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I was at an office supply store trying to buy a chair and an employee told me they didn't have any more of the model I wanted. I pointed to the chair I had jus
by ALittleLight 5y ago
I was at an office supply store trying to buy a chair and an employee told me they didn't have any more of the model I wanted. I pointed to the chair I had just been trying out and he said it was a floor model, but they didn't have any in stock. I asked if I could buy the floor model, and he said yes, but the floor models were more expensive. I said, if anything, the floor models should be less expensive because they were used, he agreed and gave me a discount on the floor model.
Negotiating for price still feels very weird to me in most circumstances though.
- solarmist 5y agoI have never heard "floor models are more expensive" before. By definition it's used goods. Wonder why they said that? I reguarly will buy the last of something and end up taking the floor/display model. Usually for a 10-25% discount (very occasionally more on things most people wouldn't touch the floor model on and have a healthy mark up) on the price they have listed. That and buying a bunch of things and asking for a discount are the best ways to haggle that I've found. If buying 10 things from a shop (not small ticket items or at chain stores with minimum wage employees) it's usally easy for them to throw in the lowest priced items as "freebies".