Do you haggle?

[mum2A&L]

Im currently playing two companies off against each other - Im trying to get a free rain cover from one (its already a lot cheaper than other companies, so i can't try and get it any cheaper), and im trying to get another one to drop their price by £130 (by getting them to price match the other company)!!!

The one that offers me the best deal, gets my business!!!!

Am i the only person who haggles? I don't expect something for nothing, but im terrible for asking what they can do to sweeten the deal.


My next haggling is going to be a couple of free bottles of wine on our table when i get around to sorting out our wedding breakfast! Least they can do seeing as we are able to pay for a good chunk of the bill up front & be able to tell them what we want to order before hand!!!


Whats the best deal you have got when trying your luck?

 

[sarafet]

i always do.

my best deal was getting our sky HD box with installation for £90 last year. it was supposed to £150 + £50 installation. i also managed to get out of paying the monthly £10 for HD channels

if you don't ask

 

[bonny]

I always say if you dont ask you dont get, I got 75 quid off the rent of the palce im in now. Not a lot but if you add it up over the year iv been here its a fair bit of rent that iv not had to pay.

I also got a pack of sleep suits in Mataland for a £1 because there were 1missing. £1 for 2 prfectly good sleepsuits is a bargain.

 

[sarafet]

I got 75 quid off the rent of the palce im in now. Not a lot but if you add it up over the year iv been here its a fair bit of rent that iv not had to pay.

you made me remember - i haggled £50 off my monthly rent

 

[widowwadman]

I work as a buyer, so haggling is part of my job, so I try it in my free time, too

 

[SarahH]

I work as a buyer, so haggling is part of my job, so I try it in my free time, too

Snap!!! Well I was a buyer when I was still working, but I still do thr haggling as Brian is useless at it... if something comes to £202.46 for example, he is like "£200 for cash?" woooohoooo saving a whole £2.46 I would have got it down to at least £175, if not less!!

 

[aramintalovegrove]

Nope Im as useless as Sarah H's Brian

I have paid thousands over the past year for doing up the house all cash and most at a reasonable quote but didnt ask for knocking any off... not unless getting the roofer to knock the VAT off our £5000 new roof coz that was my budget and the only way we could afford it. only downside is that it didnt go through the books so I have no formal proof of when it was done if I sell

 

[Tadpole]

I'm rubbish but Mike is excellent and gets money off practically everything we buy. His best haggle - our house, (which should be finalised next week )

 

[Hazel]

I do. On ebay if there is a "best offer" I will try my luck. Selling our house at the moment so when we buy the next I will be offering stupidly low prices as not that bothered about where we live. If buying things I always ask if that's the cash price.

 

[lauramumof2]

I got a top in new look for half price as it was missing the belt. There was another one on the shelf with the belt but the belt was crap and I would have binned it anyway so I hid the one with the belt on the sale rail and asked If I could get money off the one I was buying.

 

[*pud01*]

I always haggle
i had problems with setanta when we was going to watch calzaghe boxing it went off!!!
I rang up the next day fumin asking why I bother paying £12.99 pm for that to happen and i wanted to cancel. they asked me what id be prepared to pay pm and i got it for £1 pm wooohoooooo

 

[widowwadman]

I work as a buyer, so haggling is part of my job, so I try it in my free time, too

Snap!!! Well I was a buyer when I was still working, but I still do thr haggling as Brian is useless at it... if something comes to £202.46 for example, he is like "£200 for cash?" woooohoooo saving a whole £2.46

That is useless, although my bloke never tries in the first place because he gets embarassed.

Did you do CIPS qualifications and if so how did you find it?

 

[Moomum]

I work as a buyer, so haggling is part of my job, so I try it in my free time, too

Snap!!! Well I was a buyer when I was still working, but I still do thr haggling as Brian is useless at it... if something comes to £202.46 for example, he is like "£200 for cash?" woooohoooo saving a whole £2.46 I would have got it down to at least £175, if not less!!

Go you Sarah!

Wish I had the balls pmsl

 

[mummysarah+co]

im useless at haggling so i dont even bother anymore!

i did get 50 quid off our monthly rent though but thats as far as it goes im a wimp

 

[nickilubs]

I'm a bit of a opposite! Because I work in a shop I always convince people to spend more lol! I don't force them too but if some comes in wanting £20 bouquet I will always say oooo we have a lovely one here but its £25! And if you talk nice, people usually do it and if they like it I get tipped as well lol! There is some good things about looking 12!!!!

 

[laetitia85]

I'm a bit of a opposite! Because I work in a shop I always convince people to spend more lol! I don't force them too but if some comes in wanting £20 bouquet I will always say oooo we have a lovely one here but its £25! And if you talk nice, people usually do it and if they like it I get tipped as well lol! There is some good things about looking 12!!!!

Bless!

I'm a bit of both. I tend to be embarrassed when my mum or my sisters do it (my mum is an expert at it). But when I'm broke I do it all the time lol. It's quite exciting. The worst answer you can get is 'no' really. So why not!

 

[heles7]

my latest haggle was a monsoon dress i got in the sale but got it home and discovered a couple of miniscule holes where the sale tag was pulled.

no other stores in the area had the same size dress available and I really didn't want to return in. I was offered a 10% discount but told them it cost me more than that to get back to the store so I asked very nicely if they could do a wee bit better and she gave me an £11 refund rather than £2.20.

Small change I suppose but I try and haggle wherever I think ill get away with it. keep the ideas coming ladies!!!

 

[xrachx]

i NEVER pay the full price for anything! you go to macdonalds, go in the drive through, if it dont get to you in 3 mins its not classed as fast food, complain, you get it for free!
all the shops will bargain with you especially with us bein in a resession, you can get some right bargains! just try your luck, what you got to lose?