Do you haggle ?

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Hi

I'm completing on a house this Friday (hopefully) and have to start from scratch furnishing it.. So I was thinking , if I'm going into a bedroom store and about to drop 2k on beds and bedroom furniture whats the chances of haggling on price ?

The same will be true when going to an electrical outlet and spending similar amounts in one go.

I guess its just a case of asking, the worst that can happen is they say no..

What are your haggling success stories for home items?

Thanks
 
You'll probably be told to bog-off. Haggling is all about leverage and bargaining position. If there is a chain and your seller pulls out from selling to you, the sellers up the chain are going to have to wait longer if they replaced their buyer (your seller). So you'll just annoy them / delay things.

If you have a decent reason to haggle (i.e. repairs necessary on the basis of a survey) then that's another matter.
 
Sorry Nitefly, I think you misread my post !

My question was not related to the house or its purchase more when I go to do a lot of shopping to furnish the house..
 
Just get trade accounts set up. Quite often places will give you one if you're doing a project like that.

But for normal furnishings? No, they get enough business to not care about your £2k most probably.
 
It's definitely worth haggling no matter where you are, just make sure you are talking to a decision maker. You could either try haggling the price down or get some freebies thrown in.
 
In normal shops I also ask Nectar/Oyster/Club/Student card but that's not really haggling.

Managed to get free belts and ties thrown in when I buy a suit. Knock a few quid off the price of a car etc. If you don't ask you don't get.
 
DBT85 said:
Just get trade accounts set up. Quite often places will give you one if you're doing a project like that.

But for normal furnishings? No, they get enough business to not care about your £2k most probably.
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Thanks , I'll report back if I have any luck..
 
Completely depends on the store. I've never not got a discount from places like Alan ward...you have to play the game though. You ask they go away...pretend to speak to manager...you go, I think you can do better than that...they go away come back and knock another 5% off.
 
It's worth asking. Couple of years ago me and my mate both wanted a new TV so went to the shop together and even though between us we were only spending £1300 they gave us £50 off each.

It depends who you speak to I guess. The other day I couldn't even get a price match because the other company didn't have a shop anywhere near Manchester.
 
Of course!

Bought a mattress in Archers about 6 weeks ago, was £450 and got it for £400. Also got the delivery for £15 instead of £30 and a £25 sheet for £20.
Had money off at Richer Sounds when buying two speakers and an amp, think I got around £60 off a £500 bill and free speaker wire.
At a mattress shop prior to Archers, I got £30 off them but decided against it.

Spent £2100 at Sofology, and didn't get a penny off but gave it a go.

Then again, I'm a car salesman so perhaps haggling comes more naturally to me?
 
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leoncuprar said:
I'm completing on a house this Friday (hopefully) and have to start from scratch furnishing it.. So I was thinking , if I'm going into a bedroom store and about to drop 2k on beds and bedroom furniture whats the chances of haggling on price ?
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The chances are good. There are big margins in the higher value products and retailers are keen to shift them. Like others have said, don't ask, don't get. However, there is an art to negotiation and you should be pleasant in the way you enquire about a discount rather than pushy. A bit of research on negotiation techniques won't hurt.
 
Unlikely.

Back when i used to work in Currys we'd get people in trying all sorts for discounts. Typically the only way you'll get any form of discounts is buying add-on stuff - i.e. premium HDMI cables, purchasing additional warranties etc. But that requires you to spend more on stuff that you don't actually want. Just to get the item you want slightly cheaper.
 
I always haggle, even when I go into Curry's I'll at least get an HDMI lead out of them. When I bought a Bosch washing machine around 2009 I haggled a kettle out of them. It's dead easy haggling in stores but not so good on eBay or Amazon.
 
I haggle all the time with antique dealers. It's not an exact science though, as some seem to expect it and probably have a higher starting price to compensate, while others detest it.
 
Depends, last caravan I bought I haggled an awning, extra gas bottle, loads of other bits and pieces, a 15 month warranty, service etc.
This place is a part of a small chain, and their other shop a few miles away would only offer me a tenner off a new battery...
 
Check Topcashback, Quidco etc. for discounts, recently saved mother-in-law a few hundred squids on just new bedroom furniture.
 
I find haggling for work purposes really easy (tax payer money, i find that an easy point of leverage over companies) but for personal purposes i just can't do it.

Worth doing if you feel you can do it though.
 
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