They wouldn't offer me a "regular customer" discount

[struggle4progress]

when I went downtown today to pay my property taxes



You just can't reason with some people

[guillaumeb]

1. Recommended.

Do not worry. If the GOP tax plan is passed, fewer people will own property and fewer will pay the taxes.

[GoneOffShore]

2. Bastards.

[Marie Marie]

3. Obviously, they don't value you as a customer.

I would take my business elsewhere.

[struggle4progress]

4. I knew somebody here would find a solution to this!

[Marie Marie]

5. You're welcome.

[rurallib]

11. The Russians must be able to start collecting taxes by now

they've been running our gummint for a year.

Betchya Vlad Putin gives discounts!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

6. Some companies will give a discount

to new customers. You might want to see if there's another property tax company there, or (and this is fiendishly clever if I do say so myself) sell your property, then buy it back after a month (I'm sure you'll have no trouble finding someone to aid and abet you here) and then go downtown as a brand new customer and ask for the discount.

Let me know if either of these works.

[struggle4progress]

8. If the new customer thingy don't work, maybe I should see if they offer Senior Tuesdays

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

12. Yes! As a fellow senior I'm thinking that could work.

Round up other seniors, the crabbier the better. Make sure a few of them use walkers or canes. Just occupy the offices of the tax company for a few hours, complaining and making comments on everybody and everything you see there, and generally doing all of the things we seniors do so well. I bet it won't take too long for them to understand the reasonableness of your position.

[Historic NY]

7. You should get 2 % for cash....

my uncle was in the oil business (heating) he would give cash payers the discount.

[Shrike47]

9. In my city/county, you get a small discount for paying all at once rather than payments.

[struggle4progress]

10. I paid all at once, and I didn't even get a complimentary beverage