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Haggling to the Extreme

Michelle @infatuatedbby (94909) • United States 3 Feb 16

I love shopping! A little too much, and sometimes I just splurge shop and end up not even "loving" the item enough to keep. Then, I can't find the receipt, or the item is stashed away in my closet and I forget about the...

haggling to the extreme

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are you good at haggling?

iluvusabado @iluvusabado (2559) • Philippines 18 Feb 13

my aunt once worked as a saleslady in a tiangge or stalls in the market place. that's why she's really good at haggling/ trying to ask the seller if she could buy the product at a lower price. this usually works when you're buying...

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me and the haggler in me

Cutie18f @Cutie18f (9546) • Philippines 30 Dec 12

Yeah, you heard it right. I'm a haggler. I haggle a lot, so much so that when I go to this supermarket, since I cannot bargain with the price I would make friends with the person-in-charge of meat and ask her to only weigh the...

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Are you a haggler?

Cutie18f @Cutie18f (9546) • Philippines 16 Nov 12

I know that there are people who always try to haggle every time they buy something. I think it is a habit of these people to bargain for lower prices. I also do this occasionally. With the economic crisis we are facing, people...

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People who try to haggle...

katsmeow1213 @katsmeow1213 (28716) • United States 9 Aug 12

I'm selling a laptop on Craigslist. My asking price is pretty high because in the past when I've sold things people have offered me far less than asking price, so I figure if I up the asking price I might get what I want for it....

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What are your strategies when haggling?

dolce_vita78 @dolce_vita78 (8062) • Philippines 7 Jul 12

My sister and I will be visiting some stores selling clothes. These stores allow their customers to haggle. I am so excited because this is something we have not done for a while. I am the type of customer who wouldn't buy the...

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roadside hawkers

Tamosree1993 @Tamosree1993 (1525) • India 16 Apr 12

Precisely speaking, hawkers are those who offer goods for sale by going from house to house, street to street. "Peddler' can be an acceptable synonym for the term 'hawker'. Both in villages and towns hawkers are never something...

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Do you haggle when shopping to malls?

stuckonu @stuckonu (726) • Philippines 29 Sep 11

I've watched an American shopper haggling in a mall even though the products are already on sale, and she was given an additional discount. Have you tried doing it? Usually, it seems a little odd and embarrassing if you do it in a...

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siblings....

MarappleStiffy @marapplestiffy (2182) • Philippines 19 Jun 11

I'm so tired right now, had a busy week...and a lot of stressful problems but I enjoyed this week!!! So, my brother was given a last chance to prove himself and I think that he's showing signs of actually doing it...we went out...

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Do you haggle over prices?

3SnuggleBunnies @3SnuggleBunnies (16374) • United States 31 Dec 10

We have a group of people from another country that love to haggle who frequent my work. They insist on a discount for everything they get and if it's not next to nothing they don't want it. For example we had a group who wanted...

department store

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things you should do to have a successful garage sale

sandragellar @sandragellar (440) • Philippines 22 Mar 09

i've had my own share of garage sales. it seems that a lot of people are not content with getting stuff for dirt-cheap prices. and even more people are joybidders - that is, they bid and bid but don't buy anything in the...

second hand goods

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Haggling on e-bay

Troublegum @Troublegum (641) • United States 7 Jan 09

e-bay, like any other marketplace allows for the ability to haggle with sellers over price. Despite terms like "Fixed Price" and "auction" it is oftem possible to get the product for less than the listed price, or convince a...

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if you insist on haggling...

TheRealDawn @dawnald (85137) • Shingle Springs, California 16 Oct 08

let me first raise the price so that you can get it back down to the price I originally wanted.... I saw that sign in a catalog somewhere, pretty funny. Do you like to bargain or do you hate it?

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why do Filipinos haggles too much when buying something??

urcheekyangel @urcheekyangel (438) • Philippines 15 Oct 08

do you know why us Filipino people haggles too much?? (mahilig tumawad)even if the price is super low, we are still into haggling.. much more in public markets, we haggle the prices of vegetables and meats we buy... are you also...

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haggling on neopets: what's the best amount to start with?

mymelodake @mymelodake (1338) • Philippines 2 Sep 08

i'm not a very good haggler on neopets and have been kicked out for haggling too much lol. sometimes i feel like i paid too much for an item. before, when i would quote my first amount, i don't quote too far from the listed price....

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have you haggled so much that you got kicked out of a shop on neopets?

mymelodake @mymelodake (1338) • Philippines 2 Sep 08

i've been kicked out of shops in neovia twice, i was haggling too much lol. i tried to get back in after i got kicked out but the shopkeeper refused to sell me anything. it's only temporary though. heheh

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haggling over prices

jer31558 @jer31558 (3683) • United States 2 May 08

When purchasing something at a yard sale, garage sale, or other similiar such place, do you haggle over the price, or do you just pay what the seller wants? I just pay what they want, and if I haggle, its accidental, my wife on...

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