The Great 'Shops You Can Haggle In' Hunt

redalfa147

Don't buy your Dell via their website as you can't haggle. Always ring them up. I knew the spec of the laptop I wanted and it cost £1060. The sales staff representative in India was very friendly and we laughed about a few things (a good tip when haggling is to get the sales staff happy and they are usually more likely to be nice to you!). I got him down to £1000.99p I said that was a real shame as I wanted to break the pschological £1000 barrier. He said he would look into it more. After a few minutes he came back and said the system would not allow him to bring the price down anymore so I said again that was a real shame. Eventually, he gave me a laptop bag, worth £40. So, in the end I saved almost 10%. If I had simply bought it from their website I wouldn't have saved any money and I wouldn't have had a laptop bag to keep it in!
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artcab

When looking for a better price try logging on to Haggle 4 me. This web site allows you to be a shopper or a haggler.

Want an item got what you think is the best price then put it up on Haggle 4 me and see if the hagglers can get it cheaperr for you. You pay a small percentage of what they save you.
Those of us who enjoy the challenge of finding everything cheaper this gives you a chance to get paid for looking for others.
Fancy the item yourself click on it pay the % at the end and find where it is cheapest.

Have a go at http://www.haggle4me.com/
Not much in there at the moment but dead simple to earn as much as you can haggle

Cylindus

I worked in Ernest Jones/ Leslie Davis (jewellers) and we could discount anything over £300 by up to 10%. If you don't ask you don't get.;)

patcat

Tried at Currys. They promise to Pricematch. Found what I wanted at £25 dearer than the best I found. They wouldn't even take a pound off. They said that they can only pricematch their own internet site or Dixons. So of course they lost a sale.

paddyrg

patcat wrote: »

Tried at Currys. They promise to Pricematch. Found what I wanted at £25 dearer than the best I found. They wouldn't even take a pound off. They said that they can only pricematch their own internet site or Dixons. So of course they lost a sale.

Hogwash! How can they pricematch only against their own company? That's not pricematching, more a cartel :-$

If the magic words 'Oh, I saw that for £x in Comet' don't work, just go to Comet ;-)

reddeb

Wanted new bed so phoned my local furniture store (Suite Dreams) and they quoted me £170 plus £10 delivery so I said "oh I've only got £160 until next months pay day, if you could do it for £160 and free delivery I could have it today", Needless to say 2 days later bed is in place, if you don't ask you don't get, even though my Husband cringes when I do it.

goon_2

I haggle loads, especially on big stuff for the house, and the magic phrase is "Is there any flexibility on the price?"

This works like a gem for several reasons:
1) Nobody wants to admit to being inflexible, so it encourages a positive answer!
2) It isn't as confrontational or personal as "Can you give me 20% off?"
3) Because it isn't confrontational, nobody is embarassed if they say no there's nothing they can do.
4) It leaves the amount in their hands - every sales person knows how much discount they can give. In the past I've got more than I would've asked for, and you don't put their back up by asking for an amount that's way beyond what they can give.

Past successes include £110 off my engagement ring (I asked so my finance didn't look tight - ha!), 10% off both mattresses for our new house, half price kitchen sink (when we asked for a discount they found an ex display one we could have).... etc etc

n3phi1im

Gettin_me_own_back wrote: »

MFI is always worth a try, should come out with at least free delivery and 5% off. This has been tried and tested by many a MSE user.

Is this even off their sale prices?

KnowRedPortLeft

Cylindus wrote: »

I worked in Ernest Jones/ Leslie Davis (jewellers) and we could discount anything over £300 by up to 10%. If you don't ask you don't get.;)

I asked for 20%, when I bought 2 items in E-J, and got a "manager's discount" which was 15% (which was ~£200)

Tiger_greeneyes

My best ever bargain was my engagement ring - we bought it through an ebay jeweller a few weeks ago. It was on as a 'best offer'. I offered just over half of the price it was advertised at and had an email back saying they couldn't sell below £X - so that's what I bought it for. I got a third off!!! He's really helpful and the ring is beautiful - I'm going back to him for my wedding ring