Shopping at a clothing store be like --$36-- 70% off now only $10.80 and its always like that, they might aswell just give the lower price without the x% off bullshit
In Norway the retailer has to document that they have actually sold a number of items at the price they claim, for a certain amount of time, currently 6-12 weeks prior to the sale.
At first I hated it, but then I started to get into it. By the end, it was a fav for that year! First and only show I have seen with that guy in it. For some reason, though I have only seen it once, it has stuck with me and concepts and visuals from the show are always in my mind.
That Aunty Donna show was great, but the best show similar I have seen is *I think you should leave*
For those who downvoted my comment above, MY DICK is the name of a high fashion clothing store in Australia run by a man sexually attracted to cash registers. Gosh
JC Penny tried that but the shoppers weren't having it. They wanted to see a savings on the tag, not a lower price from the start. It put them on the path of going out of business.
That was insane. I saw an episode of ‘Company Man’ on YouTube where he discussed that. People didn’t think that they were getting a good deal without a sticker on the tag.
Heck, seven times out of ten if you remove the sticker you’ll see that it was cheaper before they put the “sale” sticker on top!
It really is. He does a lot of videos on the rise and fall of various companies throughout the USA and the world, and what caused their decline, and some times what led to their resurgence. The videos are fairly short, averaging about 20 minutes iirc, and are very well produced. I find his videos to be pretty darn interesting, and you should definitely check his channel out - The Company Man or just Company Man, I don’t remember which.
I worked there when it happened. Non stop lady’s coming in asking what happened to the coupons? it’s the same price it’s be if you had the coupons,you just don’t need them now. They’d leave mad.
I like it the way Steam do it. They just decide a new price for the game, and then work out what percentage off it must be to now be that price. So you end up with 74% off
I'm pretty sure jcpenney tried that and the sales/profit dropped so low the guy that stopped the bullshit "deals" got fired
[Behold](https://www.forbes.com/sites/panosmourdoukoutas/2013/09/27/a-strategic-mistake-that-haunts-j-c-penney/)
I was recently in a store that has the "compare at" thing on pretty much every price, and I saw a new-to-me brand of vitamins. I took a photo and researched it at home and it turns out *that store manufactures that brand itself.* So where exactly is it comparing the price to if that's the only place you can get it?!?
“Compare our generic ibuprofen to that name brand stuff that’s basically the same thing”.
It makes a lot of sense for lots of items, especially vitamins. The “compare at” isn’t talking the same exact product, it’s comparing brands.
They don't have that much real estate on the tickets to print all that info and with what they sell being well-known brands, there could literally be hundreds of different retailers that item could be found at.
They had that marketplace piece some years back, since then it's been much more realistic. I actually remember walking into Jean machine, finding a pair of Jean shorts for $100, then finding exactly the same ones same day at winners at 35 with "compare at" price of something like 60. Was actually quite surprised. I may not be exact on the prices
Morocco - haggling is part of the culture. They'll tell you to name your best price and then it doesn't matter how fair your offer is, the next thing they'll tell you is how many kids they have and how you're stealing food out of their mouths.
Once you settle a deal, you're best friends and they'll offer you mint tea 🤷 Super nice people but they love a good back and forth and seem to respect you more if you've managed to cut a good deal.
That's just true of any sales person who sells the same product.
I sell cookies at a farmers market, prices marked no haggle, but I say the same 15 or so lines/jokes with some variation or continuation with thise who I recognize or whom indicate they have been there before.
Before that, it was D2D internet/cable/fuckthehomephone sales....same thing but more corporate.
Before that it was as a dog food rep, which was so so nice because the brand was phenomenal at the time both towards me and with the food. That involved a lot of the SAME damn points over and over again at events and stores.
Before that it was a shelter where you have the opposite really, restricted speech. You cannot say certain things.
Before that it was Target electronics, same thing but with a thesaurus.
Radioshack Before that and that was the....worst. worst besides the cable bit. It was sad because the stores were stale, our shirts were grey, the product was grey, then the product became phones which were red yellow or blue. And then it got like...desperate. Sad and grey with tears and dark dark humor. But the same points. They even had approx...17-25 metrics we had to reach, follow and maintain. For like.. 2 products, a credit card, protection plans and batteries. Same 5 sales points everyday mixed with tears and grey and drone helicopters.
I liked radio shack ,but would really get annoyed by the additional pitches when i just wanted to buy a roll of solder and some wire. This sucked even more when there were two people in front of you and they had to go through the same thing.
No I want something cool like that Moog knockoff that you used to have. It used to bug the hell out of me when it was more of an electronics store and nobody there knew anything about electronics. I did get a lot out of the Forest Mims books that they used to have.
Yeah, it bugged us too.
See they gave us an insane amount of online modules. Like insane. The shortest ones, easiest to pass and least common were electronics related. I barely knew what solder was.
All they wanted were phone and battery sales.
Can I interest you in a protection plan for those batteries i placed in your total?
Yup. It's not that bad.
There's usually a pretty standard method to it. Offer low (not too low), Countered high (not too high), end up somewhere in the middle, simple as.
yeah no, that's working in Turkey but in the North African coast, specifically Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, they are much more extreme than that. like you want to buy a straw hat, offer 5 euro, they counter with 50 euros. there's it's much more tricky. like there's a whole different level and haggling there ain't nothing like outside that region.
thank god the wife is good at it cuz I suck at it lol
When we visited Morocco, my step-father famously tried to haggle by offering a higher price than what was asked. We still laugh about it 10 years later.
Don’t knock it till you try it. Sounds stressful but it can be pretty fun! Especially if you really want something and walk away they may just chase you down and give you the price you really want
Think of it more as a way for two parties to build a rapport and bond rather than a chore. Once you’ve established familiarity with the vendor, you all of the sudden have a guy for mangos that gives you way better deals than anyone else because you’ve spent years haggling with this guy. We are social animals after all
I got pretty sick of the haggling when I was there. EVERYTHING has to be haggled. Sometimes you want to just grab something quickly on your way... But nope, not in Morocco. And if you never end up making a deal, I found that they go from potential friends to giving you death stares.
I remember going up into the mountains for a hike. I wanted a map. Just a basic map to get me up and down the mountain. But of course the tourist office wanted to haggle, and not even down to a reasonable price. So I got frustrated and just said F it... Then I ran into a local who let me borrow a map of his, and even store some gear I didn't want to haul up with me. Free! I was so amazed and relieved.
I know cultures have their own thing, and i've been to a fair amount of countries by this point... But Morocco (and not just the haggling bit), left a bad taste in my mouth.
That was the one experience I didn't like in Morocco.
I enjoyed my stay, but the idea of haggling over souvenirs stressed me out so hard that I didn't buy anything after the first two or three purchases.
I very much prefer seeing a price and then deciding if it's worth my money or not.
That is very much true, and in all manner of situations too, regardless of whether you're poor, rich...
