Me a cheapskate!!! I'm the opposite....... A spendthrift!! My wife moans at me for buying the most expensive available.
But this post raises a very interesting point about prices, that is how we impose our own budget or belief onto customers......... we think we can look at a potential customer and magically work out how much they are able to afford before they even speak a word.
So we walk into a home or office and think....... " these people are skint, no way will they want our premium gold service so I will just give the budget option"
It happens to me all the time, it happened last week. I went to a curtain sider company to get a new fitted cover for my trailer, the guy straight away looked at me in my scruffy clothes ( I had been cleaning out my unit so put on some old gear) and decided I was after a cheap job so pitched me a thin tarpeline cover with bungee ties at a low price.
But I had already decided I wanted a cover that would last and secure the trailer, price was not my major concern I wanted the best he could make.
I ended up spending double what he first quoted me.