See, a lot of the time my supervisors wouldn't. They would consider it and maybe drop it a few dollars if it was damaged, but that was about it. I don't have the courage to haggle either, but my father does it sometimes. On really huge purchases or on things outside of big stores, like flea markets and things of that nature.
I do not haggle ever! It is just way too difficult for me and my personality. I also don't necessarily think its appropriate in most situations. Even at garage sales, when something is already marked extremely low and is more than reasonably priced. However, if its a pawn store or thrift shop and something is overpriced I can understand trying to have a fair conversation to reduce the price.
I lack the courage and finesse needed to make a deal in a brick and mortar store. At yard sales or auctions such as ebay I will haggle. It's much easier and comfortable to haggle in these settings. Ebay has an option for a "best offer" option with many auctions and I've won many this way.
Hi, Once you’ve cut your haggling chops, watch out -- you’ll be asking for a deal when you buy toilet paper at the drugstore. For many of us, saving a few bucks here and there has become increasingly significant in the past few years.
I have only ever haggled at flea and craft markets, where it is a more personal environment and you deal with the proprietor directly. I do know that my father, though, haggles on cable prices as well as on cars and furniture.
I'm not good at haggling, and I generally cave too easily, which is why I've learned to high-ball my initial offer when I'm selling things now.
This is an interesting question to me because it has brought to my attention that I don't remember ever haggling, not even at garage or yard sales, as some of the other people here have said they do when at a garage sale. If I'm at a garage sale (I LOVE garage sales) and see something I want to purchase, if I think the price is too high I'll just move on to something else. I never try to haggle the price down (not as far as I can recall anyway). After reading this thread, it has me thinking that maybe I should haggle, however haggling is just not something that I do. Not in my personality. I've read the replies of other people here where they say they don't haggle, but they know someone that does. I find it interesting how some people here say that they lack the courage to haggle. I guess I kind of feel that way too, although that seems so strange for me to say that because I am not at all the shy, retiring type. Perhaps it is not that I lack the courage to haggle, perhaps it is just that I find standing there debating-with a stranger-about the price of an item something that is just weird to me. I also find it interesting how you say that in the show you were watching, if the presenter could get to a senior enough person in the store then they could get the price down. What this says to me is that a person really has to be willing to spend some time in order to get the price down. Getting the price down has to mean that much to them that they are willing to use a chunk of their day in order to get a few dollars knocked off a purchase price. I suppose I would make the time investment needed to get the price down if the savings was significant enough and therefore worth my time (time is money after all). If someone is only going to give me, let's say, a dollar off a $100. item, and I have to stand there for ten minutes to get that deal, I would just rather pay the hundred, save myself some time, and keep it movin'. I have to be honest though, after writing about it here, and therefore giving this haggling subject some thought, in the future I just might start haggling just to see what kind of deals I can get, especially at garage and/or yard sales.
I only ever haggle at the marketplace usually. I find you can always get a discount of 10% or maybe 20% if you're good, but rarely do I haggle anywhere else. Sometimes if A store is closing down I will attempt to haggle. I actually managed to haggle £25 off a laptop in comet. They had it advertised at £200 down from £250, and I managed to get the discount from 20% to 30%. Apparently they were going to reduce it to £175 anyway next week so he let me have the extra £25 discount now.