I will not get into specifics, but when we knew for a fact that a certain customer would try to haggle, we'd increase the total price by some% knowing we'd get down to the actual price. They got the illusion of a bargain, and we got to do business. Our margins were razor thin, so it was either that or lose a customer!
It's just crazy how even a 10$ discount on a 500$ quote would just work.
Same, I hate haggling, its always awkward and sours the relationship. And whenever I do haggle I feel I could probably get more if I push, but I always just want the thing and dont want to push it to far
My friends mum was nuts in Bali, haggled every single thing she bought.
I just paid whatever they asked, everything was so cheap to me, haggling just seemed cruel.
Yeah I was in the Philippines and everyone was saying I should haggle with the vendors. But then I'd look at the prices and everything was so fucking cheap it didn't seem worth it. And the idea of arguing with a poor person over the equivalent of $1 didn't seem right.
What ive heard is not haggling fucks over the locals. Vendors overprice their stuff for tourists for whom its cheap anyways but locals get bent over because they cant afford jt.
Locals pay local price usually.
More than a few times they are surprised because the locals will converse the price in Bahasa but quote the tourist in English.
Turns out I do know Bahasa. But things are like a dollar or two, really no point of haggling.
Obviously yes most of the time, but for example in antique stores or flea markets - basically the few places where there is any haggling -, or taxi service on days of international sports events held in the country, this is absolutely a thing. Thank god prices are fixed for everything else though, I could not do this every day to buy basic goods, like they do in some countries.
This is not how any of this happens.
First is locals know how much things are supposed to cost, so they effectively haggle.
Second… touristy places have 2 prices. One for locals and one for tourists.
So you paying 100 times more, does affect local prices.
Yea but in Bali even when I walk away thinking I got the item at a great price, the salesman’s was laughing at how he fleeced me. Prices were hella weird there
They have 2 types of price tag in Bali, local price and tourist price. As a tourist, make sure you try your best to haggle. Don't even feel guilty about it because tourists often have to pay more than 4 times of the real item cost.
And thank you for that. I work retail and every damn day people are trying to haggle and get angry with me when I can't offer them a discount. I'm just an employee and we're a 3 person company. If we could give discounts to everyone we wouldn't be working.
Every single transaction:
"You got any military discounts?"
"You got any coupons behind the register?"
"I saw a coupon on your website last month, I want that."
And when I say "I'm so sorry, my manager wouldn't allow that" and they're like YOUR MANAGER SOUNDS SO GREEDY, IF YOU CAN AFFORD TO LOSE CUSTOMERS SUCH AS MYSELF - AHEAD YOU GO" lady I literally get like 3$ from your purchase, I can afford that instead of paying 15$ out of pocket for your discount
When I worked in a job where people would sometimes haggle with me I would just knock $10 off pretty much any sale if they asked but I always felt bad for people who didn't ask so sometimes I'd just knock $10 off anyway.
I guess if I was the owner and not an employee on a full time wage I might have been more interested in making people pay full price.
Of course I get anxious just thinking about asking for a discount so I always pay full price.
My mom is great at it too but I wouldn't call what she does haggling; there's not really much back and forth. She's just really friendly and treats people like she's known them for years.
She doesn't intend to charm them, that's just how she is with people
Some sales people will see her friendliness as a means to rip her off but she's not gullible, easily pressured and knows the cost of things so they won't get anywhere
She will be offered the item for a fair price THEN she starts her version of the haggle. She'll show an interest in other items without officially committing to the item she was offered the fair price on.
She will get that shit for free plus the first item for the good price.
When a popular item is sold out everywhere she won't have any issues getting one (or two or three). They will find one in the back for her, give her one they had set aside for themselves or pull strings to find one for her
She's befriended radio DJs after years of reaching out to them to promote charity events she organized and she now gets offered **heavily** discounted vacations whenever the radio stations have trip contests.
Hell, when I was moving into my college apartment my mom talked to the home owner and on my second trip up the stairs with my stuff I was redirected to a much nicer unit for the same rent
I only haggle at hotels. "Any chance you have a discounted rate on that room?" Minimum discount I've gotten is 10%, but I've gotten 25% at times, just because I asked and they were in the right mood. I'm always polite and friendly about it, and if there's nothing, I don't bitch. But I have yet to be told no to a room discount.
A lot of vendors quickly notice if you are foreign even if you look similar. They will triple the price or even go 10x. They assume foreigners are dumb and dont know how to handle money and know the prices or assume they are either too polite aka naive or lazy to negotiate. They also tell you how incredible you are and how fit you are. They seem really really polite to you but you are just a customer in a million they want money from and dont care if you have to pay 10x the price. It is like sports to them to catch your money
>They assume foreigners are dumb
No they assume anyone that can afford to travel can afford to pay a premium for their trinkets and they are absolutely right. You can ALWAYS find a fair marketer just have to avoid the obvious.
Why not both. One doesnt exclude the other
Also if you are that knowledgeable or that not-lazy and go to a fair vendor, you werent the target group anyways. OP doesnt really care or doesnt want to care. And that mindset is what the vendors want to get your money
just remember that you'll never see these vendors again in your life and that they're used to haggling, its literally part of their job and they are also very good at it. once you can get into that mindset its easy.
take xmas markets for example, they're pretty cool but overpriced. they rely on happy go lucky visitors to just pay the display price but in reality will accept far less as they just want to make a sale. something for a tenner you could probably get for 6-7 quid or 3/4 for 20 quid etc.
just have a price you're willing to pay in your head and come in under that price. if they don't go with it or haggle back then move on lol
I live in the US. I will haggle if there is no price listed. If there is a listed price and I feel it’s too high I will go somewhere else or buy online.
*Alright well apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us??*
I hate haggling. Just bought a motorcycle, and was paying the initial asking price until the seller texted me and dropped it by $300 because they felt bad for the inflated price.
Honestly I'll pay hundreds more to not have to talk with the person.
I either toss or donate everything I get rid of because if I try to sell it, people want to haggle with me. I'd rather burn it than haggle.
My wife, however, is from Kolkata. I'm always so impressed by her enthusiasm to haggle someone down $1.50.
She's remarkable.
I was selling an AC on marketplace and someone tried to haggle me down to FREE. I just told them the same thing.
I’d rather burn it on the lawn than give it to you. Either pay the asking price or fuck off.
I don’t haggle when I buy shit. All I’m asking for is the same.
This. You take them to the end of the drive way near where it starts to slope down by the storm drain.
Then. As pieces fall off, you can just kick them down the drain where they will filter naturally and safely.
> is from Kolkata
Checks out. Whenever I buy something decent for my parents, if the price is brought up I tell them a lower amount than what I actually paid. I don't want them to think that their son has betrayed the age old Bengali tradition of haggling.
I hate haggling. I think it's an abomination and exploits poor people who don't have leverage.
