Haggle

adam230881

I know this isn't common practice in our country but beleive me shops will haggle if you try them. Certain shops (like asda or tesco say) will just tell you to sod off of course but then other shops will cut a deal with you. We'll do it for an house or a car so why not smaller items like a fridge, tv, clothes, etc. It all adds up through the year.

Just because a shop asks for a certain price, it doesn't mean they won't take less. It might just be 5% off but as i always say "it's better of in my pocket than theirs". I always say go for 10% off but settle for what you get, i mean you was going to buy it anyway. Certain shops will cut a deal better than others of course but always worth a try. Take clothes shops for instance, they buy a load of stock and need to turn that into cash as soon as possible before they go out of fashion or the season changes and they have to flog it off cheaper anyway.

One easy way is to ask the shop assistant if they take credit cards (95% of the time they will), then tell them you want to pay cash will you knock off 10%. The shop will often agree (not always as much as 10%), as the shop doesn't need to pay the merchant charges of processing a credit card payment and of course they have the cash there and then. Waiting for payment from credit cards can often take a long time and the shop wants this money to buy more stock to make more sales. With the way the economy is affecting the retail sector at the minute, the shops are just happy to see some turnover and keep the business ticking over.

So remember "The price you see is not necessarily the price you pay".

Clive_Woody

It can cost businesses quite a lot to handle cash too (assuming it doesn't disappear into the owners pocket without the taxman finding out).

brightonman123

have haggled a litle, with electrical goods / multi purchases..

last big one i can remember was a mountain bike- shop wouldnt budge on main price ('some rubbish about 'supplier tracks sales, could restrict business if selling less than RRP, etc..)..

though a good mate who is a bike NUT, and goes there regularly chipped in and badgered them into giving a free D lock, lights, and 1/2 price helmet too!

olly300

Clive_Woody wrote: »

It can cost businesses quite a lot to handle cash too (assuming it doesn't disappear into the owners pocket without the taxman finding out).

You can haggle and pay on debit card as the transaction costs are normally fixed unlike with credit cards.