Who loves haggling?

[NES_Rules]

I do, haggling makes even the best prices seem even better. This summer I bought hundreds of games and I probably only paid the asking price once or twice.  And that was to one stingy old guy at the flea market.

Most of the time, my haggling involves rounding prices down to the nearest $5, jus to make it easier for me and the vendor.  Or sometimes, when the price is just high, I offer half of it, and usually get it.  But my faorite is probably the "you want __ for that?  I'll give you that much if you throw in all those games over there too" 

Now for some of my most memorable (mostlybecause they were last weekend) haggling experiences.  Both were at a flea market that I go to every Sunday.  The guy had 4 NES games sitting on the table and I looke through them.  Nothing special, just games I didn't have.  I asked him what he anted for them, he said "Well, I usually charge $3 each for them, but I'll give you a special deal"  He paused for a while and I thought " Sweet, maybe they'll be like a dollar or something"  And finally he responded with "$2.50" I said "No, thanks" and started to walk away, when he said "2.25" Again, I declined and he asked what I wanted to pay for them.  I told him "a dollar" He said "no way"  and I left.  Well I was wanderinf around and happened to go past him again and this time he yelled out to me "OK, you can have them fo $2.00"  Again, I declined and started to walk away.  Then he offered 1.50, and finally 1.25.  Now normally I would have bought them for that, but since he irritated me by going down so little each time, and kept saying how they are old and valuable.  And said any lower would be robbery, and I wouldn't be able to find them any cheaper anywhere.  Yeah, like I don't know you probably paid a quarter for all 4.   I just walked away from the deal altogether and he gave me the finger and said "whatever" when I left.  It was funner to piss him off than playing the games  
OK, this story has a better ending.  I see a small stack of NES games sittin on this guy's table and look through them; Low G Man, Super Mario Bros, Rad Racer, Bayou Billy.  All games that I didn't have and are ood games.  I ask how much they are and he says $2 each.  Then for some reason I notice a box next to them filled with Atari VCS games.  He says there's 33 games, the systems, and 2 joysticks.  I glance through the games and I don't have most of them and then I find a huge stack of manuals at the bottom of the box.  He wanted $25 for everything in the box, not a bad deal, but I knew I could better.  I said if he threw in the NES games, he'd have a deal.  But he declined and I walked away.  Before leaving the Flea Market, I decided to go back and see if he changed his mind.  He accepted my old offer, but now I wanted more.  There was a copy of Crash Bandicoot sitting there, so I had him give me that too.  And we had a deal. 

[Tynstar]

If I think the price is good I won't haggle at all. If I think it is too high I will. If they don't budge at all I just walk away.

[chrisbid]

i prefer to let idoits make really bad low offers

me: "how much for this old genesis game?" (holding a copy of streets of rage 3)

him: "old sega stuff, five bucks"

[Izret101]

I always keep moeny in seperate pockets or have someone else hold money for me.

Love doing it at tag sales.

"How much for that whole box of games"
"50$s"
"Would you take(emptying pocket) 21.75?"
"(laughs)... keep the 75 cents"



Repeated at the next tag sale for a stack of players guides

[James]

I always keep moeny in seperate pockets or have someone else hold money for me.

Love doing it at tag sales.

"How much for that whole box of games"
"50$s"
"Would you take(emptying pocket) 21.75?"
"(laughs)... keep the 75 cents"



Repeated at the next tag sale for a stack of players guides

I've had things cheap just because i didnt have enough money on me. I was once looking at a PS1 box and asked how much for the controller (A Dual-Analog Joystick, like a simple Steel Battalion mech controller) and they said £3. I then asked how much for the memory card, and they said "£5 for the card and controller... or £15 for the lot." I told him I only had £7 on me, and he said I could have it all for that.

It turned out I didn't have anything on me because I had lost my wallet.  I went back to the last stall I had been to, and the lady had picked my wallet up from the ground for me. So I got a boxed Dual Analog Joystick, 7 games, and a PS1 console for £7. When I got home I noticed there was a piece of paper saying "£25 - the lot" on it.

I don't collect PS1 games, so it all went to Gamestation, except for the controller. I got about £35 credit for it. One of the games was worth £9 credit.

[NES_Rules]

I always keep moeny in seperate pockets or have someone else hold money for me.

Love doing it at tag sales.

"How much for that whole box of games"
"50$s"
"Would you take(emptying pocket) 21.75?"
"(laughs)... keep the 75 cents"



Repeated at the next tag sale for a stack of players guides

That's how I got an SNES for $3.  It was really my last $3 so she gave it to me for that. 

[Pop Culture Portal]

I always keep moeny in seperate pockets or have someone else hold money for me.

Love doing it at tag sales.

"How much for that whole box of games"
"50$s"
"Would you take(emptying pocket) 21.75?"
"(laughs)... keep the 75 cents"



Repeated at the next tag sale for a stack of players guides

To quote Iz again...this is the only way I haggle, simply because I'm always broke, for real!

[Speedy_NES]

If it's real cheap I just buy it, and if it's relatively cheap I may take 20% off or leave it, depending on the person (I don't like ripping off old people unless they make the mistake themselves by putting a low price on something).  If it's too expensive I'll always say what I would pay for it and if they don't agree, then I'll walk away (sometimes I'll go halfway, but at the flea markets where I've been, the prices are either low or very high, hardly any in-between).  I don't have any set strategies, since it also really depends on the vendor's type and attitude.  For example, if you ask how much they want for something and they say "uhh" or pause for a few seconds, then I generally assume that they don't know the item's value (and will make a price depending on how much they think you would pay), so I always quickly mention a low price and it's usually accepted...basically just putting words in their mouth  

I also never jump at something that interests me -- I first act like something else interests me and then "oh, this is cool, too"...

[Sauza12]

Usually if the price is fair, I don't bother haggaling because I tend to get angry when people won't budge on their prices.  I mean like really angry.  Like I want to destroy them personally kind of angry.

However, when the prices are more than I will pay, I love trying to talk people down.  I haven't had to do it to much, but I have always succeeded in getting them to accept my price.

Then, there is one guy at a flea market I go to that is just plain weird.  He reverse haggles.  I'll see a game I want and ask to look at it.  I ask how much and he says $10.  I'll nod my head and say OK, and check it out make sure it's in decent condition.  Before I can say anything he'll say something like how about $7?  I repeat what he just said, and he will usually drop down again.  I've never had to haggle with him because he does it all by himself.  Very weird.

[captain_nintendo]

I like to make insanely low offers. Its lots of fun


And if I walk up and ask how much for something and they give some stupidly overpriced answer, I make an equally stupid lowball offer.

Its all a game.

[Izret101]

I wish i knew a reverse haggler.

I would keep talking to him/her till they were paying me to take it lol