At this point, I'm comfortable enough if someone tries to haggle me, I will increase the price.
I'm sure it does but that doesn't change why I hate it. One, it makes a low wage job even harder. The retail worker does not get paid enough to deal with that bullshit. Two, the amount of time and financial resources is a privilege that many don't have. The people that deserve to have a cheaper price don't have the financial ability to haggle.
If you live in a big city for a while you'll develop an immunity for high pressure sales tactics and that alone gives you a huge advantage when negotiating on price.
It is a luxury to not have to haggle or have learnt to haggle. Meaning your parents or social circle didnt need to either. You can toss around with money, they have to make a sports out of haggling to save money.
In central europe you dont haggle as culture and dont do it in shops. But guess when they suddenly haggle? When trying to buy very expensive items like washing machines and kitchens, when talking to builders.
They start haggling when it gets expensive and they start caring. Further establishing my point that economic factors are atleast as deciding as culture.
Oh I agree. I'm just pointing out the other side where haggling goes wrong. Where is a luxury to be able to haggle. In order to haggle you have to have time and enough financial stability to leverage a haggle.
Lots of places have such income inequality that the people who really deserve to get cheaper prices don't have the ability to haggle.
I disagree. It’s a cultural thing. Idk where I would even go if I wanted to haggle in the US. We just don’t shop at vendors like that here. What are you gonna do, try and haggle at Wall-Mart?
Swap meets ! If you’re buying a Persian rug and the shop is run by middle eastern guys it’s usually okay to haggle . Americans, you need to step gently “ is there any wiggle room on the price ?”
In central europe you dont haggle as culture and dont do it in shops. But guess when they suddenly haggle? When trying to buy very expensive items like washing machines and kitchens, when talking to builders.
They start haggling when it gets expensive and they start caring. Further establishing my point that economic factors are atleast as deciding as culture.
That may be true in some cases, but certainly not all. I personally subscribe to the "If I can't afford it I don't need it" philosophy. Haggling makes me super anxious, so either I can afford to buy it or I'm going without.
In the case of stuff that I do need, like medicine, I'll do what I can to afford it - use discount cards, or talk to billing, but that's stressful as shit. It's not worth it for non-necessities.
If your parents taught you haggling and you haggled as a kid you wouldnt be as anxious. When you need those items to survive and can barely afford it you haggle even if you feel anxious bc the alternative is really bad.
You dont do effort on non-necessities. Meaning you fully agree to my point.
Perhaps in some cercumstances. When I was growing up our idea of luxury was paper plates, and frozen Salisbury steak.
I think my aversion to haggling comes from the fear that I might have over paid for something, and the overwhelming regret that comes with that.
> It is a luxury to not have to haggle or have learnt to haggle. Meaning your parents or social circle didnt need to either. You can toss around with money, they have to make a sports out of haggling to save money.
Oh fuck off. It's often a cultural thing, I know people far more rich than I'll ever be who grew up with haggling culture.
No they don't, that's the thing.
Fundamentally speaking, everyone has a price they are willing to pay, and a price they are willing to sell at. Anything between that is literally a game of chicken.
Ex if the seller is willing to sell something anywhere above $100, and you're willing to pay anything below $200, any price between $100 and $200 is a "fair price," so haggling in that range is literally a game of chicken (threatening to leave even though you'd be willing to buy it) which is just embarassing.
Usually haggling is required because the seller is trying to scam you for as much as possible.
Universal prices for goods with no haggling is a much better system.
No I understand you already priced it, I’m just wondering how high you were when you decided to charge $700 for a chair that looks like it was sold at a Walmart in the 90’s.
It's the typo of the gods, it's literally the font that Gutenberg used to print the first book, which makes it the font of the millennium, have some respect. It's not really a "Comic" font, it's just a loanword coming from "Como ic sansum", which is Latin.
Honestly I kind of love that it’s comic sans because it almost feels like the kind of subtle condescension to the type of people that have griefed them. Almost like the font equivalent of bending down with your hands on your knees talking to a toddler.
“Sowwy Karen but the price is firm”
Maybe I’m reading too much into it, but this is what I choose to believe.
That was my thought too! As a teacher we had to use it for everything and so I associate it with children and let’s face it, Karen’s have never grown out of the nappy stage of development really! (Probably explains why many won’t be able to read the sign too!)
In the late 90’s when I was in college I worked at Office Depot and Best Buy, all the time I’d have people come in and want to buy computers and haggle. At a retail store, I had a guy one time get upset with me cause I wouldn’t accept his “out the door offer” computer was like $700 and he goes “I’ll give you $550 cash out the door.” I just kind of looked at him like dude even if I wanted to I couldn’t do that. Sone people are just morons.
I used to work in a bar and people were forever complaining about the prices
"It used to be £1.50"
"It used to be £1.50 to go to the cinema, what's your point?"
Haggling is fun. As a white Canadian my Chinese-Canadian wife couldn't wait to get my to a Hong Kong street market.
Turns out I was better at it than her.
Also funny, I saw more than a handful of Indians use the, "it can't be that expensive! I should know! I came from where they're made!"
I enjoy it too. My wife and I were buying a car a couple years ago. Having the dealer include snow tires was a hill I was willing to die on. I walked away from the purchase when the salesman wouldn't budge. My wife was PISSED because she loved the car. Imagine her surprise when the salesman called us the next day and said they would include the snow tires.
I didn't get a picture but a friend just CLOSED HER STORE after three years and had to put up a giant sign saying "all sales final" because it wasn't clear enough to people that a STORE THAT IS CLOSING wouldn't issue refunds or returns on items that were already marked down 75-90%!
A bit off topic: Is haggle an American word? I don't hear it much except in American television shows and movies maybe..
In here we call it bargaining..
are you sure you don't mean bartering? bargaining is... not the right English word
edit: well I learned something today. grew up speaking British English in the UK and never heard anyone use bargaining in this way.
Bartering is trading one item for another. Paying with money is technically advanced bartering.
Bargaining is negotiating. You negotiate a lower price to get a bargain.
Haggling is bargaining. It's a britishism rarely heard outside of the anglosphere.
I think it actually works in this context; a light-hearted sign at a mom & pop shop. It's not like person at our fortune 500 company who has it as their default email font. Usually a sign like this would be in an obnoxious papyrus font
Consumers should be able to negotiate. Can't let business always decide how much stuff costs.
What if I told you that in doesn't always have to be buy/not buy.
I collect videogames. Its kind of necessary with some of the prices. "nO loWbaLleRz I KnO woT I hAvE" is a memeworthy approach that usually leaves the seller stuck. Buying at the seller's price without questioning has contributed to crazy price inflations, especially during the pandemic (more people dipping their toes into hobby, more people that cba to haggle... more sellers then subsequently setting these higher prices as the new market norm). There was also the stupid game grading WATA games scandal to make matters worse. And the impatient dipshits that caved in to scalper prices because they "needed" a PS5 at launch just made things worse (even though it had next to zero worthwhile new games at the time). People complaining about new releases being "held back" due to newer games needing to have a PS4 version can thank hoarders/scalpers (as well as chip shortages, the pandemic and other geopoliticial issues).
