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My only advice is hope that he does this when you get there...
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3n3LL338aGA
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Tips on haggling
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Is this a blatant troll, or do you simply not have a clue?
EDIT: Also, nothing wrong with going to the shop and trying to get a little more off.
Nothing wrong with me
You however seem to be suffering from high blood pressure or something. 
If I was the manager or owner of a store I wouldn't last two minutes in business.
The reason?
Hagglers.
As soon as somebody said, "What's your best price on that?" I'd explode with, "THE PRICE THAT'S CLEARLY ****ING MARKED ON THE ****ING THING YOU PENNYPINCHING, OUT-TO-TAKE-THE-****, ****!!!!!"
The reason?
Hagglers.
As soon as somebody said, "What's your best price on that?" I'd explode with, "THE PRICE THAT'S CLEARLY ****ING MARKED ON THE ****ING THING YOU PENNYPINCHING, OUT-TO-TAKE-THE-****, ****!!!!!"
theres such thing as good aids?
Thats what i was thinking
didnt know you could get aids with special abilitys You're right, you wouldn't.
OP - Go for it mate. Tip from me "What is your best price?" (dont say any figures) then see what he comes back with, then try to ask in a "jokey/friendly" way if he can go to X figure below what he's come back with, then iterate.
Thats what i was thinking
yep must be able to hehe so maybe u can get the type that goes away after 3 weeks.
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Working in retail i hate hagglers. I also hate the usualy cliché "well if you don't ask you don't get".
For a start as a normal salesperson you can't authorise it so you have to go ask management(if it is a chain). The way sales are these days it's hard to discount stuff further. Buy it or don't buy it.
For a start as a normal salesperson you can't authorise it so you have to go ask management(if it is a chain). The way sales are these days it's hard to discount stuff further. Buy it or don't buy it.
i haggle in takeaways for extras! couple more gerkins on me big mac! , few extra slices of pepperoni at dominoes, few extra peices of chicken in kfc! they love me for it! 
, few extra slices of pepperoni at dominoes, few extra peices of chicken in kfc! they love me for it! which would probably put you out of a job unless you just work on the till?
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I work in Sales and i get asked. There is one group of people that will always ask for a discount no matter what but generally most people just pay up the asking price. I never give any discount, in fact there is very little reason to unless we are struggling to do business which is very rare indeed.
Thats too bad for you. As has been stated many times, the listed price is an "invitation" to sell at a particular price. If I dont like it, what is wrong with asking? As for needing to ask a manager, that is part of the shop policy, which is part of you job.
I am sure management would rather a person asked for say 20 pounds discount, which sells the item, and makes say 100 profit (compared to 120), rather than the item not being sold at all, 0 profit.
Business is business. If the shop is so inflexible at their pricing, then that is fine, we'll shop somewhere more "open" to a friendly discussion. In this climate, it certainly is a buyers market. BTW, is your opinion also that of the management? I would hardly think so....
A lot of people confuse haggling with negotiation. Negotiation is an art and a skill - haggling is just a battle of wills.
Things not to do:
1. Don't start off asking for twice the discount that you want - anyone who thinks for two seconds will automatically think 'well he's probably looking to meet in the middle so he'll be happy with half that discount'. You should thus start at more than double the discount that you want - that way you should get a bit more
2. Move in smaller movements than the other person. If an item's £1000 and you've said £600 the person might come back and say £900. Do NOT go back with £700 - it clearly shows that all you're doing is assisting the move to the middle. Naturally people make smaller and smaller jumps as they get closer to what they're prepared to pay. Based on this if you go for say £660 it looks like your end-point is a lot closer to £600 than a thousand. Equally your next haggle after £660 should not be £720, it should be, for example, £705.
3. Use £5 and 50p's whilst haggling. If you say in your second or third offer 'I'll give you £705' it looks far more considered than 'I'll give you £710'. It looks like you're stretching a perhaps concerned to be able to afford it - it's a good trick.
