Haggling

[sobrique]

Hear and interesting piece on the radio at lunchtime.
It was about haggling.
In the UK, we don't do it very much at all.
Except, for cars it seems.
Well, I was wondering. Do you ever haggle? I've tried a few times, and have had some success (like with vodafone, or when I bought my car). I also got some free stuff when I bought my AEG. Not a lot, but if I hadn't asked I wouldn't have.

Well, the discussion went along the lines that there's some places, especially those run by those from other countries (almost any in fact) that'll be prepared to negotiate.

Most electrical retailers (like dixons) have 10% of negotiating room. There's also a balance of ettiquette, depending on how thick skinned you are. It's a little _less_ common to negotiate for services or for bills that you accept afterwards like in restaurants.

I figure it's got to be worth a try, next time I'm buying something expensive in a shop.

It seems Britain really is one of the few countries that it's 'not really done'.

Comments

haggling

[crashbarrier.livejournal.com]

Britian seems to be a country of "if the price is right the customer will buy it". also "what are you prepared to spend". so we tend to spend a lot of time looking for bargins instead of grinding the 1 shop you go into down to your level..

my family spends a lot of time playign one shop off against another.. but we don't directly haggle..