Do you ever haggle?

blackcard · 17-12-2015 09:13PM #1

I haggle when I am buying a car, when I bought my house and buying souvenirs when I am abroad. I imagine boarders with a farming background haggle often. Do you? Are you good at it?

Cupcake_Crisis · 17-12-2015 09:17PM

My mam is a master haggler. She'd get a €100 item for €20 on a good day.

I never do it. Don't have the bottle.

893bet · 17-12-2015 09:17PM

Depends.

They say you can do it in harvey norman.

17-12-2015 09:19PM

It depends on context. Buying things on DoneDeal or Adverts.ie has brought out my inner haggler. It's much easier when dealing with a regular person than dealing with, say, someone in retail. But will do it in a Harvey Normans.

DeBurca · 17-12-2015 09:20PM

YES you can do it in Harvey Norman

Sprog 4 · 17-12-2015 09:21PM

893bet · 17-12-2015 09:25PM

DeBurca wrote: »

YES you can do it in Harvey Norman

You have to or else you are being anally raped by "the man".

My wife want a 2.5 K couch from there......it looks like a nice couch but I just know its gonna wear like a cheap condom.

Banjo String · 17-12-2015 09:27PM

I buy and sell stuff for a living.

Never accept the first price as the best one when buying, it's usual there's a better one there, but why would you expect the seller to willingly offer it, if he thinks you're happy with the first one?

When selling, always ask for more than you're actually looking for something, because of the reasons above.

There's certain guys I deal with, two or three times a week, lads who always need to "win", so it soon becomes second nature to add a small token sum on too your (actual) rock bottom price you're willing to sell at.

Gives them a feeling they've "won" something and have out-maneuvered you, even if both parties know it's a charade.

Peregrine · 17-12-2015 09:28PM

I will give you five euros for this thread.

I might haggle if I'm buying things from other people. Never in a large shop.

blackcard · 17-12-2015 09:28PM

My dad would haggle anywhere, in a restaurant, in a clothes shop, in the butchers. Used to be mortified but he nearly always got a good deal

Banjo String · 17-12-2015 09:32PM

blackcard wrote: »

My dad would haggle anywhere, in a restaurant, in a clothes shop, in the butchers. Used to be mortified but he nearly always got a good deal

My friend has completely misunderstood the whole rounding up/down in the stops lately. In eurospar the other evening, the fella working oj the till tells him his bill comes to €17.44.

The mate spat in his palm, held it out and said "€15 do ya rightly"?

Turtyturd · 17-12-2015 09:33PM

Peregrine wrote: »

I will give you five euros for this thread.

Make it four and you've got a deal.

GreatDefector · 17-12-2015 09:36PM

Peregrine wrote: »

I will give you five euros for this thread.

Can you do it for €6 and we'll shake on it...

Peregrine · 17-12-2015 09:38PM

Turtyturd wrote: »

Make it four and you've got a deal.

GreatDefector wrote: »

Can you do it for €6 and we'll shake on it...

Meet me halfway?

Wait, neither of you are the OP! It's a scam! :eek:

Turtyturd · 17-12-2015 09:46PM

I actually love the haggling that goes on on adverts.

'Xbox one and FIFA 16 €200 ono. Must be collected.'

'Would ya take a collection of Western DvD's, an Italia 90 Ireland Jersey, and a Garth Brooks concert ticket?

And can ya deliver it?'

AnonoBoy · 17-12-2015 09:48PM

Can I Haggle?

No way, I stopped learning new dances after the Mashed Potato.

The Backwards Man · 17-12-2015 09:48PM

blackcard wrote: »

I haggle when I am buying a car, when I bought my house and buying souvenirs when I am abroad. I imagine boarders with a farming background haggle often. Do you? Are you good at it?

Is this the best you can do?

heldel00 · 17-12-2015 09:50PM

A friend from the Phillipines tried to haggle over the price of her groceries in Dunnes Stores when she first moved to Ireland!

blackcard · 17-12-2015 09:55PM

I was expecting someone to say that they had haggled with a hooker

Lucyfur · 17-12-2015 10:00PM

I've walked away from my husband in shops. He tried to haggle in fecking Centra one day.

CelticRambler · 17-12-2015 10:05PM

Cupcake_Crisis wrote: »

My mam is a master haggler. She'd get a €100 item for €20 on a good day.

Mine too. She had bad time in during the Celtic Tiger years, not because of the prices, but there were too many non-native English speakers on the tills. She'd find a t-shirt or a dress that she wanted to buy (usually for one of the grandchildren), then go rooting through the racks till she found one with stain on it, or bit of bad stitching and take that to the till and ask for a discount.

"Eeees 14.99"
"Ah you can knock bit off, can't you?"
"Eeees 14.99"
"But look at way this seam's coming undone, you can't sell it at full price."
"Eeees 14.99"
":mad:"

I've inherited that gene, but it's feck-all use with the French. They don't understand market economics.

Muahahaha · 17-12-2015 10:08PM

heldel00 wrote: »

A friend from the Phillipines tried to haggle over the price of her groceries in Dunnes Stores when she first moved to Ireland!

Yeah Asia is a continent full of hagglers, theres no such thing as a fixed price there (except for maybe luxury goods, flights, etc). In China if you don't haggle you're viewed as being a bit simple.

rubadub · 17-12-2015 10:23PM

heldel00 wrote: »

A friend from the Phillipines tried to haggle over the price of her groceries in Dunnes Stores when she first moved to Ireland!

I know a lad, Irish born & bred, who tried haggling the driver down on a regular dublin bus, had a few drinks in him but still. Was always at it in shops and worked more than I would have thought.

Muahahaha wrote: »

Yeah Asia is a continent full of hagglers, theres no such thing as a fixed price there (except for maybe luxury goods, flights, etc). In China if you don't haggle you're viewed as being a bit simple.

I was in China & they would type the price in a calculator and hand it over, then you would minus whatever off it and hand it back, over and over.

I hate it all, its like the reverse of tipping, just tell me the fucking price you are willing to accept.

blackcard wrote: »

I was expecting someone to say that they had haggled with a hooker

how do you make a female hormone? don't pay her

the_pen_turner · 17-12-2015 10:26PM

if im in a store with bad service or bad attitude )you cant avoid them sometimes) then I ask what is the best you can do. hardware stores etc will discount a bit

in my local tools and hardware store I never haggle. in all the years I don't think I have asked for anything cheaper
I always know the price of what im looking for else where if its close but a bit dearer I will buy it local just to support them. they know this and appreciate it.
when they are the cheapest I will point it out just to show that I shopping around but buying from them . service is based on more than price

in all the years in there they have given me accessories and even a drill for free . they appreciate me so I treat them accordingly

I don't mind haggling on adverts etc but I always try to be realistic

PARlance · 17-12-2015 10:29PM

Estate agent told me she had another bidder that had put in an offer 5k more than me when buying my house. Fair enough I said and dropped my price by 5k and told her she had 24 hours to come back to me.

Got a call firsr thing the next morning, offer accepted.

Son Of A Vidic · 17-12-2015 11:15PM

blackcard wrote: »

Do you ever haggle?

I'll rarely pay an asking price and I'll always get a nice discount. When I furnished the house a few years back, I reckon I saved about €8,500 through haggling in various stores.

Collie D · 17-12-2015 11:21PM

Was booking a pub for Xmas drinks. Asked for food and he quoted me a price. I gave him a lower one buy not by much and he then offered me an even lower one. Think he felt sorry for me with my **** haggling skills.

In hindsight should have asked him to just give us free finger food as I've just guaranteed him fifty paying customers for the night.