do you ever haggle?

[Hanuman]

thought this would actually be an interesting thread,

was watching this programmed called "dont get done, get dom" with that little bald guy who does the house programmes / few car ones,

HE BASICALLY HELPS PEOPLE OUT IE BANKS TRYING TO RIP PEOPLE OFF FOBBING THEM OFF FOR LIKE 5MONTHS, DOM WALKS IN TAKES CONTROL WITHIN DAYS HE USUALLY GETS THE RESOLUTION AND MORE THAN THE CUSTOMER WAS EXPECTING.

sorry about caps,
also he walks upto someone in the street "hi" "what you shopping for"? ill do that for you and get it cheaper,,, 2 quick examples

guy wanted a downhill bike helmet brand new retailing at £200
dom walks into a BIG franchise bike shop (not a lil owned one) blabla ill have that one but i dont like the price. "assistant looks and laughs" after about 2 seconds goes ok ill give you it for £180 good offer considering its shelfed for 200 brand new design

dom goes into another shop privately owned only small,
i want that helmet...it isnt in stock.... dom says can you get it within a few days.... shop owners yea i will and thats £200, dom...nah blablabla i want it cheaper, gets it for £150 after about 2mins of small talk,, amazing how much you can get off...

me lass bought a bed at the weekend i tried haggling, this is in a big "Dreams" store, i got free delivery straight away after requesting it, £30 saved in no time your laughing.

anyone else ever haggle other than for a CAR. (tvs-beds-furniture hi fi??)

[Hanuman]

also just quickly, he got a women to get about £900 off the price of a £6k conservatory which was quite funny to watch,

they do it with hidden cams so the shops dont offer discount just because they are on cam, and use ear pieces so DOM can relay his questions to the shopper to ask the shops owners

[Cal]

Did some haggling with Voda on the phone last night... My contract is up and I have no intention staying with them. Was quite fun tbh

[Tupps]

PM Danny for tips on haggling.... i swear he went last in the queue at the chinese so we couldn't hear him haggle to get 50p off

[Modified]

yeah alwayz haggle if i can defo :)

[matt_vtr_15]

doing some tonight on a vtr I want to buy. my dad is the master at haggling he has done for the last 25 years as he constantly buys and sells cars etc.


He told me to come with him but not look enthusiastic and be fussy about the colour as its white (however i do want this colour).

She wanted 2600 for it wehn i phoned her but my dad wont pay over 2100 for it will let you know what happens.

He managed to get me a renault clio a couple years back for 1400 quid as somebody wanted a quicksale as the clutch was dodgy, my old man had a spare at his scrapyard fitted it and i run it for a year with no problems until I wrote it off (not my fault) and insurance caughed up 2600 for the car as that was book price :)

[Robb]

i dont haggle for the sake of haggling as sometimes they can read you and you end up getting nothing. but occasionally i do and can.

[betty02]

My dad does this went into the LAcoste shop and i was buy a new polo, and was at the checkout she went £60 my dad did his usual 'Blooody Hell- Rip Off' she went well sign this card and become a loyaty member and get £30 of your first purchase and then 1020% of each and ever purchase after that, save up points and buy things for free.

[TU-Tuning]

if you haggle for phone contracts you get deals that are literally three times as good as the off the shelf stuff, ill never buy a preset package again. £200 free credit rocks, i havent had to pay my contract in yonks

[VTR_Nick]

Only done it with a car tbh. may try this though

[joemcevoy]

My mum is amazing at this. Her contract is 5quid a month with a free phone because she rang orange and told them o2 offered her such and such then did this to o2 and kept doing it until orange offered her this ahha amazing.

She also worked 500quid off their new car + a free towbar and sum other free shit. Shes good at it.

I try to haggle but sometimes it just never happens

[Hanuman]

honestly it works soooo easy but people wouldnt even dare do it.

bike helmet, £200--doms price 150£
karate stuff £about £150 doms price £80 odd
other day was guy wanting FULL ice hockey stuff, £650 doms price WHOPPING £400
ABOUT £900 of the conservatory price
bed £600 doms price £400 and free delivery

cars dont count as people expect to get money off as its not a fixed price its a price the individual wants, where as people wouldnt think you could just go and ask for 30% of a price of a shelved stock item in a store, but it works and EASILY to,

[TU-Tuning]

The only problem is if you start haggling over stuff you look/feel like a bit of a skank

[Ge0_Ge]

phone companys are the best, "im leaving, found a better offer" then basically you can get what ever you want lol

