A rough transcript of my first successful, and second overall, bargaining attempt:
"Hello, how much for these (cufflinks) with a discount?"
"For you sir, 40 (Qatari Riyal, ~3.6 riyal is 1 US dollar)."
"Can you do 35?"
"For you sir, I can do that."
A few things to note. The list price was 65 QR. I was hoping to get him down to 45, and his original offer undercut what I was hoping to work to. This threw me off a little.
He was very polite and was not at all pushy. The store was also in a mall and not out on the street.
Did I get a good deal? Probably not what a local could have bargained for, but, in the end, I got cufflinks for less than $10. I'll work on my skills as I go along.
asking price was 9900, and i would have paid 10500, but i asked if there was any room to move, yes was the reply, i was gunna offer 9500, but mom said go lower, so i offered 9300, the first thing the seller said was "i thought you would come in at 9500", but will you do 9400 - deal! maybe two pairs for 40 would have worked :)
ReplyDeleteGo lower than you want. Then they can counteroffer around your target price. Sounds fun though.
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