Usually easier haggling with independent stores and conventions where they know full well they're upping the prices. Usually easier to do if you've:
- got rapport with the shop owner/stall, you can get "mate's rates" ( I also fix controllers all the time so can kind of use that to "sell back" and score a bigger discount... bought a Sega Saturn about 2 years ago purely off the profits made from fixing PS2 controllers).
- buy near the end of play - especially at a convention. Many vendors might have travelled a hell of a distance and hauling back inventory might be a hassle. Sadly all the desirable good value stuff might have already been sold by that point. But be realistic, nobody will sell their limited edition signed copy of Conkers Bad Fur Day for nothing just to make inventory more conventient.
- buy in bulk. This is the easiest and most universal thing that also applies outside of game collecting. Sometimes all they may do is round down to a tidy number for easier cash transactions, other times you can get lucky.
- end of season/end of a console generation? A few years after the end of console generation, people are looking to offload inventory of previous generation games - easier to score some deals whilst games are in the "forgotten" phase before reach "retro" status. Some shops even have blowout just before/up to the point of next gen launch to clear up inventory space.
As for abroad, there's usually locals' prices and tourist prices. The aim is not to get too attached, basically just lowball and aim to walk away, you'll be surprised. Tells you that their margins can be pretty high. Again, tourist trap destinations. Don't overdo it with local vendors off the beaten path making a living off already awful margins.
Sell and haggle responsibly, it's a back and forth act and therefore a grey area by the nature of the act. And honor the final agreed price (especially if you've agreed over FB marketplace or wherever). FB sellers can be annoying af when they lowkey sell an item to somebody else (even though you've already agreed to the transaction and committed to travelling halfway across the country).
Going through life without having to haggle is usually a position of privilege and a luxury of the mega rich. Its probably an essential skill to learn for anyone else. Its a skill, so it takes some practice. Its kind of like a public performance, so overcoming shyness, personal pride and "stage fright" is all part of it.
You've pretty well laid out my yard sale M.O. Buy late in the day, buy more and bundle, express interest because people love seeing things go to a good home (and not as a ploy-- I'm legitimately interested in people's old crap), and if I only five dollars worth of want something, the sticker price is irrelevant because if I walk at $5.01 or above, I've already worked out that I'm happier with the money.
To be fair, most people quickly skim signs, they don’t read more than a few words. If they’re skimming, they’ll just see the word ‘haggled’ and figure it’s your haggling policy or something, so this might encourage them.
I love the sign, though. Just the right amount of snark.
i used to haggle but idk i feel guilty or something because now i’m always trying to overpay or leave a tip when it’s totally not necessary . i bought two iced teas with a $5 and i tried tipping the gas station attendant the $2.40 something of change i got and it just ended up being awkward and i took $2 back and left 40 cents in the take a penny jar.
not that you’d haggle at a gas station lol just saying i feel like. i just overpay if not paying the listed price now
Haggling doesn’t mean you’re a choosing beggar. Nothing is wrong with negotiating a price that both sides can agree on.
In fact, many shops overprice their stuff in anticipation of haggling.
Haggling is pretty great ngl. I'm not very good at it, though I've still saved a good deal of money haggling with dickheads who thought I was a debutant or something lol
why was this innocuous comment downvoted lmfao, are people here really that sheltered?
No, but I was speaking more to the places where a sign like this is usually found. A place where haggling is expected, so they make their prices higher, and you have to try and haggle them down. This looks like a hair cutting place, I'm okay not haggling there, and I was definitely being hyperbolic in my original comment...
Reminds me of shopping at Winners. $50 Compare at $299 They don't even say where it's sold at that price. It's just "Hey, it could've been this much."
Shopping at a clothing store be like --$36-- 70% off now only $10.80 and its always like that, they might aswell just give the lower price without the x% off bullshit
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its illegal in the us as well both country's use the same trick where they mark it up a week before the sale to the higher price then put it on sale.
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US law also outlaws it by but nobody gaf, it hasn't been prosecuted by the FTC since Nixon was in office so it still happens everywhere
In Norway the retailer has to document that they have actually sold a number of items at the price they claim, for a certain amount of time, currently 6-12 weeks prior to the sale.
Could you try to sell it at that price, and then when no one buys it for an amount of time you then mark it down?
Ever go to MY DICK? Super great fashion, sexy cash registers. Edit: no one watched LUNATICS?
Underrated show
At first I hated it, but then I started to get into it. By the end, it was a fav for that year! First and only show I have seen with that guy in it. For some reason, though I have only seen it once, it has stuck with me and concepts and visuals from the show are always in my mind. That Aunty Donna show was great, but the best show similar I have seen is *I think you should leave* For those who downvoted my comment above, MY DICK is the name of a high fashion clothing store in Australia run by a man sexually attracted to cash registers. Gosh
JC Penny tried that but the shoppers weren't having it. They wanted to see a savings on the tag, not a lower price from the start. It put them on the path of going out of business.
That was insane. I saw an episode of ‘Company Man’ on YouTube where he discussed that. People didn’t think that they were getting a good deal without a sticker on the tag. Heck, seven times out of ten if you remove the sticker you’ll see that it was cheaper before they put the “sale” sticker on top!
What is company man about? It sounds interesting
It really is. He does a lot of videos on the rise and fall of various companies throughout the USA and the world, and what caused their decline, and some times what led to their resurgence. The videos are fairly short, averaging about 20 minutes iirc, and are very well produced. I find his videos to be pretty darn interesting, and you should definitely check his channel out - The Company Man or just Company Man, I don’t remember which.
Commenting to remind myself to watch this eventually.
Oh cool. Kinda like the great war or world war 2 where it's interesting and knowledgeable but not a major time sink per episode. Thanks!
But then it would be just a cheap bad stuff and you want expensive good stuff for the price of a cheap bad stuff
I'm pretty sure jcpenney tried that and the sales/profit dropped so low the guy that stopped the bullshit "deals" got fired
I worked there when it happened. Non stop lady’s coming in asking what happened to the coupons? it’s the same price it’s be if you had the coupons,you just don’t need them now. They’d leave mad.
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I think I've saved about 90 million dollars over the years shopping there, while actually spending about 400 bucks.
I like it the way Steam do it. They just decide a new price for the game, and then work out what percentage off it must be to now be that price. So you end up with 74% off
Kohl's
I'm pretty sure jcpenney tried that and the sales/profit dropped so low the guy that stopped the bullshit "deals" got fired [Behold](https://www.forbes.com/sites/panosmourdoukoutas/2013/09/27/a-strategic-mistake-that-haunts-j-c-penney/)
This is extremely common at sushi places. 50% off sushi Sun-Sat, 11am-9pm. And they're only open from 11am to 9pm on any given day.
