Comments on: Those Who Don’t A-S-K Don’t G-E-T http://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/personal-finance/dont-ask-dont-get/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:42:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sunhttp://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/personal-finance/dont-ask-dont-get/#comment-62030 Sun Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:40:35 +0000 http://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/?p=4640#comment-62030 I also found it is interesting that here we don't negotiate price, unless it's something big like a car or a house. In China, pretty much every price is e negotiable. Usually, when buying things like clothes, the price when starting the negotiation is usually half of the marked the price. The problem with this is that we don't really how much the cloth or anything in that matter is worth because the asked price is always much, much higher. I also found it is interesting that here we don’t negotiate price, unless it’s something big like a car or a house. In China, pretty much every price is e negotiable. Usually, when buying things like clothes, the price when starting the negotiation is usually half of the marked the price. The problem with this is that we don’t really how much the cloth or anything in that matter is worth because the asked price is always much, much higher.

]]> By: franticmommyhttp://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/personal-finance/dont-ask-dont-get/#comment-62029 franticmommy Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:39:26 +0000 http://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/?p=4640#comment-62029 Asking for a better price most likely workl better (when shopping locally)if you shop independently owned businesses. Independents have more flexibility than Big Box Chains who have miles of red tape and a home office to go through. I work at an indepently-owned office products company and YES, I always try my best to give a better deal if one is asked for. Squeaky wheel DOES get the grease! p.s I don't do many blog giveaways (they make me nuts) but I do have a good one running right now. Pop by and enter to win a great kids book written by my hometown girl. Great post Shannon! http://franticmommy.blogspot.com/ Asking for a better price most likely workl better (when shopping locally)if you shop independently owned businesses. Independents have more flexibility than Big Box Chains who have miles of red tape and a home office to go through. I work at an indepently-owned office products company and YES, I always try my best to give a better deal if one is asked for. Squeaky wheel DOES get the grease!
p.s I don’t do many blog giveaways (they make me nuts) but I do have a good one running right now. Pop by and enter to win a great kids book written by my hometown girl. Great post Shannon! http://franticmommy.blogspot.com/

]]> By: Shannon Mediskyhttp://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/personal-finance/dont-ask-dont-get/#comment-62025 Shannon Medisky Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:03:16 +0000 http://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/?p=4640#comment-62025 It's funny you would bring up Pawn Stars. It just happens to be one of my favorite stores. I find it so entertaining (and admittedly sometimes painful) to watch people come in and haggle.It's like the time my husband went into a pawn store and purchased a video game. He asked what they wanted for it, put the money on the table and THEN said, "Wait! Will you take less for it?"I immediately slapped my hand up to my face and shook my head. The pawn shop owner laughed and gave it to him for a buck less - out of pity, I'm sure! It’s funny you would bring up Pawn Stars. It just happens to be one of my favorite stores. I find it so entertaining (and admittedly sometimes painful) to watch people come in and haggle.

It’s like the time my husband went into a pawn store and purchased a video game. He asked what they wanted for it, put the money on the table and THEN said, “Wait! Will you take less for it?”

I immediately slapped my hand up to my face and shook my head. The pawn shop owner laughed and gave it to him for a buck less – out of pity, I’m sure!

]]> By: Mike Lutterhttp://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/personal-finance/dont-ask-dont-get/#comment-62023 Mike Lutter Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:37:38 +0000 http://www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com/?p=4640#comment-62023 It's funny that the sign in the image says "Please don't ask us to reduce marked price."Most Americans are positively phobic about haggling and negotiating over price. In many, even most, foreign countries haggling is the norm and is built into the starting price.It's good to be nice to everyone when asking for discounts but it's also a good policy to work up your haggling skills and be willing to walk. Take a page out of the guys on the show "Pawn Stars", they are pretty decent negotiators but the people who come in are just horrible at negotiating. It’s funny that the sign in the image says “Please don’t ask us to reduce marked price.”

Most Americans are positively phobic about haggling and negotiating over price. In many, even most, foreign countries haggling is the norm and is built into the starting price.

It’s good to be nice to everyone when asking for discounts but it’s also a good policy to work up your haggling skills and be willing to walk. Take a page out of the guys on the show “Pawn Stars”, they are pretty decent negotiators but the people who come in are just horrible at negotiating.

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