4.don't talk much. You're asking for money off - usually there's not much reason except for 'it's too expensive', yet if you leave them to sweat they'll probably agree. Don't thus after the second offer say 'yes, but you see I was thinking less than that because I'm not really keen on spending that much do you think that maybe you could perhaps I don't know reduce the price a little more on this one occasion, because you know well it would be nice wouldn't it?'. Do say 'I can't stretch to that' and maintain eye contact (don't stare like a wierdo though). The person will squirm and knock some more off.
5. Be aware of the above and look for the other person doing it. If upon asking for some money off they immediately drop £100 don't just say 'oooh in that case I'll take it'! It's highly likely that they will drop more and, unless they know how it all works, they've probably already set in their head that they'd be willing to drop £200.
6. Don't be insulting with your offers.
7. Walk out occasionally. If you're not getting traction in a haggle explain that you think that X down the road should sell it cheaper and then WALK DOWN THERE. Down at that shop explain that the first has said they'd take some money off of it, but that your loyalty's to them. Don't say how much they said they'd take off just that they said they would. Don't worry if they don't come back with too much of an amazing deal - you're mainly looking for variation (ideally them to offer discount on something else or something else free). Pop back up to the first store again and say 'look, sorry for all this too-and throw - the second place offered me pretty much what you are, but they said they'd throw in X. Because I spent so long talking to you I thought I'd come back and see whether you were willing to throw in X as well, in which case I'll buy it straight away.
Things not to do:
1. Don't start off asking for twice the discount that you want - anyone who thinks for two seconds will automatically think 'well he's probably looking to meet in the middle so he'll be happy with half that discount'. You should thus start at more than double the discount that you want - that way you should get a bit more
2. Move in smaller movements than the other person. If an item's £1000 and you've said £600 the person might come back and say £900. Do NOT go back with £700 - it clearly shows that all you're doing is assisting the move to the middle. Naturally people make smaller and smaller jumps as they get closer to what they're prepared to pay. Based on this if you go for say £660 it looks like your end-point is a lot closer to £600 than a thousand. Equally your next haggle after £660 should not be £720, it should be, for example, £705.
3. Use £5 and 50p's whilst haggling. If you say in your second or third offer 'I'll give you £705' it looks far more considered than 'I'll give you £710'. It looks like you're stretching a perhaps concerned to be able to afford it - it's a good trick.
4.don't talk much. You're asking for money off - usually there's not much reason except for 'it's too expensive', yet if you leave them to sweat they'll probably agree. Don't thus after the second offer say 'yes, but you see I was thinking less than that because I'm not really keen on spending that much do you think that maybe you could perhaps I don't know reduce the price a little more on this one occasion, because you know well it would be nice wouldn't it?'. Do say 'I can't stretch to that' and maintain eye contact (don't stare like a wierdo though). The person will squirm and knock some more off.
5. Be aware of the above and look for the other person doing it. If upon asking for some money off they immediately drop £100 don't just say 'oooh in that case I'll take it'! It's highly likely that they will drop more and, unless they know how it all works, they've probably already set in their head that they'd be willing to drop £200.
6. Don't be insulting with your offers.
7. Walk out occasionally. If you're not getting traction in a haggle explain that you think that X down the road should sell it cheaper and then WALK DOWN THERE. Down at that shop explain that the first has said they'd take some money off of it, but that your loyalty's to them. Don't say how much they said they'd take off just that they said they would. Don't worry if they don't come back with too much of an amazing deal - you're mainly looking for variation (ideally them to offer discount on something else or something else free). Pop back up to the first store again and say 'look, sorry for all this too-and throw - the second place offered me pretty much what you are, but they said they'd throw in X. Because I spent so long talking to you I thought I'd come back and see whether you were willing to throw in X as well, in which case I'll buy it straight away.
Have you ever gone up to the till in Tesco and, once all your shopping is scanned through, started to haggle? There are some places you simply don't haggle in...
Not a troll, thank you, just don't see the point for something so little, why look like a **** for £20 and try and haggle down.
KaHn