[JBVTR]

Haggled on both my cars

Saxo he was asking for £2700 no tax i got it for £2400 with 6months tax and oil and filter change

Vectra he was asking £1700 no tax i got it for £1250 with 6months tax didnt bother asking for oil change etc as it had just had a service

daft not to haggle realy

[Tupps]

Impreza Price - £3500
Got him down to - £2700

[Barry123]

i do everytime I shop in tesco

[Curran]

any type of insurance (car insurance mainly) is another good one to haggle on.

you will always get a much better deal if you get a few companies fighting against each other for your custom.

also the sales assistant wants you to buy their insurance as they get commission so they will do all they can to give you a better price than the other companies.


i rang up for my renewal quote yesterday and i couldnt believe how desperate the sales assistant got when i told him i was going to ring around for quotes before accepting their offer. it was quite amusing.

[LinfeildFc4Life]

haggling is amanse

[Hanuman]

thats true, i got quoted £600 for insurance B so said ok yea thatl do ill ring in 8days when my renewal comes through

so renewal day comes, i get a quote online for a laugh and its 580 with AA cover, so when insurance B call me i say sorry but iv just done a quick quote and AA quoted me 580, she says ok blabla we can do you 550 i said ok fine ill call you later (knowin im gonna call AA) aa CALL, sorry i just got quoted 550 by my first insurance quote, oh ok well we can do 540 with AA cover, ok ill call later, insurance company b calls, i say sorry but i just got quoted 530 (making sure i make it sound cheaper) with breakdown, she goes off comes back i can do it for £500 with breakdown cover which is actually through the AA service, and give you a courtesy car blablabla i call AA they cant beat it.

so i got £100 off without even moving my ass, and i was happy with the first 600 but the other company obviously wanted ANY CASH even 100£ + £60odd quids worth of breakdown cover.

[LinfeildFc4Life]

thats true, i got quoted £600 for insurance B so said ok yea thatl do ill ring in 8days when my renewal comes through

so renewal day comes, i get a quote online for a laugh and its 580 with AA cover, so when insurance B call me i say sorry but iv just done a quick quote and AA quoted me 580, she says ok blabla we can do you 550 i said ok fine ill call you later (knowin im gonna call AA) aa CALL, sorry i just got quoted 550 by my first insurance quote, oh ok well we can do 540 with AA cover, ok ill call later, insurance company b calls, i say sorry but i just got quoted 530 (making sure i make it sound cheaper) with breakdown, she goes off comes back i can do it for £500 with breakdown cover which is actually through the AA service, and give you a courtesy car blablabla i call AA they cant beat it.

so i got £100 off without even moving my ass, and i was happy with the first 600 but the other company obviously wanted ANY CASH even 100£ + £60odd quids worth of breakdown cover.


know that wat i call hagling

[Mark51]

my mates call me "Dell Boy" or a "gypo", becasue i haggle that much. i even haggle on a monday and tuesday when i get breakfast at work

[Hanuman]

im good at it on the phone, as i got the gift of the gab i can blag me way out of any thing, iv had me self in some situations work/personaly where i have come up with corker ideas or stories,

[OLLYVTS]

If you dont ask you dont get.

Its always worth a try imo.

[Barry123]

check this.

Almost all stores that accept credit and debit cards get charges a fee for using it. My dad strolled into a small Jewellers looking for a ring for el mother... was about to pay with the credit card and offered to pay in cash for discount explaining that he knew the charges.

bosh.. £50 off just like that.

[shooorn94]

Reckon we can haggle petrol?

"Psssh I'm not paying that, BP down the road are offerring 100.9 and you want 103.9. Having a laugh!"

"Ok how about 100.7"

"I'll drive down to BP and ask...*at BP* Shell have the price of petrol at 100.7, I'm not paying your crazy price."

"Ok we'll give you petrol for 99.9"

"I'll drive up the steep hill with my limited petrol that I've wasted going back and forth between petrol stations and check their price out"

I kinda blew that theory out of the water, didnt I.


Has anyone tried to haggle on anything like music or computer games? I tried to for COD4 but they didn't have it.

"Morissons will give me the game for 29.99, and you want £35? Can you match their price?"

"Afraid not"

"Ok well I like morissons better anyway." :p

[OLLYVTS]

check this.

Almost all stores that accept credit and debit cards get charges a fee for using it. My dad strolled into a small Jewellers looking for a ring for el mother... was about to pay with the credit card and offered to pay in cash for discount explaining that he knew the charges.

bosh.. £50 off just like that.

