haggle when buying a new mattress and sofa

[frank13]

OK so I need a new mattress and sofa should I try and haggle on the price? If so how much should I try to get off of there price? There going to cost about 1,000 to 1,200 for both and is there one place to go witch is better then another? The last time I got new stuff my girl at the time just went out and got new stuff this time Im on my own so I need some help thanks

[ironbeck]

Wow dude, depends on the quality, do you have kids, animals, they are a number of factors I take into account. I would say try to get 25% off, then again it depends on where you are buying it from and the flexiblility they can work with. Look up the furniture online and see what the avaerage prices are and go from there?

[frank13]

Wow dude, depends on the quality, do you have kids, animals, they are a number of factors I take into account. I would say try to get 25% off, then again it depends on where you are buying it from and the flexiblility they can work with. Look up the furniture online and see what the avaerage prices are and go from there?

why the (wow dude) does that seem cheap already ? i think last time it cost me 1,200 just for the mattress but this time im getting some cheap shit just to hold me over yea no kids no animals thats kind of what i was thinking tho try and get somewhere around like 200 bucks off

[frank13]

just wasn't sure if haggling when buying furniture is still a common place

[fukngruvn]

just wasn't sure if haggling when buying furniture is still a common place

always haggle. never hurts to ask. just keep in mind there will be less wiggle room on cheaper items vs. high-end pieces.

200 discount seems like a reasonable request.

[ironbeck]

wow was just an expression for an exhale at the time.....I never go cheap on the matress it's the most important to me. I would definitely try to haggle some.

[songdog]

Bro my wife haggles on everything.To the point it is embarassing but she saves me a lot of money.Not really she spends it on something else But it never hurts to try.

[Rwy]

I bought a brand new king size mattress for $300 bucks. Its a no name brand but its pretty damn good for $300.

[Nooomoto]

I haggled when I bought my Tempurpedic mattress about 10 years ago. I ended up getting a few hundred off the price (I think it was $2,200 on the sticker) and 2 free Tempurpedic pillows that go for $120 each. Haggling is definitely worth it. Since then I went to Ikea and bought a cool looking queen size bed and foam mattress/foam pillow top for like $500 for everything. Not to say the Tempurpedic wasn't worth every penny, but the Ikea stuff isn't bad at all. Might be worth checking out.

[Rwy]

I used to work with an Orthodox Jewish gentleman. He was in his 60's and we commuted together back and for through NYC. He asked me to help him one day return something tom home depot that was a little too big for him to carry. Anyway to make a long story short we get to the counter and he was returning an item that was 2 years old and broke. It was an expensive item but I was mortified to be with him while he was discussing this return with the manager. I walked away from the counter while workers and customers were rolling their eyes at this guy for trying to return something two years old with no receipt.

So I came back a few minutes later and I see them crediting him back for the item. I could not believe it, and from that day forward I said to myself you have to try and haggle everything. Who cares what people call you or think you will end up having more money and better stuff

[Nooomoto]

I used to work with an Orthodox Jewish gentleman. He was in his 60's and we commuted together back and for through NYC. He asked me to help him one day return something tom home depot that was a little too big for him to carry. Anyway to make a long story short we get to the counter and he was returning an item that was 2 years old and broke. It was an expensive item but I was mortified to be with him while he was discussing this return with the manager. I walked away from the counter while workers and customers were rolling their eyes at this guy for trying to return something two years old with no receipt.

So I came back a few minutes later and I see them crediting him back for the item. I could not believe it, and from that day forward I said to myself you have to try and haggle everything. Who cares what people call you or think you will end up having more money and better stuff

Yeah but surely you understand that as an old orthodox Jew, he has special powers of speech craft and no mere layman could pull off what he did!

[SEOINAGE]

Depends on the place, just do your research on it and make sure you are getting the best price on it. Sometimes I just call around and see what I can get things for, and go with the best deal. Sometimes they even ask me to set a price and often times they meet it. I offered less than 1/5 of the asking price on a vacuum cleaner that some door to door kids were selling, obviously most places ask as much as they can, but usually are willing to drop the price if it means losing a sale. If they think you are going to buy it anyways they are going to obviously try and get the highest price out of you. So saying something like could you maybe take 200 bucks off, isn't strong enough to always work. Make sure what you offer is brought across as what you value that item as.

[Times Roman]

what ever you do, don't get a memory foam (great for sleeping, lousy for fukkin).

always haggle. never be afraid to walk away from a deal. I learned alot in afghanistan. I'd go to the same vendor several times, and would walk away just to make a point. they would get used to me coming in and walking out over a period of several weeks. so they knew if they wanted to deal, they'd better give me the price i want. most of the time when i walked, i'd also laugh at them for wasting both our times. I'd typically get discounts in the area of 35 to 50% off initial asking price on anything i purchased.

when i first arrived in afghanistan, other expats would actually laugh at me for paying full price, and this one in particular would get pissed. why would you pay full price he would ask. and besides, when you just roll over and pay full price, it makes it that much more difficult for the rest of us to get the discount we are looking for. made sense to me, so now it is just a game, and I haggle just for the sake of haggling.

