Is Asking For A Discount Appropriate?

I was hanging out alongside some of my spot this weekend equally good as an interesting frustrating word came upwardly close the appropriateness of squall for for a discount from beau Christians.

The intelligence started because of this floor:

A hard-working painter (Joe) we all knew from church went over to give an estimate to another church edifice-member (Mike). Joe goes in looks at all of Mike’s rooms, and measures, calculates, etc – whatever needs to be done to give an estimate. Joe then gives Mike his estimate of what he thinks it will cost to do the job. Mike then asks, “What’s my ‘Brother Discount’?” as if to suggest that he should get an even cheaper price than what Joe just told him – because he is a beau Christian.

When I heard this even I forthwith had a couplet thoughts…

• How does Mike know that Joe didn’t already discount the terms?


• If Mike tin’t afford to pay what Joe is charging, I think Joe belike would have got got preferred that he (A) kindly explain that or (B) but non make concern amongst him, rather than handle upwardly manipulated into offering a lower toll.

The residuum

As I am writing this, I am thinking most the difficulty of maintaining a proper residual amongst this. Everyone needs to larn paid, equally good as everyone wants a deal. I like getting a care every chip much as the adjacent guy, but I also similar approval those who aid me. So, if at all possible, I would rather give Joe MORE than what he was charging me, rather than trying to acquire him to discount the cost. I know that isn’t e'er possible, but I intend if we all did this the public would alive on a amend identify.

Receiving vs. Taking

You know, I intend it comes downwards to the departure betwixt receiving equally well as taking. I am convinced that God’s blessings terminate sack’t concord out gotten by us TAKING them past our ain initiatory, but rather they should hold up RECEIVED when they appear.

John answered together with said, “Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 human tin have got naught unless it has been given him from sky.” John iii:27

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 gift give notice give the sack entirely last received if it is given. If it is taken, together with too then it actually isn’t a gift inwards the offset seat. For case, if a little fry takes a $xx nib out of his begetter’s wallet, it is a much dissimilar thing than if the father gave the child a $xx gift – or l-l the same $xx invoice for that affair. Because the kid took the $twenty, he also stole his begetter’second might to give it to him too lost the chance for it to live on on received.

Also, from my feel it is a lot to a greater extent than fun to exist given something, rather than taking reward of someone to get it.

Back to discounts

So as I think about all this, I don’t think I would have asked Joe for a “deserved” discount that Mike did. And I am realizing that what irks me about what Mike did was that he expected it, I think if he had asked if there was a discount for church building members, I would sense a piddling meliorate good-nigh it.

Thinking about myself, I didn’t have any problem negotiating prices with our home builders – for some reason that seems different – or am I being hypocritical? Is it the divergence betwixt lilliputian line in addition to big occupation organisation? Or boyfriend Christians together with everyone else? Or is it simply the fact that Mike seemed to think that he deserved something extra?

What make you lot retrieve?

I experience similar this has been a mish-crush of wandering thoughts, but I’d similar to take away heed your wandering thoughts! Can you lot relate amongst Joe (or Mike)? Is it only a affair of an entitlement mentality versus kindly asking?

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