Alot of small jewellers and shops will give discount if you pay in cash.

[Hanuman]

Reckon we can haggle petrol?

"Psssh I'm not paying that, BP down the road are offerring 100.9 and you want 103.9. Having a laugh!"

"Ok how about 100.7"

"I'll drive down to BP and ask...*at BP* Shell have the price of petrol at 100.7, I'm not paying your crazy price."

"Ok we'll give you petrol for 99.9"

"I'll drive up the steep hill with my limited petrol that I've wasted going back and forth between petrol stations and check their price out"

I kinda blew that theory out of the water, didnt I.


Has anyone tried to haggle on anything like music or computer games? I tried to for COD4 but they didn't have it.

"Morissons will give me the game for 29.99, and you want £35? Can you match their price?"

"Afraid not"

"Ok well I like morissons better anyway." :p


obviously not a clue abut haggling or life mate sorry... obviously you wouldnt do it for petrol or morrisons, but if it didnt work would there be so many posts on here and what iv said.... simple, you need to learn the tools of the trade

yea nearly all of the hagglin will only work with cash... cash in hand they cant refuse that tasty treat

[L33h]

two days ago. I walked into a corner shop picked up a bottle of fanta and the shopkeeper was like 90p please. I says to him pfttttt ill give you 50 seein as your about to close. to my shock he said ok.

I knw its not much but its good to me woooop :panic:

[Gazzza]

i haggeld my new phone contract...
started at 35 quid...
got it down to 20 quid
for phone 600 free mins unlimited texts 1gig memory card and blue tooth :D

[Mark51]

Reckon we can haggle petrol?

"Psssh I'm not paying that, BP down the road are offerring 100.9 and you want 103.9. Having a laugh!"

"Ok how about 100.7"

"I'll drive down to BP and ask...*at BP* Shell have the price of petrol at 100.7, I'm not paying your crazy price."

"Ok we'll give you petrol for 99.9"

"I'll drive up the steep hill with my limited petrol that I've wasted going back and forth between petrol stations and check their price out"

I kinda blew that theory out of the water, didnt I.


Has anyone tried to haggle on anything like music or computer games? I tried to for COD4 but they didn't have it.

"Morissons will give me the game for 29.99, and you want £35? Can you match their price?"

"Afraid not"

"Ok well I like morissons better anyway." :p

ive done something similar. but fooked up "down the road they do it for £450 and you want £500? can you not beat them?"

"no, go get it from them" however the shop down the road did it for £500 aswell, so felt abit embrassed when i went back, lol

[saxodan]

hahaha outside a nightclub the other day
woman selling roses, bird I was with hinted about them, women tells me they are £3, never the less i got it down to £2

she never went home with me... i wonder why

ahha

[Adam_Q]

When ever possible yeah :) But i've found it doesn't work if you try knocking money of your fuel bill ;)

[meganc0212]

I don't usually but I do with Sky TV - all you have to do is threaten to leave or say you're joining Virgin and they give you 3 months free and drop your charges to £20 a month!!

Sweet!!

[minxymears]

Like has been said it depends where you are and what the situation is ... nothing more p*sses me off than when im at work and you get people asking for discount, but I work at tesco and you pay the shelf price, it would be cool if we were allowed some lenience particularly in my area of electrical sales cos i reckon i could increase sales if we were ...
And my dads ace at haggling ... always worth a try!

[bullit]

the other day at work we haggled a chink. he was selling porn out his bag. if we bought 3 we got the fourth free

[Mugello]

always try. never know what you might get for less or even free.

[shooorn94]

obviously not a clue abut haggling or life mate sorry...

I wouldn't do it really you numpty :P Just stating it would be funny if we could ;) I reckon they could do in africa at those stalls at the side of the road I'll ask my friend when she returns if you can haggle with it. :y:

Personally I've only won on my car. But if "you don't ask you won't get".

[seat-craig]

its my job to haggle i is a negotiator

[weetz]

the other day at work we haggled a chink. he was selling porn out his bag. if we bought 3 we got the fourth free

Classy and I think chink isn't a very politically correct name. :oops:

[craig180]

I haggle every day. It's my job!

When I'm not working if I want to buy something and think whatever it is is a fair price or I receive good service I'll pay the price. If I get a numpty in a large chain serving me or receive shite service or think a price could be beaten by quite a bit I will haggle.

Best bit of haggling I did recently I got 24 grand off!

[Mr_X]

my car was up for sale at 3k and with a little haggle i got it for 2.3k