Do you haggle over prices?

It always my impression that if it is a private sale then there is room for haggling the price. But in a retail store, I figure the price is set. I have seen people literally act like let's make a deal. The only other place I know to get a deal is car dealerships and the flea markets.

You are right, only in flea market, or those wholesale stores, you probably are allowed to haggle over their given price. In those retail stores chain, the price is what it is, there is no windows for haggling. As matter of fact, I notice that most Indian people love to haggle or best of all, want them to be free. There is no such deal like that.

I never haggle. If I'm not willing to pay the price that's on the item, I just don't buy it. I'm the same at yard sales and discount stores. I know it's a custom in other countries to haggle but I've never been comfortable with it. Those people got a good deal on that cleaning thing!

Nope it's not the norm in stores around here. I know thre are some people who outright go searching for the damaged goods, or damage the goods just to try to get a good deal on them. It's amazing what people will do to save that buck, but really who could blame them? I believe in saving money but I don't think I'd go as far as harassing people all the time just to save a dollar.

Hello Here there are 2 kinds of shops/stores, some are FIXED PRICE, the price there is fixed, they wont give you even one rupees discount, i always buy from them only.. Also there are shops , they declare say 20% discount, the price tag they attach may be 60% highter, if one bargain he/she can get 50% to 60% less.. Once they gave me 60% less, but upon verification, this price after 60% discount was still 18% higher than normal price. Thanks for this discussion Have a nice day ahead. Professor ‘@Bhuwan@’. .

I am terrible at haggling I feel so stupid doing it.However I went to buy a car yesterday and did manage to get £350 off the asking price and so I was quite pleased with my little self!!

i only haggle over prices in the places that i know i am allowed to do it... not at big shopping centers and department stores definitely because i know that they have fixed price... and if the price of the item is already reduced or discounted, i won't haggle anymore as i think it is pushing it too far... i am a very frugal person but to a limit... :-) take care and have a nice day...

hi 3snugglebunnies happy new year here I have just under two hours til the new year. I just had a glass of champgne with my son as he could not stay til midnight. anyway no here where i am in California you just do not haggle except at a garage sale or flea market sale. I just want for Walmart to have great sales or else if its something I have to have I just pay full price but in Walmart their prices are usually much lower than other stores so its okay.Lord if I could get a fancy cleaning gadget for 40 I sure would not quibble. boy typing correctly is hard with that champagne making me giddy,. lol.as I have to get up at 6 am I think I will soon hit the sack. I am not not to haggle anyway bu t myhubby used to be good at it.Its really not normal here in the US to haggle over prices in a store at all.

He, 3SnuggleBunnies. I am living in the Philippines and in this country haggling is also one of our practices. But haggling is not acceptable everywhere here. There are all places where in we don't haggle like in the malls and big supermarkets. But in our regular supermarkets, we can do that. also ,there are places like flea markets and bazzars where we can get a really good price when you are good in haggling. Which reminds me of my sister who is very good on this.

Never have I ever haggled over the prices at stores. I will admit that there have been times that I will joke that an item should be free because it doesn't want to ring up. However, I've never haggled. I will haggle over the price at a yard sale or something like that. However, at a retail place of business I don't think that it is acceptible to haggle because they can't adjust the price and it is a waste of time in my opinion.

Yeah i would definitely try to get a cheaper price out of everything i buy.Its in us chinese peoples blood ;) On Saturdays i would just go out and get something to eat like a burger or a drink from a roadside store,i would ask for a cheaper price. If you've been to china you would know that the people there are crazy at doing this kinda stuff :P

If it is as you say on the flea /night markets and stores that are like that we can do haggling. But on the department stores the price is fixed. There is fun in asking for discounts but there is always a limit for my part since I also keep in mind that both me and the seller will reach a good compromised payment on the products that they have. I do bear in mind that business is still business and the one selling has also overhead expenses as well as a family to feed.

There is no haggling here only if you go to like asian stores like in certain areas then yeah but other then that everything has a set price and you buy it like that sometimes there are specials or coupons though or when you use the stores credit card you might get a discount :)

Prices are usually neatly marked on (labels on) items up for purchase. If it's not marked, it's not available (unless you're in a place whose purpose is 'to sell items,' in which case it's best to ask them; if their answer is exorbitantly high, I either make sure I can't talk the price down or don't really want it that bad).

Yeah 3SnuggleBunnies, it's a must to haggle before buying anything at the street stalls or open-air market. If not we would get thing with unreasonable price for sure. Very often goods bought are duplicated items. It's not worth to pay more for such thing. They are not quality and durable as well. Therefore I prefer to purchase what I need from the hypermarkets. Customer is given 7 days time to claim for another brand one if the item purchased doesn't work well or damaged. Further more all goods available in the hypermarket labelled with price which is fixed. We could pick item with price which we favorite and don't have to waste time and effort to do the haggling at all Have a nice day

If it is already on sale, we don't usually ask for a discount. Just yesterday morning, I went to the downtown area for some shopping with my friends. It so happened that there was a pair of cotton slippers on sale, a very low price. I bought it without asking for another discount because it was super-cheap already. If I should ask for a lower price, that would embarrass me. Have a good day.

I don't haggle over prices. If it's something I want, I wait until the price goes down. If it's an item at the store, and it's damaged then I will ask for a lower price. The only place I can really haggle for a cheaper price is at a garage sale. We don't have flea markets in our area.

I have haggled at flea markets, rummage sales, and estate sales. Normally I will never pay the amount they are asking at any of those type of places. My hubby calls me the "haggler queen", and now he does the same thing...lol. I have never had the nerve to haggle at an actual store, although I do have an aunt that would. I remember when I was younger she took me to a furniture store with her. He haggled the price down a bit, and I was shocked when the sales person said they had to check with a manager, and sure enough she got her price. I do like a great bargain, but I guess I just don't have that much nerve to ask for an even better price. I do shop sales, and almost never buy anything full price.

When I was a kid, my mom would always bring me to her suppliers. She has a buy-and-sell business, that she still runs now. Her suppliers were basically wholesalers that let small business owners haggle prices. It was in a particular place in town. And people always knew to go there if they want to exercise their haggling prowess!

Hi and a happy day to all! Haggling is not bad at all. I think its the smartest thing to do when you are buying things. I am a person who really haggle for a price and leave it when i cant get it. I don't really buy things at an expensive unreasonable rate. I do understand that malls have fixed prices but i know they also add mark ups, i dont really haggle in those places. But if its a market where price is just tag and haggling are around i would love to haggle the best i can. Some vendors i know adds lots of mark up prices where it becomes unreasonable for the quality of the prices. If you are a smart buyer, you can check the quality of the product and think of the best price that fits for it. Enjoy haggling!