Haggling...

HellFireClub · 21-06-2011 08:55PM #1

Just watching this thing on RTE1 here, The Consumer Show... Apparently we should all be haggling now for any retail stuff we want to buy...

Personally I will never haggle, I'm not a scabby cúnt from Cavan, if I want to buy it I'll pay the asking price for it, if I want it cheaper, I'll go to Dunnes!

7sr2z3fely84g5 · 21-06-2011 08:56PM

Adverts..

ScumLord · 21-06-2011 08:59PM

Haggling with the till operator at a discount store would be as useful as haggling with the wall, there's nothing they or pretty much anyone in the store can do about the price.

The computers wouldn't allow it for a start and would get extremely pissed off if everything started coming in at weird prices. In fact I don't think the till would accept anything other than the price off the barcode. The person is only there to smile at you.

mikemac · 21-06-2011 09:01PM

Is Eddie Hobbs involved in this show?

WindSock · 21-06-2011 09:01PM

Always ask them to throw in a gourd.

policarp · 21-06-2011 09:01PM

It's not a very nice sounding word.
So that's probably why I don't do it often enough.

m.j.w · 21-06-2011 09:02PM

i wouldnt have the guts to do this but seen someone do it in next and they got a discount after the manager was called over so it can be done

HellFireClub · 21-06-2011 09:03PM

mikemac wrote: »

Is Eddie Hobbs involved in this show?

Yes, also known by his other title: Eddie "Brendan Investments, let's all invest in Property" Hobbs...

--LOS-- · 21-06-2011 09:03PM

What kind of stuff could we haggle for?? maybe small privately owned shops but certainly not the majority of high street stores.

kmart6 · 21-06-2011 09:04PM

Guill wrote: »

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Chuck Stone · 21-06-2011 09:04PM

I'll haggle for certain things, yes.

7sr2z3fely84g5 · 21-06-2011 09:05PM

m.j.w wrote: »

i wouldnt have the guts to do this but seen someone do it in next and they got a discount after the manager was called over so it can be done

Go on adverts and you can see the masters at work.

Daegerty · 21-06-2011 09:05PM

Not really in shops though, unless its second hand stuff or if i'm buying a lot of stuff "will you throw in this as well" with a bigger purchase

at car boot sales always. if something is cheap, try to get it cheaper. on ebay if there is a 'best offer' i will always use that even if tis only to save 50c

J. Marston · 21-06-2011 09:06PM

Are Cavan people really that bad?

HellFireClub · 21-06-2011 09:06PM

I always thought hagglers were people with a really mean streak in them.

Mr. Incognito · 21-06-2011 09:06PM

I thought this was some new sexual term about riding grannies I was unaware of.

Guess that's still a Rooney then.

--LOS-- · 21-06-2011 09:08PM

J. Marston wrote: »

Are Cavan people really that bad?

my god yes! any that I've known are, they are serial sandwich packers for starters..

mikemac · 21-06-2011 09:10PM

A few Cavan people in our office

The stereotypes of them being tight are true, they got that reputation for a reason

21-06-2011 09:11PM

Ugh. One time when I was working in a shop, a man insisted he should get a discount and was so aggressive about it, refusing to buy or leave, holding up the whole queue and refusing to listen to me that as soon as I wasn't the only employee in the shop I had to go to the back room and cry. And I'm not the crying type.

If you're at a car boot sale, or a small independent business where you're buying a lot and you know you're talking to the owner/manager, or even somewhere where you're buying an usually large amount, you might as well go ahead and try it. But when you're in a store where the employee is clearly not authorized to go changing around prices, and explains this to you, get over yourself. I used to know someone who got discounts everywhere he went, and I'd say half the time it was because whoever was in the shop just wanted him off their back. People need to realise when they're not in a Turkish market IMO. There's a time and a place.

Redhairedguy · 21-06-2011 09:12PM

Saved €140 on a gym membership yesterday when I decided to haggle for shíts and giggles.

Obviously they were desperate for members.