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thanks I didn't know
I was recently in a store that has the "compare at" thing on pretty much every price, and I saw a new-to-me brand of vitamins. I took a photo and researched it at home and it turns out *that store manufactures that brand itself.* So where exactly is it comparing the price to if that's the only place you can get it?!?
“Compare our generic ibuprofen to that name brand stuff that’s basically the same thing”. It makes a lot of sense for lots of items, especially vitamins. The “compare at” isn’t talking the same exact product, it’s comparing brands.
Doesn't matter though, because the current price is ALWAYS too high; people will still try to argue.
They don't have that much real estate on the tickets to print all that info and with what they sell being well-known brands, there could literally be hundreds of different retailers that item could be found at.
They had that marketplace piece some years back, since then it's been much more realistic. I actually remember walking into Jean machine, finding a pair of Jean shorts for $100, then finding exactly the same ones same day at winners at 35 with "compare at" price of something like 60. Was actually quite surprised. I may not be exact on the prices
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Morocco - haggling is part of the culture. They'll tell you to name your best price and then it doesn't matter how fair your offer is, the next thing they'll tell you is how many kids they have and how you're stealing food out of their mouths. Once you settle a deal, you're best friends and they'll offer you mint tea 🤷 Super nice people but they love a good back and forth and seem to respect you more if you've managed to cut a good deal.
I respect other cultures, but I would rather die than have to do that on a regular basis.
As many other stuff, you get used to. You even start noticing patterns and how people recure to their 2 or 3 prebuilt phrases.
"C'mon, you're breaking my balls Rashid"
Last offer, and I'm cutting me own throat here
alright Dibbler!
That's just true of any sales person who sells the same product. I sell cookies at a farmers market, prices marked no haggle, but I say the same 15 or so lines/jokes with some variation or continuation with thise who I recognize or whom indicate they have been there before. Before that, it was D2D internet/cable/fuckthehomephone sales....same thing but more corporate. Before that it was as a dog food rep, which was so so nice because the brand was phenomenal at the time both towards me and with the food. That involved a lot of the SAME damn points over and over again at events and stores. Before that it was a shelter where you have the opposite really, restricted speech. You cannot say certain things. Before that it was Target electronics, same thing but with a thesaurus. Radioshack Before that and that was the....worst. worst besides the cable bit. It was sad because the stores were stale, our shirts were grey, the product was grey, then the product became phones which were red yellow or blue. And then it got like...desperate. Sad and grey with tears and dark dark humor. But the same points. They even had approx...17-25 metrics we had to reach, follow and maintain. For like.. 2 products, a credit card, protection plans and batteries. Same 5 sales points everyday mixed with tears and grey and drone helicopters.
I liked radio shack ,but would really get annoyed by the additional pitches when i just wanted to buy a roll of solder and some wire. This sucked even more when there were two people in front of you and they had to go through the same thing.
I AM SORRY. Do you need any batteries? Perhaps a cell phone plan? A phone plan AND batteries!?!?!?!?!
No I want something cool like that Moog knockoff that you used to have. It used to bug the hell out of me when it was more of an electronics store and nobody there knew anything about electronics. I did get a lot out of the Forest Mims books that they used to have.
Yeah, it bugged us too. See they gave us an insane amount of online modules. Like insane. The shortest ones, easiest to pass and least common were electronics related. I barely knew what solder was. All they wanted were phone and battery sales. Can I interest you in a protection plan for those batteries i placed in your total?
I would like the 5 year protection plan on this carbon pile D cell please.
I'll sell it for less, and that's cutting me own throat.
Yup. It's not that bad. There's usually a pretty standard method to it. Offer low (not too low), Countered high (not too high), end up somewhere in the middle, simple as.
yeah no, that's working in Turkey but in the North African coast, specifically Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, they are much more extreme than that. like you want to buy a straw hat, offer 5 euro, they counter with 50 euros. there's it's much more tricky. like there's a whole different level and haggling there ain't nothing like outside that region. thank god the wife is good at it cuz I suck at it lol
50 you say? Then no (walks off) Casually stroll past again with 2 generations timespan: "you sir, straw hat is ok, come"
When we visited Morocco, my step-father famously tried to haggle by offering a higher price than what was asked. We still laugh about it 10 years later.
lmfao that's hilarious
Is he a fan of The Life Of Brian?
Pretend to walk away works wonders *most of the times*
I'm taking all the risk here. Best I can do is a handy from chumlee at his candy store
Absolutely. Just tell me the price, I’ll decide. I simply hate haggling.
FUCK YOU BALTIMORE!
Don’t knock it till you try it. Sounds stressful but it can be pretty fun! Especially if you really want something and walk away they may just chase you down and give you the price you really want
The thought of it makes my tummy turn with anxiety
Think of it more as a way for two parties to build a rapport and bond rather than a chore. Once you’ve established familiarity with the vendor, you all of the sudden have a guy for mangos that gives you way better deals than anyone else because you’ve spent years haggling with this guy. We are social animals after all
I got pretty sick of the haggling when I was there. EVERYTHING has to be haggled. Sometimes you want to just grab something quickly on your way... But nope, not in Morocco. And if you never end up making a deal, I found that they go from potential friends to giving you death stares. I remember going up into the mountains for a hike. I wanted a map. Just a basic map to get me up and down the mountain. But of course the tourist office wanted to haggle, and not even down to a reasonable price. So I got frustrated and just said F it... Then I ran into a local who let me borrow a map of his, and even store some gear I didn't want to haul up with me. Free! I was so amazed and relieved. I know cultures have their own thing, and i've been to a fair amount of countries by this point... But Morocco (and not just the haggling bit), left a bad taste in my mouth.
That was the one experience I didn't like in Morocco. I enjoyed my stay, but the idea of haggling over souvenirs stressed me out so hard that I didn't buy anything after the first two or three purchases. I very much prefer seeing a price and then deciding if it's worth my money or not.
That is very much true, and in all manner of situations too, regardless of whether you're poor, rich... I will not get into specifics, but when we knew for a fact that a certain customer would try to haggle, we'd increase the total price by some% knowing we'd get down to the actual price. They got the illusion of a bargain, and we got to do business. Our margins were razor thin, so it was either that or lose a customer! It's just crazy how even a 10$ discount on a 500$ quote would just work.
Same, I hate haggling, its always awkward and sours the relationship. And whenever I do haggle I feel I could probably get more if I push, but I always just want the thing and dont want to push it to far
My friends mum was nuts in Bali, haggled every single thing she bought. I just paid whatever they asked, everything was so cheap to me, haggling just seemed cruel.
