Originally Posted by
Dan Druff
Not sure how old you are, but you're probably not too young if your dad is 89.
A lot of times there's a temptation to take advantage of older people, and you'll see shit like this happening. And when I say older people, I mean anyone over 60, not just people your dad's age (who REALLY get taken advantage of).
If you're over 60 yourself, the dude may have seen the whole scene there, thought, "LOL old people", and tried to fool you into thinking it was a reasonable price.
Businesses (especially commission-based ones) try to pull shenanigans on my parents sometimes, who are in their mid-70s, but my parents are as sharp as they always were, so they don't fall for anything.