Do you haggle?

Only on high value items.

Haggling

Chutzpah said:

Only on high value items.

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I remember wasting days haggling in Morocco to save pennies, so not worth it but part of the fun. You have no choice there as there are seldom any prices.

Tony

I only bother on high value items as they often:

a) have a high margin anyway, so the seller can afford to haggle
b) they are often items that aren't purchased often, therefore they are keener to make a sale

My brother always goes for discount for cash and gets it on high priced items, but I am one of those true Brit reticents. After watching the flawed but interesting Mary Queen of Shops tonight, it seems that retailers will play the game, but then they are having such a hard time I think I would feel mean!!! What a fool I am!!

That's a good point about a discount for cash - these people usually don't see the cash for a week if you pay by card. Give them the cash and they have it straight away, and in the terms of smaller businesses it also allows them to *ahem* account for it whichever way they see fit.

Last time I did this was when I needed a panel on my car hammered out and respray after a numpty hit me in the car park. Offered cash and it saved me £20.

Shopping around locally by phone gave me three suppliers for an identical electronic piano recently. One of those was far more convenient regarding location, but his was the higher price.
I explained the situation to him, that I would prefer to buy from him but at the same cost available locally elsewhere, and he matched the lowest cost as well as delivering and assembling the piano. We both knew that he was going to make a fair profit, and both ended up happy.