Any luck haggling over prices at Best Buy?

[Blu Haze]

Just buy it for the price were not in mexico

[dk3dknight]

Wow ive never had them reduce a price before,
I thought there laser fixing for a ps2 was too high,
the manager told me well sorry then...

Hmm guess I just talked to the wrong people...
oh and too those people in retail, if you stalk me
physically in a store I will put things back that is
creepy I will not buy more things if you follow me
it makes people nervous when people are staring
and hovering over like vultures, or pretending to
hide behind a object but staring at you like your
a piece of meat.

Also do not try to change a customers mind after
he starts to pay for said item, that is unnerving.

A CC employee tried to talk me out of buying Oblivion,
for what seemed like personal reasons.

Oh and if a customer walks up to and asks for help finding
something pointing to the general area of the overal section
is not funny...

Listening into private conversations is also rude, and I do
not mean accidentally, I mean sneaking behind someone
to listen in on there conversation its very disturbing, I
noticed a few people try to use that to catch the customer
off gaurd.. but I just find it creepy and may turn around and
ask you why your sneaking up behind me.

Ive only had one successful haggle and that was at a flea
market, bought a Mongolian dagger for 4 bucks, ticket price
was 19.99.

[mgonzo2u]

Originally Posted by dk3dknight

Ive only had one successful haggle and that was at a flea market, bought a Mongolian dagger for 4 bucks, ticket price
was 19.99.

That's kind of creepy right there.

j/k

[Marquoz]

Originally Posted by dk3dknight

Wow ive never had them reduce a price before,
I thought there laser fixing for a ps2 was too high,
the manager told me well sorry then...

Hmm guess I just talked to the wrong people...
oh and too those people in retail, if you stalk me
physically in a store I will put things back that is
creepy I will not buy more things if you follow me
it makes people nervous when people are staring
and hovering over like vultures, or pretending to
hide behind a object but staring at you like your
a piece of meat.

I start having fun when they are following me, I start putting all my purchases in my pockets and acting really shady. I know they can't touch me until I walk past the registers, so I keep acting HIGHLY suspicious, then I go to the register, pull everything out, and act normal and walk out the door. It's great pulling that stunt because then they all run out after you and you just use the receipt and keep asking why the guy is framing you, because you clearly paid for everything.

[tommyboy81]

Originally Posted by Marquoz

I start having fun when they are following me, I start putting all my purchases in my pockets and acting really shady. I know they can't touch me until I walk past the registers, so I keep acting HIGHLY suspicious, then I go to the register, pull everything out, and act normal and walk out the door. It's great pulling that stunt because then they all run out after you and you just use the receipt and keep asking why the guy is framing you, because you clearly paid for everything.

That's good.

[reiella]

Originally Posted by Marquoz

I start having fun when they are following me, I start putting all my purchases in my pockets and acting really shady. I know they can't touch me until I walk past the registers, so I keep acting HIGHLY suspicious, then I go to the register, pull everything out, and act normal and walk out the door. It's great pulling that stunt because then they all run out after you and you just use the receipt and keep asking why the guy is framing you, because you clearly paid for everything.

Actually, there's something they can do for that.

Only times we used it at the store I worked at was when we couldn't prove they were actually taking anything, and that's issuing criminal trespass. Just denied the priviledge of shopping there.

[dk3dknight]

Originally Posted by Marquoz

I start having fun when they are following me, I start putting all my purchases in my pockets and acting really shady. I know they can't touch me until I walk past the registers, so I keep acting HIGHLY suspicious, then I go to the register, pull everything out, and act normal and walk out the door. It's great pulling that stunt because then they all run out after you and you just use the receipt and keep asking why the guy is framing you, because you clearly paid for everything.

I just flip around and go "Can I help you?", they go no no nope and run away... I think I receive some experience points for this as well and sometimes something shiny.

Originally Posted by mgonzo2u

That's kind of creepy right there.

j/k

What I think was going on, is the item was not worth 20 dollars, it was probably worth almost nothing, I assume they place a higher ticket price artificially lower it to make you feel good about the purchase, but in the
same way your getting robbed.

Oh and how is that creepy how else do you sacrifice virgins to the great
rock king?

I mean come'on...



I am joking about the rock king btw...

[MattMyster]

hmm that's funny, but you shouldn't be doing that because in some stores if they find you with merchandise in your pocket even around the store they can charge you.

[tqmilymi]

Yahoo's running another story on haggling at Best Buy... See

http://gmy.news.yahoo.com/v/8818373

[mgonzo2u]

Originally Posted by Blu Haze

Just buy it for the price were not in mexico

Have you ever traveled outside of the US?

The US is in the minority on how things are done in many ways.

The first one of note is Americans usually only know one language. Most of the rest of the civilized world speaks at least two languages.

They can haggle in two languages.

[Blu Haze]

Originally Posted by mgonzo2u

Have you ever traveled outside of the US?

The US is in the minority on how things are done in many ways.

The first one of note is Americans usually only know one language. Most of the rest of the civilized world speaks at least two languages.

They can haggle in two languages.

Ay mate you must be sophiscated. I can speak Espanol hombre. Also English crickey. Now in Mexico where i travel 2 times a year on vacation you have to haggle because everyone marks up there items on purpase. So maybe you should get out of Australie or wherever and go to Mexico. Can i have a cup of tea?

[Batman00]

Originally Posted by Blu Haze

Just buy it for the price were not in mexico

lmao, funniest line i have heard all day

[tqmilymi]

Thanks to those who took this post seriously. Not sure where all the third world comments came from...

[ArkGuy]

I guess if the biggest expendeture a person has beeen involved in is the purchase of a big TV, then one could conclude there's not as much haggling in the US as other countries. And for the most common sorts of purchases, that's true.

But buying or selling a house, settling a civil lawsuit, buyng any car not called a Saturn, negotiating any contract, or making any deal upstream from point of sale retail, it's the same here as in any other country with a free economy.

But historical and cultural debates aside, it's interesting to me to consider the original proposition: whether a slower economy has resulted in B&M venders being more willing to haggle. I kind of doubt it. Their model, as pointed out by many, doen't really allow most of their floor minnions any sort of discretion. If they think they need to thin their margins to move things out the door, some higher up will change the price across the board.

I've had better luck, in good economies and not so good, at independent A/V stores. They have frequently have fatter margins, since they have higher end stuff tagged at MSRP, and the guy you're talking to is either the boss or he's working about 20 feet from him. Just today I was at one who carries Integra. Well, Onkyo doesn't let those dealers sell on the internet and supposedly they're supposed to sell at MSRP to enhance the snob factor, but I just asked the guy, "well, if I wanted that model, what would it cost?" He starts getting out the calculator, looks up their cost,... hem, haw, carry the seven ... and ends up shooting me a price about 28% off sticker. And I wasn't even trying.

Bottom line, it costs nothing to ask, but you're not going to have much luck in a big box chain store. An exception might be the Best Buys with a Magnolia room/store. Different grade of stuff; more high margin, low turnover rather than the other way around in the rest of the store.