The turmoil caused by a bookstore and customers' bidding has pushed free pricing to the forefront.
The "Prejudice Study Room," which advocates free bidding for second-hand books, recently encountered a female customer who claimed to be a primary school teacher and offered to buy 13 English books for 100 yuan, but she was dissatisfied and left after being rejected.
The shopkeeper uploaded the experience of being treated impolitely by the shop assistants to the Facebook page. As a result, it caused a lot of doubts. Some colleagues and writers used the incident to comment and pointed out that Hong Kong did not deserve free pricing. The shopkeeper explained that he had encountered large-scale book buying in the past. In the example of lowering prices, he would accept the bid depending on his personal background or the value of the book, and reiterated that he must also respect the willingness of the book publisher not to sell at a low price, and most customers are willing to accept the agreement of the two parties to bid.
Second-hand bookstores rented into Mong Kok shopping malls in accordance with the cost and customers negotiated bids
The second-hand bookstore "Prejudice Study", which advertises free bidding, rented a shop in TOP This is Our Place in Mong Kok mall in November last year and maintained the practice of free bidding for customers. The owner Fan Liji said that it involved transportation, relocation, rent, and clerk salaries. If the customer’s bid is too low, the clerk will suggest a slightly higher price than the customer’s price, and the two parties will negotiate a deal. Since the bookstore has been in operation for more than 10 months, most of the customers have readily accepted the practice, but after this incident Since then, he has posted a notice "Both parties are free to bid" in a prominent place to avoid further misunderstandings.
The incident occurred on the 30th of last month. The clerk Cat (pseudonym) recalled that during work that day, a female customer from Hong Kong and a South Korean boyfriend showed up to read a book in the evening. The female customer fancyed a number of English books and offered to pay 200 yuan. Purchased at an all-inclusive price, "there are as many as two stacks of books".
Cat then kindly reminded that due to the operating cost of the bookstore, it is recommended to bid about 30-50 yuan per book. After she reduces the number of books she likes, the price will be set. In the end, the other party reduced it to 13 books, and then proposed to buy it at 100 yuan, including multiple books. Famous books such as the Sherlock Holmes series, Alice in Wonderland, Freud's "Analysis of Dreams" and popular children's books such as "The Heroes of Olympus" and the "Captain Underpants" series. "Primary school teachers don't have money to buy" and can only offer the relevant price. Cat said that after consulting the shop owner, he thought that the price was too low, and said tactfully that he hoped that the other party would "offer the price and return the price."
However, the attitude of the female customer changed drastically. After putting down the book, she choked, "How about free pricing?" She soon took her Korean boyfriend and walked away.
The incident caused negative reviews on the Internet, the owner reiterated: Respect the wishes of the book publisher
After the incident, the owner, Fan Liji, was unwilling to accept the unreasonable treatment of female employees, so he posted the other party’s experience on the Facebook page to share.
Some regular customers and netizens agree with the bookstore’s practice. "A customer may really want to count", "You should not be a rogue when you are doing things, it is rude", "Free pricing, free bargaining", but there are also Internet users questioning the owner. Regarding the view of free pricing, "It turns out that free pricing has a lower price limit, so I have a long knowledge." "The meaning of free pricing by law means to accept any offer from customers... "This set has a good reserve price", "If you bid "free pricing", you will be a mosquito and a chicken, and you will bid for it."
Later, peers and opinion leaders published ridicules and commented on the incident. The incident was further cited as the opinion of publishers who harmed second-hand books with zero royalties, which caused heated discussions among academics and netizens for a while.
The owner Fan Liji said in an interview that anyone is welcome to comment on free pricing. However, as the person in charge of a second-hand bookstore, he has to accept the set price from customers and also take into account the feelings of the book publisher. "I have tried to retire." The professor released one or two hundred books in one breath, all of them are academic English books. I may not know it, but some people will think that the books are good, and they can be released at 20 or 30. The writer hopes that someone will cherish the will."
In the past, bookstores have accepted lower prices than this time, mainly depending on the customer’s background or the situation at the time. "If you are a student, or if the book is not pretty, we will accept it." He reiterated that every purchase The purchase price of second-hand books must be cheaper than other similar second-hand books, but the bookstore hopes to sell books at a more reasonable price to balance various factors, so as not to become a low-selling book, contrary to the original intention of cherishing books and promoting reading.
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