Well, I've embarked on some major decisions in the last couple of days. Within the period of the next few to six months, I'll be purchasing a new (to me) car and some sort of housing. To kick of 2006: The Year of the Buy, Mom and I went yesterday to visit some condos that I might be interested in.
I loved them. LOVED them. But of course, had to spend our time with the agent acting as though granite countertops were below my expectations and that I was generally dissatisfied with what I saw. And so, begin the games. When I asked about different options and upgrades, I got an incomplete answer about how I ask for what I want and they give me an offer. So I said, say if I just wanted upgraded cabinets? Or floors? Can't you just tell me what the difference would be? To which Jennifer, the snotty agent, replied, "Why wouldn't you want both?" As if adding on an additional 17K to get the complete upgrade was Monopoly money.
So I will be sitting back and biding my time for a bit while I figure out priorities and fun stuff like mortgages, escrow and association fees. Being a grownup sucks.
As a side note: isn't it interesting that the housing market and the car market require haggling, while nothing else in our normal lives do? I can't go to Target and ask if I buy two bottles of Pledge can I get the third free. Oddly enough, yesterday I was transported back to my time in the Philippines where I once haggled a pair of flip-flops for 25 cents.
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