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How To Save Big Bucks By Haggling

I negotiate on everything – Recently, I bought a second hand cars and I noticed some scratches in the bodywork, thus I negotiate a better price.

How To Negotiate? Usually, my strategy is to become more emotional with the seller. I try to be smiling, friendly, when I haggle. In my view, be always upbeat and happy is the first rule if you want to get a discount.

However, is no simple to keep our negotiating behaviour stable. It is important to maintain control. I check, if after the sale the seller is in a happier frame of mind than before, in this case I hit my purpose, and I used the right technique.

Here are some pratical advices you need to know to negotiate. These are two common techniques many people use.

Ask for a discount. I always ask if there’s a good discount for customers.
Usually, when I purchase a lot of things, I ask for a discount price because I’m buying a bunch.

However, there are a couple of others things that work very well.

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1. Finding defects – I think it very wise to look for a blemish on a big screen and get 20 percent off.

2. Be A Good buyer - This is a strategy I use when I reach a true bottom of the price. When you haggle, you can say “Well, my mother hates it, but I love it, so if you can make another 10% off, I can buy it anyway.” It’s works fine.

3. Getting The boot - This is another strategy I use when I see that the seller will not go a penny lower. It works like this: I ask them to give me some small extra things. For instance, when I have made my pile of merchandise, I say: “If you will add this glasses or statue or lamp or whatever to boot I will pay your price.”

4. Be positives - You say you like the subject, but also say that it is too expensive for your pocket. I’ve bought a notebook with this tecnique.

Conclusion

However, there are places you can not negotiate for yourself, for instance, when you buy a car. For the rest, almost everything is negotiable. Most sellers will give a discount if you just have to ask. The worst the seller can say is “no”.