there's friends and then there's friends, then there's kinfolks.

i've had friends offer me stuff above retail just to do me a favor. then, they'd put it on the open market if i refused. sometimes it was a favor, sometimes not so much.

kinfolks, well, there ain't much i can say about negotiating with them, other than to keep the knife sharp. maybe i've chosen the wrong kin, i don't know.