[lovbyts]

what ever you do, don't get a memory foam (great for sleeping, lousy for fukkin).

always haggle. never be afraid to walk away from a deal. I learned alot in afghanistan. I'd go to the same vendor several times, and would walk away just to make a point. they would get used to me coming in and walking out over a period of several weeks. so they knew if they wanted to deal, they'd better give me the price i want. most of the time when i walked, i'd also laugh at them for wasting both our times. I'd typically get discounts in the area of 35 to 50% off initial asking price on anything i purchased.

when i first arrived in afghanistan, other expats would actually laugh at me for paying full price, and this one in particular would get pissed. why would you pay full price he would ask. and besides, when you just roll over and pay full price, it makes it that much more difficult for the rest of us to get the discount we are looking for. made sense to me, so now it is just a game, and I haggle just for the sake of haggling.

That has always been my best method of getting good deal. Act interested but not overly or that you need it. Then even when you think you have a pretty good price do the OK (Pause) Ill think about it and start to walk away. This works great especially in Asia (Thailand/Philippines) and they typically stop you and give an even lower price. Typically I can get them to come down a little more still and depending what it is after that if it's something you want more than one you start in with the OK what if I buy 2 and then 3 etc to get the quantity discount.

Ive used this method and have gotten better prices than some of the other retailers I have been told. lol Example, the same black pearl necklace I got in Philippines for my mom I paid $60? for I just saw in Jamaica for $1000. The lowest I have seen it anywhere is several hundred.

[Times Roman]

That has always been my best method of getting good deal. Act interested but not overly or that you need it. Then even when you think you have a pretty good price do the OK (Pause) Ill think about it and start to walk away. This works great especially in Asia (Thailand/Philippines) and they typically stop you and give an even lower price. Typically I can get them to come down a little more still and depending what it is after that if it's something you want more than one you start in with the OK what if I buy 2 and then 3 etc to get the quantity discount.

Ive used this method and have gotten better prices than some of the other retailers I have been told. lol Example, the same black pearl necklace I got in Philippines for my mom I paid $60? for I just saw in Jamaica for $1000. The lowest I have seen it anywhere is several hundred.

i started an orb collection (think huge marbles made out of stone). I have a 5" jade orb, a 6" lappis orb, and a 7" (can't remember the name, but it's fire red on one side, and translucent crystal on the other, all the same type of rock) for the third. the jade is worth hundreds, and i picked it up for about $30. the lappis is the same, and the one i can't remember, i was describing it to a jeweler (i remembered the name of the rock at that point) and he told me it could be worth thousands. the red one, the vendor wanted $200, and I just laughed and walked away. Over a period of months, no one actually purched the orb, but i continued hammering away. finally i walked in, and the guy said how much did we agree to last time? I lied and told him $75 (it was actually $95), and today i will take it off his hands for $65 (every time I'd walk away, i always told him next time i come in i will offer less). So without hesitatation, he handed me the orb for the $65. the only one I searched for and couldn't find was an alabaster orb. jjust flat out couldn't find it over there, although they did sell the stone.

[tcw]

Really depends a lot on the culture and where you are shopping.

"selfmade" could probably tell you how to haggle with furniture....since he owns a furniture store....but i doubt he would want you to come in his store and break balls.

Best way to shop is to get 3-5 prices...and bring in the quotes to each competitor. Ask for their best price and pick the best VALUE.

[Shol'va]

Depends on the person. If you don't like to haggle then just look for sale mattresses in some ads and check them out. A lot of times they are on sale for 25-33% off. Buy um on sale and no need to haggle. You could always shop online and look for free shipping. But the issue with that is you don't know anything about the comfort of the mattress until it shows up on your door step. Then it's a hassle to ship it back so forget about that one. You want to make sure it can handle the wear and tear from your woman though...

[doxmaster]

That has always been my best method of getting good deal. Act interested but not overly or that you need it. Then even when you think you have a pretty good price do the OK (Pause) Ill think about it and start to walk away. This works great especially in Asia (Thailand/Philippines) and they typically stop you and give an even lower price. Typically I can get them to come down a little more still and depending what it is after that if it's something you want more than one you start in with the OK what if I buy 2 and then 3 etc to get the quantity discount.

Ive used this method and have gotten better prices than some of the other retailers I have been told. lol Example, the same black pearl necklace I got in Philippines for my mom I paid $60? for I just saw in Jamaica for $1000. The lowest I have seen it anywhere is several hundred.

so wait did you haggle on the thai women to ?

[numero_uno]

Last time I bought I mattress I had already bought furniture that day for two other rooms from the same guy and I was pretty happy to be getting around a 30% discount (from haggling) so I also got a new dinette and a couple bar stools. The guy who owned the store said at that point he would just give me anything else I wanted at cost. So I got a $1000 pillow top for $500. First point of the story is that I think they must have a pretty good mark-ups on mattresses so there is definitely haggle room. Follow up point is that in hindsight I should have negotiated more on the rest of my stuff because the guy obviously made a lot of money that day. Never pay full price for furniture. Most of the time you can just wait for a 50% off sale and do ok. Just start shopping around now so you know what stuff costs and will be better able to spot a good deal when you see one. Also, most of them seem to know this trick but, if you can, try to negotiate a price first and then at the last minute ask him what his cash price is. I usually say it like this: "ok, so we are at $xxx, now what is the cash discount?". Don't be surprised, though, if cash is the first thing they ask about when you start haggling. It's much harder to get a really good deal when they do that.

These guys love cash because they are all dirty tax cheats

[DSM4Life]

I go for the mattress with stains. Blood seems to knock off the most money.