What You Should Know Before You Go Shopping
Posted: Sunday, August 23, 2009
by John Park
http://www.itrustgodonly.com
Certain consumers suspect that it's only possible to haggle over the price for vehicles or houses, but this is pure speculation. I go shopping at stores that carry appliances, televisions, clothing and other items
I went to a store once where I managed to get the marked price of a 61" television deflated from $2495.00 to $1695.00. I was back and forth to the salesman for nearly one hour and a half,before I was able to get the price lowered.
Chances are that you are going to continue to give this store your business. In turn the store just gained a possible life-long customer. The next thing that might happen is you most likely will tell your colleagues about your experience shopping at this store and they will probably get more business from you telling your story. It's like you are being compensated with a good deal to speak highly about their store.
You basically have two different places that you shop at. There are the department stores and then the smaller stores that ordinarily sell only a specific type of merchandise like, electronics or appliances etc., etc. Because of the overhead, larger stores most likely double the price of merchandise that they sell. If you'll notice that when you go shopping in a smaller store they have less inventory, fewer workers and their store is not as big which will cut down on their overhead. A lot of the bigger department stores won't usually give you a deal, so it might be wise by patronizing the stores that deal with certain items .
Take a store that sells products like televisions, computers, stereos and appliances. Whether you are going in there to buy one item or more than one, decide how much you are going to be willing to pay for the products that you will be buying. Be prepared to exit the store if they decide not to discuss your offer. If you leave, there's always later. If you go back, chances are that you won't see the same sales clerk. Be sure that the salesperson is aware that you have intentions on buying more than one item, say a refrigerator and a stove. They will be more apt to listen to you. I know of a store that had on their computer screen a special price that the clerk had the ability to discount certain items for.
This is what you do if you go shopping at, a clothes store. Look around and pick out all the items that you are thinking of getting, then find a sales agent and talk to them about what you are considering on getting today. Ask them for a 15% discount. If they have no interest in giving you a discount, then start heading out of the store, you never know, they could have a change of heart and call you back. If you really need one of the products that you picked out, go ahead and get it, they will have some extra time to reconsider your offer. Whatever they offer you, it would be better than nothing.
As you exchange greetings with the salesperson, be kind and courteous. Let the sales agent know full well that you have no doubt that they will do whatever they can for you. Stand strong when you present your offer to them, don't allow the salesperson to see any feebleness in you.
To give you some leverage with your offer, make your purchases using cash, what happens is the companies that issue the credit cards have a certain rate that they charge the merchant for the sale that was made. Take note that when you go to negotiate with the clerk, that nobody can listen in on your conversation, otherwise the sales agent probably won't make a deal with you. Go shopping when there is less traffic in the store, you'll probably have a better chance at getting a good deal.
Always look for all the season ending reductions,they will want to resign their inventory and restock it with newer products. Look for merchandise that isn't tagged with a price. You can start haggling with these products since there is no price tag. Look for scratch and dent items, that way you can get a lower price for these goods, even in the biggerdepartment stores. Virtually every store will have an area somewhere that they use for a rack full of miscellaneous items, or obsolete items. When you go into the store, ask where they keep their discounted or discontinued items.
Bio:
I relish the challenge of shopping for bargains. I also like to haggle with the sales representative. http://www.e-bookssite.com
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