[Lucky9teen]

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Ok, here's a silly argument I am having with my spouse....I want to see what others would do.

The situation:

Your father or father-in-law has spent a lot of time and money to design and build a really nice (birch) entertainment center. Something that would probably cost $1k, if not more, in a furniture store. He no longer uses it and although he has tried to sell it, has not been able to, so it just sits in his house now, after 3-4 years. You would like to have it.

What is most acceptable if you wanted the unit?

A) Paying him the $300 he's asking for it, because he put a lot of time and money into it and you respect that (and him)

B) Refusing to pay any money, because he's family and family should just give you what's been sitting in their house that they can't get rid of, that they aren't using.

C) Other

[glock rocks]

^10?

[left that other site]

Good Morning!

[NEMDF]

Pay the $300. Or offer $250.

[RandallFlagg]

Being the curmudgeon that I am, I’d ask if he’d mind if I used it for a reloading bench.

[dayglored]

Offer the $300. Who knows, he may just say “Don’t worry about it” and give it to you, but if it’s worth $300 to you, you should be willing to pay it whether he’s family or not. Value is value.

[BitWielder1]

I'd pay $300 if I wanted it bad enough but I suspect it's a trick question somehow.

[BenLurkin]

A

[Ingtar]

C) “Compromise” Offer him $150 in front of my spouse after arranging before hand to either slip him the other $150 on the sly or allow him to keep trying to sell it for the right to match any offer. (The latter could be done in front of my spouse.)

[BenLurkin]

[SkyDancer]

I’d go with “A”

[camle]

A. offer him the money. he might not accept it, but then again even if he did you would still be fair.

[Bookwoman]

Offer him the $300 and if he doesn’t offer to give it to you for free, you’ll know he always liked your sibling better. (Just kidding.)

[latina4dubya]

i want to say, C. make him an offer... whatever you are willing to pay... if he accepts, make the exchange...

however, because he is family, go with A... offer to pay what he is asking... you do not want him to later feel ripped off every time he sees the furniture in your home... and who knows, maybe he will go with B...

[exit82]

Lucky, best thing to do is to tell you you really admire the piece, and would love to have it in your home.

At that point he will either say take it or I am asking $ 300 for it.

If he asks the $300 for it, tell him it is a bargain because it is so well made, so here’s $300.00.

Now, it is yours to do with as you wish, because you have paid a fair price for it.

And truth be told, the $300 is coming back to you for your anniversary, birthday or Christmas.

Everyone stays happy, and stays talking to each other over the Thanksgiving turkey.

[mylife]

Daymn Wigggga!

[frithguild]

Give him $1,000 and see what happens. It’s money in the bank.

[EQAndyBuzz]

The answer is A. However, that will never come to pass because here is how it plays out.

You think he should give it to you. Your wife agrees but as to not upset the family you offer $300. Father in law will take the money, preventing an argument, but mother in law will put the check into your wife’s pocketbook while she isn’t looking.

And there is your free birch entertainment center.

[Heartlander]

You could hint that it would make a nice Christmas gift. Just sayin’...

[llevrok]

have your husband’s brother build you your very own one so you can have the son of the birch, silly.

[verga]

Wait till he passes away and then sneak it out of the house while everyone else is at the funeral.