Do you go Dickering in your spare time?

[Bretrick]

Who needs Craig's List? Become a Dickerer and make your own bargains

 

[hollydolly]

Who needs Craig's List? Become a Dickerer and make your own bargains

I do quite a bit of that actually....

 

[That Lady in PA]

There is very little out there to dicker for....

 

[Aunt Bea]

 

[timoc]

Dickering?​

No, I'm not going to ask.

 

[Tommy]

I negotiate on major purchases (e.g., houses, cars). I value shop. But I never haggle over price on everyday things. Either pay the asking price or walk away.

 

[Jazzy1]

I might go bickering but I leave the dickering up to someone else.

 

[Been There]

I like to bargain with people, especially car/truck salesmen.

 

[Muskrat]

Have always, will always.

 

[IrishEyes]

The one and only purchase I did on that was 13 years ago for my dog Oscar.
Best deal I ever got in my life. I won't have any further need I think.

 

[MACKTEXAS]

The only dickering on prices I know of that I can do are on a new car purchase. The last time I bought one, I did all my research on the model I wanted and my trade in and arrived at the difference I was willing to pay the dealer in cash. As always, the salesman kept makng trips back and forth to his manager, but finally we arrived on an agreement that was $400 off from what I'd hoped for. That was close enough, so I took it.

Negotiating gets more complicated when financing is involved, or the model I want has different options from the one offered. When that has happened in the past, I get all the information and tell them I have to think it over and return later. Then they try to make it seem it's a "now or never" deal. In that case, for me it's never, and I go elsewhere.