Where do you or have you negoitated prices

[seriously]

My rug post where someone commented they negoitated at Capel (which never crossed my mind) got me thinking- aside from the obvious buying a house or car where have you successfully negoitiated the purchase price on something?

I have at furniture stores a few times but that's about it.

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We have negotiated with rug dealers top (not big box stores, but local dealers). They are pretty much exactly like car dealers. There's a price they quote when you walk in, and you'd be silly to pay that.

We've negotiated at an antique store once or twice. We tried with our settle, but the guy wasn't interested, so we bought it anyway at full asking price. At the salvage yard I do it all the time. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't (stupid yard wants $75 for a soap dish I really want, won't discuss a lower price, and it's been there for YEARS; I'm waiting them out). And of course anything on CL. Sometimes we get our contractor to throw something in (like hauling of unrelated garbage). That's about the only places we've tried. I tend to think of it as something I do on one-of-a-kind things, not mass produced stuff. But I have heard Clark Howard talk about lots of things being negotiable. He mentioned pizza specifically, but I'd be afraid to try it with food someone else is cooking LOL.

I've done it a few times, but it still makes me sooo uncomfortable. I just don't like haggling. DH is much better at it, so I take him along and wander off to look at other items while he haggles.

[ktzmoh]

we haggled over the typical stuff - house price, car price and interest rate offer from the mortgage company. contractors I don't like to haggle because I don't want them to do a bad job. I have used the same approach as juno, though - asking them to do something extra for the same price.

Of course antiques and flea market stuff. Even in big stores I typically ask if they have any kind of student discount or any 'specials' or something like that when I want to buy something big. If they work on commission they might be willing to enter in some code or something that helps grease the wheels for me a bit. Sometimes it works, but it cant hurt to ask.

I also buy lots of kids stuff, hand-made children's clothing,  hand-dyed yarns and things like that from other members in online communities. I always haggle in those transactions - particularly if I'm buying more than one item from the same person.

[mrs.jacinthe]

Antique stores, the farmer's market (really), and our insurance.

We've also negotiated at Home Depot - over a dent. LOL

[boiler717]

Everywhere. Macy's, Kohl's, Nordstrom's, etc.

A couple of weeks ago I was The Limited trying on a dress. I liked it, but it wasn't on sale. Lots of other things were 30% off, so I asked if I could have it 30% off. They gave me the discount.

Kohl's will almost always give me 30% off if I don't have a coupon or ask for 30% off instead of the 15% coupon I was sent. Same thing with Macy's.

[boiler717]

For my lighting in the house I asked for an additional 10% off if I would like their FB page. They gave me 5% off (local lighting shop).

[seriously]

Jan 21, 2013 15:00:14 GMT -5 boiler717 said:

Everywhere. Macy's, Kohl's, Nordstrom's, etc.

A couple of weeks ago I was The Limited trying on a dress. I liked it, but it wasn't on sale. Lots of other things were 30% off, so I asked if I could have it 30% off. They gave me the discount.

Kohl's will almost always give me 30% off if I don't have a coupon or ask for 30% off instead of the 15% coupon I was sent. Same thing with Macy's.

That's awesome.  I'm guessing I should become a little bolder and try more often.

[peach]

I ask for discounts at pretty much any store if the item I am buying is damaged, or I am buying the floor model or the last one. I usually can get 10% off just for asking, sometimes more. The thrift store here refuses to bargain -you pay the price and no dickering. seems stupid to me, and their prices are kinda high.

I will also ask at yard sales or buying on Facebook sale sites or craigslist.

[munkii]

I'm the one who mentioned negotiating at Capel. We do this just about everywhere; the worst they'll say is no. In fact, we asked at World Market over the weekend. We didn't end up getting it, but based on the manager's response we now know haggling works there too.

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I recently negotiated for a discount on our kitchen appliances. I figured it couldn't hurt to ask for an additional discount she out SA said it was nice that we had come in person to the showroom. It was a small % of the total but worth the one minute it took me ask.