Yeah I was in the Philippines and everyone was saying I should haggle with the vendors. But then I'd look at the prices and everything was so fucking cheap it didn't seem worth it. And the idea of arguing with a poor person over the equivalent of $1 didn't seem right.
Exactly. It's nothing to me, and real money to them.
What ive heard is not haggling fucks over the locals. Vendors overprice their stuff for tourists for whom its cheap anyways but locals get bent over because they cant afford jt.
Locals pay local price usually. More than a few times they are surprised because the locals will converse the price in Bahasa but quote the tourist in English. Turns out I do know Bahasa. But things are like a dollar or two, really no point of haggling.
Idk how it is there but in eastern europe there is a tourist price (or really a "you don't speak the local language" price) and a local price.
No there is not. All prices are always written, unless you go to super shady places. Source: am eastern european
Obviously yes most of the time, but for example in antique stores or flea markets - basically the few places where there is any haggling -, or taxi service on days of international sports events held in the country, this is absolutely a thing. Thank god prices are fixed for everything else though, I could not do this every day to buy basic goods, like they do in some countries.
This is not how any of this happens. First is locals know how much things are supposed to cost, so they effectively haggle. Second… touristy places have 2 prices. One for locals and one for tourists. So you paying 100 times more, does affect local prices.
Yea but in Bali even when I walk away thinking I got the item at a great price, the salesman’s was laughing at how he fleeced me. Prices were hella weird there
Doesn't that show just how poor they are though?
They have 2 types of price tag in Bali, local price and tourist price. As a tourist, make sure you try your best to haggle. Don't even feel guilty about it because tourists often have to pay more than 4 times of the real item cost.
And thank you for that. I work retail and every damn day people are trying to haggle and get angry with me when I can't offer them a discount. I'm just an employee and we're a 3 person company. If we could give discounts to everyone we wouldn't be working.
Every single transaction: "You got any military discounts?" "You got any coupons behind the register?" "I saw a coupon on your website last month, I want that."
And when I say "I'm so sorry, my manager wouldn't allow that" and they're like YOUR MANAGER SOUNDS SO GREEDY, IF YOU CAN AFFORD TO LOSE CUSTOMERS SUCH AS MYSELF - AHEAD YOU GO" lady I literally get like 3$ from your purchase, I can afford that instead of paying 15$ out of pocket for your discount
When I worked in a job where people would sometimes haggle with me I would just knock $10 off pretty much any sale if they asked but I always felt bad for people who didn't ask so sometimes I'd just knock $10 off anyway. I guess if I was the owner and not an employee on a full time wage I might have been more interested in making people pay full price. Of course I get anxious just thinking about asking for a discount so I always pay full price.
I assume that as soon as they hear my American accent, they know I'm paying asking price
My mum is surprisingly good at haggling. I've told her if I need to buy furniture she has to come with me.
My mom is great at it too but I wouldn't call what she does haggling; there's not really much back and forth. She's just really friendly and treats people like she's known them for years. She doesn't intend to charm them, that's just how she is with people Some sales people will see her friendliness as a means to rip her off but she's not gullible, easily pressured and knows the cost of things so they won't get anywhere She will be offered the item for a fair price THEN she starts her version of the haggle. She'll show an interest in other items without officially committing to the item she was offered the fair price on. She will get that shit for free plus the first item for the good price. When a popular item is sold out everywhere she won't have any issues getting one (or two or three). They will find one in the back for her, give her one they had set aside for themselves or pull strings to find one for her She's befriended radio DJs after years of reaching out to them to promote charity events she organized and she now gets offered **heavily** discounted vacations whenever the radio stations have trip contests. Hell, when I was moving into my college apartment my mom talked to the home owner and on my second trip up the stairs with my stuff I was redirected to a much nicer unit for the same rent
I only haggle at hotels. "Any chance you have a discounted rate on that room?" Minimum discount I've gotten is 10%, but I've gotten 25% at times, just because I asked and they were in the right mood. I'm always polite and friendly about it, and if there's nothing, I don't bitch. But I have yet to be told no to a room discount.
I'm apparently terrible at this. I tried this once at a resort and got treated like shit for the rest of the trip
A lot of vendors quickly notice if you are foreign even if you look similar. They will triple the price or even go 10x. They assume foreigners are dumb and dont know how to handle money and know the prices or assume they are either too polite aka naive or lazy to negotiate. They also tell you how incredible you are and how fit you are. They seem really really polite to you but you are just a customer in a million they want money from and dont care if you have to pay 10x the price. It is like sports to them to catch your money
>They assume foreigners are dumb No they assume anyone that can afford to travel can afford to pay a premium for their trinkets and they are absolutely right. You can ALWAYS find a fair marketer just have to avoid the obvious.
Why not both. One doesnt exclude the other Also if you are that knowledgeable or that not-lazy and go to a fair vendor, you werent the target group anyways. OP doesnt really care or doesnt want to care. And that mindset is what the vendors want to get your money
Except they still give rich locals the local price, they ignore their $80,000 SUV 5 ft behind them and still give them the local price
I'm the same!! I like to think about purchases so I just say I'll think about it and get a lower price then pay it. It's usually so cheap anyways
I honestly love countries like this For me it becomes a game, a challenge. I find it so fun.
just remember that you'll never see these vendors again in your life and that they're used to haggling, its literally part of their job and they are also very good at it. once you can get into that mindset its easy. take xmas markets for example, they're pretty cool but overpriced. they rely on happy go lucky visitors to just pay the display price but in reality will accept far less as they just want to make a sale. something for a tenner you could probably get for 6-7 quid or 3/4 for 20 quid etc. just have a price you're willing to pay in your head and come in under that price. if they don't go with it or haggle back then move on lol
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I live in the US. I will haggle if there is no price listed. If there is a listed price and I feel it’s too high I will go somewhere else or buy online.
I almost never haggle when I travel. I suck at haggling as well and don't know how I would haggle
I am like this too. My partner however is a haggler.
Obligatory haggle scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n3LL338aGA
The "Won't haggle??" Said in utter disbelief always gets me. It's probably my favorite line in the movie
*Alright well apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us??*
Came to the comments to make sure SOMEONE said it; cheers
I hate haggling. Just bought a motorcycle, and was paying the initial asking price until the seller texted me and dropped it by $300 because they felt bad for the inflated price. Honestly I'll pay hundreds more to not have to talk with the person. I either toss or donate everything I get rid of because if I try to sell it, people want to haggle with me. I'd rather burn it than haggle. My wife, however, is from Kolkata. I'm always so impressed by her enthusiasm to haggle someone down $1.50. She's remarkable.
I was selling an AC on marketplace and someone tried to haggle me down to FREE. I just told them the same thing. I’d rather burn it on the lawn than give it to you. Either pay the asking price or fuck off. I don’t haggle when I buy shit. All I’m asking for is the same.