Daegerty · 21-06-2011 09:15PM

HellFireClub wrote: »

Personally I will never haggle, I'm not a scabby cúnt from Cavan

Your superiority complex must be costing you thousands a year from this alone

HellFireClub · 21-06-2011 09:15PM

true-or-false wrote: »

Ugh. One time when I was working in a shop, a man insisted he should get a discount and was so aggressive about it, refusing to buy or leave, holding up the whole queue and refusing to listen to me that as soon as I wasn't the only employee in the shop I had to go to the back room and cry. And I'm not the crying type.

If you're at a car boot sale, or a small independent business where you're buying a lot and you know you're talking to the owner/manager, or even somewhere where you're buying an usually large amount, you might as well go ahead and try it. But when you're in a store where the employee is clearly not authorized to go changing around prices, and explains this to you, get over yourself. I used to know someone who got discounts everywhere he went, and I'd say half the time it was because whoever was in the shop just wanted him off their back. People need to realise when they're not in a Turkish market IMO. There's a time and a place.

+1, haggling works if you are prepared to make an absolute nuisence out of yourself. I'd be afraid that someone could get fired if they were unfairly pressured into giving into someone with a well hardened neck for haggling, too much off just to get them out of the store...

HellFireClub · 21-06-2011 09:16PM

Daegerty wrote: »

Your superiority complex must be costing you thousands a year from this alone

I'd rather the cost of that than for anyone to think I was from Cavan.

xsiborg · 21-06-2011 09:16PM

i wouldnt haggle as such, i often buy second hand laptops and i have a good idea of how much the hardware is worth, no interest in the software, i'll make one offer and its either a yay or i walk away.

on the subject of the haggling on that show? that was pure set up in the Louis Copeland store, cringeworthy acting, and no small coincidence that RTE are one of their best customers for the likes of Kenny and Turbidy.

prinz · 21-06-2011 09:21PM

Depends on the place, as in the Consumer Show piece have got money off and stuff thrown in when I got my wedding outfit, money off, tie thrown in and two sets of cufflinks thrown in. Sweet. I won't feel bad or stingy because I said 'the price was a bit steep but I really liked it, pity'.... cue the offers from them which I gladly accepted. I'd never suggest a price to them first.

I have also gotten a discount for opting to take a display item in an electronics shop, but that was because they didn't have any of the items in stock so they asked me to take the display item. I said I would, at a discount. No problems, discount given.

As with anything else there is a time and a place. 99% of the time it wouldn't even cross my mind, never mind actually haggling.

7sr2z3fely84g5 · 21-06-2011 09:23PM

Sales are on every week now,seems pointless to haggle.

prinz · 21-06-2011 09:23PM

xsiborg wrote: »

on the subject of the haggling on that show? that was pure set up in the Louis Copeland store, cringeworthy acting, and no small coincidence that RTE are one of their best customers for the likes of Kenny and Turbidy.

Not much of a set-up seeing as how he ended up getting a better deal elsewhere and didn't take the Louis Copeland deal.

krudler · 21-06-2011 09:24PM

Haggling over something like a car or tv or something big is acceptable, haggling over a 10 quid dvd or something is fcuking stupid. Used to hate working farmers day in retail, "now will ye do me a dale and this best of Queen boxset? tis 20 pounds (euro really) but shure we'll call it two shape and a night with me eldesht daughter instead, dale? *shpits in hand*

get away from me you muck savage!

doctor evil · 21-06-2011 09:25PM

Time and a place for haggling.

Those that haggle aggressively over the price of a newspaper deserve a slap.

prinz · 21-06-2011 09:28PM

HellFireClub wrote: »

+1, haggling works if you are prepared to make an absolute nuisence out of yourself. I'd be afraid that someone could get fired if they were unfairly pressured into giving into someone with a well hardened neck for haggling, too much off just to get them out of the store...

I think you're confusing politely asking if there is a better offer on the cards when you are spending a big amount in a shop with just being an ignorant awkward bollix. Different things.

HellFireClub · 21-06-2011 09:32PM

prinz wrote: »

I think you're confusing politely asking if there is a better offer on the cards when you are spending a big amount in a shop with just being an ignorant awkward bollix. Different things.

The way I see it is if there was a better offer on the cards, the price tag would have a lower price on it, especially in these times...

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