I don’t fully agree with that take. Begging is one thing, but when a man gives his word, that word still matters. At the end of the day, a man really only has his character and his word. Everything else is secondary.
In many cultures, and especially in Turkish culture, there’s a saying: “Söz namustur” which means your word is your honor. Breaking it isn’t just a bad look, it actually says something about who you are. Maybe that mindset doesn’t always carry the same weight in modern Western business culture, but elsewhere it absolutely does.
For me personally, I don’t need a discount. I’m fine paying good money for good quality. That said, Lob himself mentioned a sale coming in January or February, so people asking about it aren’t exactly out of line. At the end of the day, this is just my personal view. Everyone’s different, and Lob can run his business however he wants. But when words matter, people notice. And when they don’t, people notice that too.