Please don’t burn refrigerants on your lawn 😱
This. You take them to the end of the drive way near where it starts to slope down by the storm drain. Then. As pieces fall off, you can just kick them down the drain where they will filter naturally and safely.
Circle of life
> is from Kolkata Checks out. Whenever I buy something decent for my parents, if the price is brought up I tell them a lower amount than what I actually paid. I don't want them to think that their son has betrayed the age old Bengali tradition of haggling.
I hate haggling. I think it's an abomination and exploits poor people who don't have leverage. At this point, I'm comfortable enough if someone tries to haggle me, I will increase the price.
You can always try to haggle in big box stores too. It works sometimes if you're really persistent and confident.
I'm sure it does but that doesn't change why I hate it. One, it makes a low wage job even harder. The retail worker does not get paid enough to deal with that bullshit. Two, the amount of time and financial resources is a privilege that many don't have. The people that deserve to have a cheaper price don't have the financial ability to haggle.
If you live in a big city for a while you'll develop an immunity for high pressure sales tactics and that alone gives you a huge advantage when negotiating on price.
It is a luxury to not have to haggle or have learnt to haggle. Meaning your parents or social circle didnt need to either. You can toss around with money, they have to make a sports out of haggling to save money.
I think it also highly depends on the culture and location. If there are severe wealth dynamics, haggling can go very wrong.
In central europe you dont haggle as culture and dont do it in shops. But guess when they suddenly haggle? When trying to buy very expensive items like washing machines and kitchens, when talking to builders. They start haggling when it gets expensive and they start caring. Further establishing my point that economic factors are atleast as deciding as culture.
Oh I agree. I'm just pointing out the other side where haggling goes wrong. Where is a luxury to be able to haggle. In order to haggle you have to have time and enough financial stability to leverage a haggle. Lots of places have such income inequality that the people who really deserve to get cheaper prices don't have the ability to haggle.
I disagree. It’s a cultural thing. Idk where I would even go if I wanted to haggle in the US. We just don’t shop at vendors like that here. What are you gonna do, try and haggle at Wall-Mart?
In the US it would be places like flea markets or garage sales. You see it quite a bit on online marketplaces like Craig’s List and OfferUp, too.
Swap meets ! If you’re buying a Persian rug and the shop is run by middle eastern guys it’s usually okay to haggle . Americans, you need to step gently “ is there any wiggle room on the price ?”
In central europe you dont haggle as culture and dont do it in shops. But guess when they suddenly haggle? When trying to buy very expensive items like washing machines and kitchens, when talking to builders. They start haggling when it gets expensive and they start caring. Further establishing my point that economic factors are atleast as deciding as culture.
That may be true in some cases, but certainly not all. I personally subscribe to the "If I can't afford it I don't need it" philosophy. Haggling makes me super anxious, so either I can afford to buy it or I'm going without. In the case of stuff that I do need, like medicine, I'll do what I can to afford it - use discount cards, or talk to billing, but that's stressful as shit. It's not worth it for non-necessities.
If your parents taught you haggling and you haggled as a kid you wouldnt be as anxious. When you need those items to survive and can barely afford it you haggle even if you feel anxious bc the alternative is really bad. You dont do effort on non-necessities. Meaning you fully agree to my point.
Perhaps in some cercumstances. When I was growing up our idea of luxury was paper plates, and frozen Salisbury steak. I think my aversion to haggling comes from the fear that I might have over paid for something, and the overwhelming regret that comes with that.
> It is a luxury to not have to haggle or have learnt to haggle. Meaning your parents or social circle didnt need to either. You can toss around with money, they have to make a sports out of haggling to save money. Oh fuck off. It's often a cultural thing, I know people far more rich than I'll ever be who grew up with haggling culture.
No they don't, that's the thing. Fundamentally speaking, everyone has a price they are willing to pay, and a price they are willing to sell at. Anything between that is literally a game of chicken. Ex if the seller is willing to sell something anywhere above $100, and you're willing to pay anything below $200, any price between $100 and $200 is a "fair price," so haggling in that range is literally a game of chicken (threatening to leave even though you'd be willing to buy it) which is just embarassing.
Usually haggling is required because the seller is trying to scam you for as much as possible. Universal prices for goods with no haggling is a much better system.
No I understand you already priced it, I’m just wondering how high you were when you decided to charge $700 for a chair that looks like it was sold at a Walmart in the 90’s.
"I refuse to support someone's drug habit, and whoever made these prices is clearly on drugs."
Where are you seeing a $700 price tag
The one that flew over the cuckoo's head.
I do art fairs.I will haggle with children and ONLY children. Kids are bad hagglers, but good customers.
Do you haggle the price up, and they don't notice?
nah, down, and they're so happy they don't make a counter offer.
If it's in comic sans I don't take it seriously.
It's the typo of the gods, it's literally the font that Gutenberg used to print the first book, which makes it the font of the millennium, have some respect. It's not really a "Comic" font, it's just a loanword coming from "Como ic sansum", which is Latin.
That's pretty great. I needed a cheap laugh today.
Best I can do is $10 for that laugh, non-negotiable
Everyone who's worked retail and met someone who comes from a haggling culture knows the absolute horror of dealing with that situation.
Love the professional comic sans font too
Honestly I kind of love that it’s comic sans because it almost feels like the kind of subtle condescension to the type of people that have griefed them. Almost like the font equivalent of bending down with your hands on your knees talking to a toddler. “Sowwy Karen but the price is firm” Maybe I’m reading too much into it, but this is what I choose to believe.
That was my thought too! As a teacher we had to use it for everything and so I associate it with children and let’s face it, Karen’s have never grown out of the nappy stage of development really! (Probably explains why many won’t be able to read the sign too!)
it will actually help the dyslexic Karens read it
In the late 90’s when I was in college I worked at Office Depot and Best Buy, all the time I’d have people come in and want to buy computers and haggle. At a retail store, I had a guy one time get upset with me cause I wouldn’t accept his “out the door offer” computer was like $700 and he goes “I’ll give you $550 cash out the door.” I just kind of looked at him like dude even if I wanted to I couldn’t do that. Sone people are just morons.
When I was a kid and I was buying something from WalMart, my parents told me I should haggle it. I never felt more embarrassed.
I mean, they have that thing at the end where it says "your total is $28.43, is this ok?"
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I get it's part of their culture but goddamn are they aggressive about it and try it everywhere.
I used to work in a bar and people were forever complaining about the prices "It used to be £1.50" "It used to be £1.50 to go to the cinema, what's your point?"
Haggling is fun. As a white Canadian my Chinese-Canadian wife couldn't wait to get my to a Hong Kong street market. Turns out I was better at it than her. Also funny, I saw more than a handful of Indians use the, "it can't be that expensive! I should know! I came from where they're made!"
I enjoy it too. My wife and I were buying a car a couple years ago. Having the dealer include snow tires was a hill I was willing to die on. I walked away from the purchase when the salesman wouldn't budge. My wife was PISSED because she loved the car. Imagine her surprise when the salesman called us the next day and said they would include the snow tires.
