How to haggle!

empfun

My good haggle turned into me getting hustled. lol.

cougar_3

kriss_boy wrote:

See Im good at haggling depending on what shop it is. If its a guitar shop then I usually ask for discounts for cash.. then when they give me a good offer I pretend to mull it over.. then say.. ok Ill take it if you throw in a few sets of strings (worth a further £15)

Id never haggle in a shop like john lewis though.. I mean do the staff really know how to give discounts? I pose you have to approach the senior staff members.

Im earger to try out the tactic of saying Can I have that tv (worth 500 quid for example) for the price of that model (the cheaper £450 quid model for example). Ive heard thats a good way of getting stuff cheaper. But then again I shop online most of the time!

John Lewis is exactly the sort of place you should haggle. Their pirces are so high that the can afford to give some away.
They also do a price match so see if your online elctrical stores have a shop somewhere, then JL will match and give you a three year warranty.

angelatgraceland

Worth haggling in Currys Comet and PC World. My daughter got a halfprice laptop bag at pc world when she bought her laptop cos id haggled on the phone with them. I got £50 refund from Currys when I bought a new cooker cos when I looked close, the one I thought Id bought had a stayclean oven and the one delivered didnt! same model but manufacturer had made changes so I told them it was worth about £50 to me-wish Id said £80 now but Im not greedy. Then tey had to get rid of display model they realised.Young assistant saw duty managager-it :beer: took 4 staff to get to that stage but worth it.
As far as the young staff go-experience comes with time and only management are allowed to make such decisions in any store-its not age related-so always ask your manager or supervisor. Ive been in retail for 25 years and not a lot has changed in that respect. If you want to haggle-make sure you go at a quiet time-not lunch time-you will just agitate everybody-they will either be rushed or want their lunch. Start a friendly conversation first-it makes the atmosphere much more relaxed.

Sofa_Sogood

Try haggling with trades that are associated with the building trade. Like hire shops etc. But not those on main roads with loads of stock.

I only know it works because that's what I do, hire equipment out that would sometimes be stood against a wall, or on a shelf.

It does work (unless you go to the hire shops that are always featured on the telly - they can afford to say no ... so and so's ) And you'll recognise who I mean if you see their logos on every home improvement programme .....

But don't try it on a Monday or Friday ... that never works

Good luck

And fwiw, I'm not the best haggler in the world, but have succeeded in haggling. It's just supply and demand sometimes.

Sofa_Sogood

truscott_uk wrote:

John Lewis is exactly the sort of place you should haggle. Their pirces are so high that the can afford to give some away.

I'd agree. Same with Debenhams and similar shops.

But imo, it's always worth talking to a senior member of staff too. Not asking for them as such, just tracking them down - particularly in the furniture department.

They know what items are worth, unlike some of the younger staff, who are sometimes afraid to give discounts.

Haggling shouldn't be as alien as it seems imo. But it is.

Good luck to any future hagglers though

delluver

Read Martin's book for haggling tips

Sofa_Sogood

delluver wrote:

Read Martin's book for haggling tips

And that too

flyp

Martin has a book, Were can i purchase it? I am going to haggle for soem converses soon. I am going to lakeside and haggle like crazy. Going lakeside hopefully this month or next.

TotallyBroke

4 weeks ago my OH and I went engagement ring shopping. There was a sale on in this particular store and I chose a ring. I wanted to see it on with a wedding band so asked to try a particular style on. To cut a long story short we ended up buying the engagement ring, my wedding ring and leaving a deposit for OH's wedding ring. He needed a different size to what they had in stock. Now all three items were a sale price. My question is could I go in tomorrow to pick up OH's wedding band and ask for discount because we had bought 3 rings. Or has my haggling moment passed.

Thanks

Geddes

flyp wrote: »

Martin has a book, Were can i purchase it? I am going to haggle for soem converses soon. I am going to lakeside and haggle like crazy. Going lakeside hopefully this month or next.

I just purchased all 3 from amazon.co.uk it came to £15 for all 3 including delivery.