What do you negotiate? Do you at all?
Most people do it when buying cars, homes, boats......
I have known a couple people who would negotiate for cheaper prices everywhere.
Are you the negotiater in the house? Any good?

I find it annoying when people try to haggle when they are buying from a regular store. Car and home are common place, and items are priced knowing somebody will haggle. I work for a very nice bakery/wedding cake shop. It infuriates me when people think they can haggle. Were a retail establishment with set prices.

I love negotiating. Almost everything I own of value is used. I hate paying full price Whether its my house or used golf clubs. I can see and smell blood in a sale add that makes me tingle and I go for the throat

I negotiate on everything that somebody lets me. You don't know if you can until you ask.

I forgot to add that. If its a used item, by all means, negotiate. I do it when I buy used. I just don't agree with haggling at a retail establishment.

Cars and used items, yes. Just be very friendly, and start a little bit low. If they're willing to let it leave for the price you're mentioning, they'll let you know, or they'll counter-offer. The worst that they can say is no, and you can go from there.

No need to go in like you're the bargaining baron and you're going to be a jerk until they bend to your will. They're working for a living just like everyone else, so don't be a schmuck.

Then I choose not to purchase from you!

If I am buying a wedding cake, I would try to haggle for the best price. Now if I am buying a loaf of bread or some cookies it's not worth my time to haggle, I see your prices I can choose to purchase or not.

Retail establishments are a dime a dozen, there is always someone that will do what you want for the price your willing to pay.

I once got $5 off a lap dance

Winning!

I had a guy offer me a couple hundred less off a machine than I was asking today. He does custom Chopper work and had a lot of cool tats so I took it.

I get that, but there is not a cake shop in the area who will haggle. We often can offer cheaper alternatives. But if you arent willing to compromise, we can't. A retail establishment who haggles, makes it pretty obvious their prices was higher than necessary to begin with. The vast majority of brides who have a consultation with us, book with us because our prices are already lower than the majority of our competitors.

any goods besides food stuff, furniture, household goods, i try the for the managers discount, half of the time i get a extra 10 % off

Isn't this a form of haggling?

No price is set in stone...not when cash is involved. I am the negotiator for myself, a lot of my friends, and my family members.

No, because the cheaper options we offer are a different final product that the original product. Such as, if a cake is out of budget, we offer less intricate designs, or a smaller cake.

my buddy worked at a plastic molding place, they made the christmas light holders that slid under the shingles, sold them to walmart for a 1.30 a bag for a hundred, before christmas they cost 4.99 a bag, after christmas they went on sale for a 1.89. its all profit, there is room to negotiate at any price

Regardless of profit margin, the manager at a retail establishment probably doesn't even have the authority to haggle on price

At 1.89, that's not a profit. Ever hear of overhead? Labor, keeping the lights on, marketing...

Cash is king,but let a guy make a buck once in a while

yes i have, before christmas they sold a jillion bags at 4.99 a bag, the profit has been made, the rest after christmas is still profit, now go sell your slurppees and make sure the bathrooms are clean

Your post doesn't make any sense rw. Don't be an arse

Ahhh..the art of the deal..everything is negotiable,everything!!

Plastic light holders is not all that walmart sells, and it is in fact a profit of $0.59 per item. I can see what you are saying but what RW is trying to say is that they accounted for all of the overhead with the pre-Christmas sales, and now are bottoming the price out to get them off their shelves.

I once negotiated a $10 scratch off ticket for $20. This stuff is easy.

What does ghat have to do with anything