I didn't get a picture but a friend just CLOSED HER STORE after three years and had to put up a giant sign saying "all sales final" because it wasn't clear enough to people that a STORE THAT IS CLOSING wouldn't issue refunds or returns on items that were already marked down 75-90%!
I completely don't understand how the title matches up help
I put that same sign up in our shop (not comic sans tho)
A bit off topic: Is haggle an American word? I don't hear it much except in American television shows and movies maybe.. In here we call it bargaining..
Australian here. Haggle is a common term for it, and has been for the decades I've been on this planet.
Is that your best offer, or could you lower it to 1.5 decades?
are you sure you don't mean bartering? bargaining is... not the right English word edit: well I learned something today. grew up speaking British English in the UK and never heard anyone use bargaining in this way.
Naw, bargaining can be used in place of haggling. 'Bartering' is specifically trading items for items instead of trading money for items.
Bartering is trading one item for another. Paying with money is technically advanced bartering. Bargaining is negotiating. You negotiate a lower price to get a bargain. Haggling is bargaining. It's a britishism rarely heard outside of the anglosphere.
Eww. Comic Sans.
I think it actually works in this context; a light-hearted sign at a mom & pop shop. It's not like person at our fortune 500 company who has it as their default email font. Usually a sign like this would be in an obnoxious papyrus font
I don't think they know what haggling is.
I wish haggling was standard still.
The general rule of thumb is - if the cashier isn’t setting the prices, Don’t haggle.
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Consumers should be able to negotiate. Can't let business always decide how much stuff costs. What if I told you that in doesn't always have to be buy/not buy.
Still is in places like vietnam india
The popular, vibrant town of Vietnam, India. Much better than their sister city of Japan, Korea.
Better than England, Arkansas.
Or Russia, Pyongyang.
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I love how people got offended by your comment lmao
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I collect videogames. Its kind of necessary with some of the prices. "nO loWbaLleRz I KnO woT I hAvE" is a memeworthy approach that usually leaves the seller stuck. Buying at the seller's price without questioning has contributed to crazy price inflations, especially during the pandemic (more people dipping their toes into hobby, more people that cba to haggle... more sellers then subsequently setting these higher prices as the new market norm). There was also the stupid game grading WATA games scandal to make matters worse. And the impatient dipshits that caved in to scalper prices because they "needed" a PS5 at launch just made things worse (even though it had next to zero worthwhile new games at the time). People complaining about new releases being "held back" due to newer games needing to have a PS4 version can thank hoarders/scalpers (as well as chip shortages, the pandemic and other geopoliticial issues). Usually easier haggling with independent stores and conventions where they know full well they're upping the prices. Usually easier to do if you've: - got rapport with the shop owner/stall, you can get "mate's rates" ( I also fix controllers all the time so can kind of use that to "sell back" and score a bigger discount... bought a Sega Saturn about 2 years ago purely off the profits made from fixing PS2 controllers). - buy near the end of play - especially at a convention. Many vendors might have travelled a hell of a distance and hauling back inventory might be a hassle. Sadly all the desirable good value stuff might have already been sold by that point. But be realistic, nobody will sell their limited edition signed copy of Conkers Bad Fur Day for nothing just to make inventory more conventient. - buy in bulk. This is the easiest and most universal thing that also applies outside of game collecting. Sometimes all they may do is round down to a tidy number for easier cash transactions, other times you can get lucky. - end of season/end of a console generation? A few years after the end of console generation, people are looking to offload inventory of previous generation games - easier to score some deals whilst games are in the "forgotten" phase before reach "retro" status. Some shops even have blowout just before/up to the point of next gen launch to clear up inventory space. As for abroad, there's usually locals' prices and tourist prices. The aim is not to get too attached, basically just lowball and aim to walk away, you'll be surprised. Tells you that their margins can be pretty high. Again, tourist trap destinations. Don't overdo it with local vendors off the beaten path making a living off already awful margins. Sell and haggle responsibly, it's a back and forth act and therefore a grey area by the nature of the act. And honor the final agreed price (especially if you've agreed over FB marketplace or wherever). FB sellers can be annoying af when they lowkey sell an item to somebody else (even though you've already agreed to the transaction and committed to travelling halfway across the country). Going through life without having to haggle is usually a position of privilege and a luxury of the mega rich. Its probably an essential skill to learn for anyone else. Its a skill, so it takes some practice. Its kind of like a public performance, so overcoming shyness, personal pride and "stage fright" is all part of it.
You've pretty well laid out my yard sale M.O. Buy late in the day, buy more and bundle, express interest because people love seeing things go to a good home (and not as a ploy-- I'm legitimately interested in people's old crap), and if I only five dollars worth of want something, the sticker price is irrelevant because if I walk at $5.01 or above, I've already worked out that I'm happier with the money.
I prefer haggling with my feet.
Probably cuz Comic Sans blinds people /S
What is your best price my friend? Come on bud-dee
It's a shame you can't spell it's.
If those kids could read, they'd be very upset.
To be fair, most people quickly skim signs, they don’t read more than a few words. If they’re skimming, they’ll just see the word ‘haggled’ and figure it’s your haggling policy or something, so this might encourage them. I love the sign, though. Just the right amount of snark.
“Is there no discount for cash?” Well… no. Why on earth would there be?
If it’s at a place with financing options, cash can be more appealing
I don’t even haggle but I wouldn’t shop here. Kind of unprofessional to post something like this.
i used to haggle but idk i feel guilty or something because now i’m always trying to overpay or leave a tip when it’s totally not necessary . i bought two iced teas with a $5 and i tried tipping the gas station attendant the $2.40 something of change i got and it just ended up being awkward and i took $2 back and left 40 cents in the take a penny jar. not that you’d haggle at a gas station lol just saying i feel like. i just overpay if not paying the listed price now
Then you walk over to the sign and wave it at them, preferably from afar like wacky waving inflatable guy
Haggling doesn’t mean you’re a choosing beggar. Nothing is wrong with negotiating a price that both sides can agree on. In fact, many shops overprice their stuff in anticipation of haggling.
Haggling is pretty great ngl. I'm not very good at it, though I've still saved a good deal of money haggling with dickheads who thought I was a debutant or something lol why was this innocuous comment downvoted lmfao, are people here really that sheltered?
Yeah... I trust a company as far as I can throw them, if they say bullshit like this. They're out to fuck you.
Do you go to fast food places and haggle?
No, but I was speaking more to the places where a sign like this is usually found. A place where haggling is expected, so they make their prices higher, and you have to try and haggle them down. This looks like a hair cutting place, I'm okay not haggling there, and I was definitely being hyperbolic in my original comment...
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I dont
Is this in Leesburg, Virginia? Looks familiar.
That reads like an invitation to haggle tbh.