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hammodt

I was after a robotic vacuum cleaner, but didn't really fancy paying the £200 price tag.

I told the B+Q staff member that I'd cycled several miles to get to the store, which was true!

I haggled with him for a while, and pointed out that the item was an end of line, and already on managers special, so they should be keen to clear it.

I then pointed out I was a poor student (hence I'd cycled!) and could do with a discount.

The man seemed amused by my haggling antics, and the various reasons I'd given for why he should reduce the price!

I then told him it was my birthday. After all the other tactics I'd used, I don't think he actually believed it was my birthday - quite understandably! I whipped out my ID card and proved it was my birthday. 30 seconds later, the embarassed and shocked assistant had given me the £200 vacuum cleaner for £20!!!

UltraCheap_2

I would like to haggle the price of an item at John Lewis. The same item is being sold online at Boots for 25% off. I have printed out a copy of the website advertising 25% off of the item and I plan on taking this in to John Lewis to see if I can use it to encourage them to also reduce their stock by 25%. I realise that they don't price match online stock, but perhaps they are hungry enough for business considering that their sales have dropped by 13%?

Any recommendations on how I can pull this off?

Many thanks!

sweetstudent

I may be wrong here, but i believe that John Lewis does not price match internet prices

UltraCheap_2

sweetstudent wrote: »

I may be wrong here, but i believe that John Lewis does not price match internet prices

It's true, they don't which is a shame. I am not asking them to price match using their "never knowingly undersold" scheme, but rather offering to take my business to them instead of the competition. I would rather purchase the item at John Lewis because I like the company and I like the fact that they stand behind the products they sell (excellent returns policy if something goes wrong).

Miles16v

neilpost wrote: »

Wouldn't bother with Comet - they are a bunch of t055er5.

Their Coventry (Gallagher) branch refused to price match me against Dixon's for a microwave that was £19 cheaper than their crappy VAT free offer, as they said Dixons was an on-line retailer without shops and was nothing to do with DRG PLC who own Curry's, Currys.Digital (ex Dixon's stores), and Pixmania UK amongst other British brands.

So I just bought it from Dixon's anyway, but thanks to Comet's stonewalling I couldn't do until the next day, when €overnight I get a further 10% off mailling from Dixon's

:beer:

Cheers Comet !!

I bought a new LCD at Richer Sounds on boxing day (where they will do a deal if they can - offered to throw in a stand or do a half price wall bracket on certain models), then went away to ponder where in my front room it would go.

We decided what type of stand we wanted so went to get it and this happened:

Richer Sounds - £100, but will do it for £80, but out of stock.
Dixons - £150, but will do it half price if I buy a TV, but nothing else.
Panasonic / Sony Centre's - £150 upwards.
Comet - £85, but got them to do it for £70, just gave them a 'its £60 in Richer Sounds but they're out of stock'.

The stand in all 4 of these shops was, as far as I could tell, identical.

we_are_always_skint

does anyone have any advice for me, im not very good at haggling

i want to buy a pink laptop for my dd in the next week or so and pc world only have the refurbished ones left which is totally fine by me as you still get the warranty etc, but what isn't fine is that the price is £250 and my friend bought the exact same one brand new last january for £200 on promotion, i phoned them and he said there is no way they will budge on the price so i just said ok i will look elsewhere and that was that. i would ideally like to get her the pcworld one but i know its not worth being ripped off for

any advice or shall i just leave it?

wattapain

Hi, I love the thought of haggling and am amazed at the super results you guys have achieved.
But I've never had the 'cheek' to try.
But I really would like to. I am just about to book a holiday villa for a hol in Sept with ownersdirect.com.
I spoke to the owner yesterday, confirming availability etc, but as we are going to book it for 2 weeks, do you thinl it's likely she might give us a discount for the 2nd week?

Miles16v

Maybe, maybe not. Just try.

It will probably depend on whether they know they'll be able to get someone else in if they dont take your offer.

If you say 'will you do me a discount for the second week?', its easy for them to just say 'no', because they know your already interested.

But dont leave it there! You need to be prepared to come straight back with a 'would you do it for £x (pick a price you think reasonable, dont take the mick, but if your paying, say £500 a week, I think its very reasonable to offer £850/£900 for 2 weeks etc).

Be nice about it and you've got nothing to lose.

Cameron

But!

From the video –Suzi Becker says “£69 quids worth of stuff for £47 pound – I call that a bargain”. I disagree, its only a bargain if :-
it’s the one you wanted!
you use it!
and you needed it!

Now sadly my negotiation skills are not my strong point, however thanks to Suzi and Martin, I WILL BE PRACTISING!

Right here we go, a plasma screen......

it’s the one you wanted! – YES SONY WOOPER DOOPER 84”
will you use it! – YES TO WATCH MATIN LEWIS
and you needed it! – yyyyyyy......NO! – I've got a TV.

Darn!!!!!! But a real bargain!

jgriggle

When I worked for Richer Sounds, two guys came in to the shop and asked me if I could do a deal if they both purchased together. They both wanted the works - a plasma TV each, full surround systems etc. I'd never encountered this before but remember thinking at the time what a great idea it was. Because their total spend was well over £3000, I gave them a pretty good discount as it all went through as one sale (much better than if they'd come in at separate times, spending £1500 each). So if you're thinking of a purchase, ask around friends and family to see if anyone else is after similar stuff, then go together as you're far more likely to get discount for bulk buying.