Dont get done....(Haggling)

emmy05

get dom!

who watches it? im really interested in doing some haggling, as hes got ppl trying to do. i do notice tho thats its the smaller retailer rather than the high street dealers he goes for, but i could do with having a go at this for baby items of the bigger kind lol, anyone ever haggled a price down in the shops?

Belnahua

I've got the price knocked down in garages by offering cash, instead of credit card.

Dom is good though isn't he?

Tigsteroonie

I've wondered about this prog ... he gets them to haggle in the smaller shops, where the profit margin is actually the owner's income; and also, couldn't they probably get a lower price in the chain-shops anyway?

Nutty_Tart

I've done this in currys on a fridge/freezer (had a slight dent in the side which would be up by the wall anyway!) and my telly. In comet on my washing machine & cooker. At the market for DS echo trackie etc etc. I do it all the time - how cheeky do you want to be? The worst that can happen is that they say no, then off you go to a different shop. It can be fun - good luck

NTx

emmy05

youd have thought you could get a discount in the chain shops tbh, unless you get all the palava of them saying they have to ask head office etc, but i do agree, he is good lol

Penelope_Penguin

Hi, there! As this isn't strictly Old Style, I'm moving it to Shop Don't Drop Board.

Penny. x

Angelraesunshine

i have done it a few times, on a bed in courts, b&q for my kitchen, think we did it on a sofa somewhere, on my husbands car, my range cooker in comet, freezer in currys. Your not going to be able to doit in somewhere like argos or tesco but in places like currys etc and owned shops you can always try. I always search around on the internet 1st to know what i will be willing to pay.

Pink.

Hi emmy,

These are recent threads from other boards about haggling and will give you some tips on how others haggled:

To haggle or not to haggle...

Haggling in upper chain stores??????

Haggling

How do i haggle for a pair of shoes?

If you do a search on mse for threads with haggle or haggling in the title there are many more.

Pink

savemoney

I think sometimes goods/services are inflated and although they dont want you to haggle its built into the price for example buying a car or buying a 2nd hand item. You haggle get some discount you walk away happy not paying the full asking price and they walk away thinking they got what they wanted anyhow minus a small amount off which they added anyhow on the price

nessquic80

Hi, i can say that i have too watched this show and it has enabled me to get discounts i never dreamed of asking for, like many other people you just pay the shelf price. i ordered a carpet from carpetright and it came to £170 pounds, after asking for discount he did £155 then i told him that the fitter who worked for them was a friend so he took it down to £142. I wanted a laptop in the xmas sale which was 499 and in sale was 399 took mum who wanted a dvd/recoreder which was 129, started to haggle got a laptop bag and memory stick inscluded aswell as 6%of total price of dvd and laptop. tokk mil to buy a carpet which was given a £600 total and i haggled and got it to 516...........if you dont ask you dont get!!

Slapps

I've haggled £50 off a £349.00 laptop as well as getting a webcam and dvd-rw's for free in curry's. also got £240 knocked off a pair of sofa's that were £600 in a sale so go for it as even if you only get £10 knocked off that's £10 in your pocket and not theirs lol

I think with todays prices on things we can't afford not to haggle.