Haggling
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Topic: Haggling
Posted By: KiwiWonder
Subject: Haggling
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 12:57am
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Is anyone any good at this? (haggling, negotiating over prices, etc)
Do you have any tips? And more importantly, does it even work in NZ shops? I saw a show (Dr Phil) once that said that on big purchases (electronics, jewellery, car stuff) that one should always haggle a better price because you can nearly always get one - even in retail situations. Which was a bit :shock: to me because I figured with retail the price was the price iykwim. So I've always been way to chicken to try it but now I'm looking at buying a laptop.... would love to get the next model up if I could knock a bit off the price ;-) I know DH *always* haggles with his puter supplier and gets great prices, BUT I always figured that was because they're mates from before the supplier was a supplier iykwim. (and ftr, I can't use him as I'm getting an Apple and he doesn't deal in Apple). ------------- Margo |
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Posted By: sadie
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 9:20am
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Yes, it absolutely works. Easiest if you are a 'cash' buyer - ie eftpos or credit card. They tend to not knock off as much if you are using your GE card or other interest free offers.
Just ask the salesperson what their best price is and they will go check their systems to see what the mark up is, and what they can take off. Take the quote and then go do the same thing in all the other stores until you find the best deal. Two examples that I have done lately: Buying F&P Dishdrawers - Hill & Stewart quoted me a deal $100 less than the ticket price, Noels were offering $50 more than this, but had the flybuys so I wanted to buy from there. I told the salesperson that H&S had quoted the lower amount and so he matched it to get the sale. This was a cash purchase. Bought a Dyson on the weekend - went to Noels, Bond & Bond and finally Harvey Norman. All had the same start price, Noels offered $50 off, B&B offered $100 off, and HN offered $150 off. Guess who got the sale! This one went on the GE card so despite that we still got a great deal. Definitely pays to ask, and to shop around. Especially in the current market, shops will be desperate to get your business. good luck! |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 9:23am
| I wouldnt say I have every haggled but then again I did ask at Harvey Normans if the there was any reduction on the coffee maker we were buying as another model was reduced and they knocked $150 off it just like that! Great! If you ask, the worst thing is they say no. |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 9:23am
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When we brought our Plasma TV, I also wanted to get the wooden TV cabinet that they had in store. We had to buy the stand thingee for the TV too, so I just said to the guy would he be willing to reduce the price on any of the items, as we were going to be paying cash. We ended up paying full price for the TV and he reduced the price on the cabinet and the stand.. so I don't think there is any problem asking, they'll only say no... ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 9:39am
| Harvey norman is the easiest to haggle with or get free stuff put in the deal |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 11:06am
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I agree about Harvey Norman, when we have bought big ticket items we've never paid the marked price.
Also on my semi-regular trips to Michael Hill Jeweller I haven't paid the marked price in a long time...even when not on sale. In both cases we've always asked if that is the best price or the best deal they can offer. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: lovingmummyhood
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 11:18am
Definitely worth a try - My Dad used to really embarrass me and I don't think he has ever paid the marked price on anything!! (except maybe groceries) Lol. Now when we are shopping for something big, we always take him, and he always gets us a good deal  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 11:34am
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We definitely try it on, especially for the big ticket items. I can't remember the last time I've bought something expensive without haggling. Especially with cash sales but I've done it with items I'm getting on HP too.
Over Christmas we went to Noel Leeming to buy a deep freezer, washing machine and external hard drive on an interest free/no repayments for 12 months HP, while he was processing our application we went for a wander and saw the same deep freezer cheaper somewhere else, we didn't want to buy it from the other place because we wanted the finance deal but I took a pxt of the product and a closeup of the price tag, showed it to the sales rep from NL and got the price discounted accordingly.
A bit OT because it's not really haggling but I bought a convection heater the other week which with 30% off was $70 but one of the boxes had been mispriced and was showing $41 so naturally I chose this one, took it to the counter and pointed out the price ticket and got the heater for $41. Sometimes it pays to be cheeky. -------------  
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Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 12:05pm
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Just a note ...
My friend woks at Micheal Hill Jeweller and all staff are authorised to discount the goods ... so ALWAYS ask what the best price they can do. Now back to my opinion 
I always ask for the best price if Im buying electrical goods .. and I always go to each shop .. eg Noel Leeming, Bond and Bond etc (even though they are mostly owned by the one company!). Then I usually go back to the others and tell them that so and so will give me this price and they "usually" beat it and the process goes over again until they cant do any better. Now .. this does take time ... however its worth it in the end. ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year  http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 12:34pm
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Yep we did that with Noels when we got our washing machine and fridge. Both cash purchases and I told them that if I wasn't happy with the deal I would go else where. I got them both for a very good price. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: CuriousG
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 2:16pm
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We did it recently - we bought a lounge suite, dining suite and asked them to throw in the coffee table for $200 as opposed to $300. They said we could have it for $239, which was fine. When they totalled everything up it came to $2659 so I asked for it to be $2650. They were happy with that, as was I.
I did pay cash for it tho - not sure what the outcome would have been on GE or the likes. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 2:29pm
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They won't discount so much on credit (GE etc0 as they get charged for finance and get charged wickedly and the costs come out of their commission as well.
We always bargain. I worked at Michael Hill for years and years, and hubby is a tight wad, so we rarely pay ticket for anything big either, UNELSS we know it is a gret deal. I also haggle if I am buyig more than one, IE shoes, if I buy 2 pairs, whats your best price?  cheeky? yes, but you just never know...------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |