire,
or ought to know. Let lone price" be your
rule.
And to the buyer: Never add injustice to
insult in cheapening goods, when dealing with
an honest man. If you like not his goods, or
his price, make room in bis store for some one
who will f; and never add your name to the
number Of persons who are too mean either
"to live or let live" And if you have made
good bargain" at the expense Of another,
60 beg his pardon, and equalize the scale of
justice, rather than 60 away and boast of it.
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