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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SeaGoat, post: 4473892, member: 1136&quot;]Uhh, not really.</p><p>Front desk is not allowed to haggle, they call/text to ask about discounts on behalf of the buyer. </p><p>most of the time, if someone took the time to come up to the desk and ask, Ill give them 10% off, unless it&#039;s something I JUST put in there.</p><p>9xs out of 10 the person buys it just because they love any kind of discount... or they would have bought it anyways&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>But I also feel my prices are usually where they need to be for someone to buy.</p><p><br /></p><p>With gas going up (have to drive around to find items), rent going up, commissions, and now a lot of dealers have to pay the processing fee if someone uses a card (which I personally think is absolutely ridiculous, either the store owner needs to eat that or pass that fee along to the purchaser), Im not surprised you&#039;re seeing higher prices.</p><p>Non-haggling may be a knee jerk reaction to everything being high, so hopefully people will relax in future.</p><p><br /></p><p>If someone was asking for a deeper discount than 10-20%, you could always tell them you&#039;ll pay the commission on the piece.</p><p>As an example, I currently have a 1950s double sided porcelain Phillips 66 sign. My husband found it while logging. </p><p>One side is about completely rusted, the other has scrape marks from the machine running over it, bullet holes...</p><p>I threw $500 on it, which is the high side of a few estimates I received, but sign buyers will haggle and it&#039;s an eye catcher.</p><p>One guy caught me while I was in there and offered me $300 for it, but after my commission I&#039;d be out another $30. </p><p>I told him I&#039;d have to talk to my husband about it, whom I couldn&#039;t get ahold of <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /> and he said tell him to pay $330 so it&#039;d cover the commission.</p><p>The guy gave me his number, but still, at the end of the day, I&#039;ll let it sit there and attract people and possibly get a higher price.</p><p><br /></p><p>So maybe if you make a deeper discount and they say no, come back with an offer of that same amount, plus the cost of their commission. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Always ask at estate sales as everyone is different in how they conduct them.</p><p><br /></p><p>One company I work for gives absolutely no discounts on the first day, second and third day, they stick to the % off, not a penny more, and they won&#039;t do &quot;bundle deals&quot;, but this particular owner does not like to fool with haggling. </p><p><br /></p><p>Another company I work for will start giving bundle discounts after noon on the first day, but you had better be super polite.</p><p>I can&#039;t tell you how many grumpy or rude people ruined their chances at a discount, even during the last minutes of the sale, but super polite people get awesome discounts.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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