Haggling in Ireland today

consultech wrote: »

Not true.

Yes true.

I pay cash for pretty much everything I can. The only exceptions being flights and stuff bought on-line, obviously.

Jackson Better Marijuana wrote: »

His whole post is bullsh!t... 9K for a new focus plus 2 years fully comp insurance? lol... there's something wrong somewhere.

I'm so so happy you find it amusing, but that particular deal isn't as crazy as you may think. Please allow me to explain....

At the time I purchased the car, the list price was £12,499 (STG!). I was purchasing a forecourt model just as the 2004 facelift was being launched.

The dealer had marked it down to £10,999 and included a 1 year free insurance deal. Looking at it that way it was easy for me to get the car for £9,000. It was inevitable that the dealer would have had to reduce the price anyway as it was an old model that was sitting in the open.

I also had 6 years NCD so getting an extra year added to the free insurance deal was no challenge.

So it may sound like a super crazy amazing deal, but it wasn't really. Just look at some of the big car supermarkets in the UK, they offer much better deals as a matter of routine.

And yes, I did flash the cash. The dealer wouldn't accept it though so had to go and deposit the cash in to their bank account directly as they had no means to handle large sums of cash like that.

mikemac wrote: »

The person delivering it has no power to give discounts. If they go back with less money the owner will reckon they're skimming a few euro off every pizza.

Try this idea and you'll get yourself black-listed from all the local takeaways

I said I doubt it would work. You do not know every pizza companies policy, the further reasoning/theory was the delivery guy would ring back to HQ asking to recheck the address, and they would give that address again then the delivery man would say well it must be wrong, but the guy is offering a fiver for it -and then perhaps somebody "in power" can give a discount. But I doubt it would work and you would be blacklisted as said, I would say they have all had some chancer try it at some stage and would not want to get a name as falling for it.

Gummy Panda wrote: »

I don't think you get my point. Fair enough shopping around for a cheaper deal but haggling on something that has already had the ass discounted out of it is a waste of time.

Why would i discount a product i have priced competitive and make minimum profit on (in hopes that they buy an attaching accessory)?

Because many times the "discounted" item is not really discounted at all. I knew a guy who worked in a furniture shop and there was constantly a sale on. Go to tescos and many advertised offers are pathetic. Many idiots just fall for this and buy apparent bargains. Many seemingly discounted items could be reduced much further so many people will ask.

they are not allowed to blatantly charge customers extra for CC transactions. So this is a subtle breaking of that rule/law. It is also a form of blackmailing that some customers try, i.e. "reduce that price by 2% for cash or else I'm using my CC".

Jackson Better Marijuana wrote: »

The cost may be already passed onto the customer as the item may be at a higher price. You know?

Yes, the CC cost is already passed on, the guys pricing items will probably take worst case scenario and slap 2% or whatever on every price in case every single person pays by CC -thats exactly what I am getting at, it is all sort of undercover, since they cannot openly charge the CC everybody must pay it. Therefore they can afford to give reductions to cash payers, its a roundabout way of legally having a CC charge, while not calling it such. It is sort of like pizza places claiming to have "free delivery", but having a "walk in discount", the "walk in discount" IS the delivery charge!

Jackson Better Marijuana wrote: »

I wouldn't consider it blackmail either, getting something cheaper by paying cash is quite popular in some industeries. In general retail, like supermarkets and clothes shops you won't find it at all I guess.

The form of blackmailing I meant was when you ask for a cash discount, then if they refuse to give one you say "grand, I am paying by CC so". This is sort of coercing them to give a discount since if you pay by CC they get less profit. I did just say a form of blackmail, I have no better way to describe it. It is a subtle way of doing it, waving cash in their face and then pocketing it and taking out the CC. Best done on a owner since many salesmen do not give a damn about the business they work for, all they care about is their commission and they probably get no benefit from these shady CC deals.

I know a guy in the building trade and he got his house done up which costed a fortune. He reckoned he saved 10k in all. He knew a lot of the guys involved and asked for price first and then cash price. He also would withdraw only 2k per day max from the bank, any more is supposed to arouse suspicions with the taxman.

brummytom wrote: »

My mom does it with more expensive things (electronics, expensive clothes etc.).

Just saying "Is that the best price you can do?" politely normally does the trick. The person behind the counter will either say "I can knock of £20/10% for you?" or "Yes".

If you don't ask, you don't get

I've not had much haggling experience, but my mam does the same thing, like when she was buying my guitar, we went to the shop and guitar and amp wouldve been about 580 quid or something, got it for 450:cool::cool:
shes awesome

I tried it yesterday. Was buying a dress and noticed a thread pulled in it. Tiny thing down by the hem, unnoticable when it's on. Pointed it out to the cashier and asked for a discount. Got 10% off. Result!

Jen ;->

nummnutts wrote: »

Bought a guitar a few months ago and got €330 off.

I wasn't gonna complain.

Jesus you were really plucking at strings there :P