Comments on: Don’t Be Afraid to Ask for a Discount http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/10/11/dont-be-afraid-to-ask-for-a-discount/ personal finance tips, tricks, and commentary Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:51:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Please be cheap http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/10/11/dont-be-afraid-to-ask-for-a-discount/comment-page-1/#comment-124016 Please be cheap Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:15:15 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/10/11/dont-be-afraid-to-ask-for-a-discount/#comment-124016 Asking for the discount is not tacky. How you ask for the discount could be tacky and rude. If, in the case of the humidifier, you are able to have some reason to ask, it is especially permittable. Additionally, the worst someone can do is simply deny you the discount, and then you are left with a choice. Free markets are all about an agreement. Nearly everything is negotiable, and it doesn't have to feel like a car dealership. And let's be realistic. The money saved via a discount isn't going into the savings account of Americans. As the trends bear out, we are more likely to spend that savings, therefore not hurting the over-all health of the economy. Asking for the discount is not tacky. How you ask for the discount could be tacky and rude. If, in the case of the humidifier, you are able to have some reason to ask, it is especially permittable. Additionally, the worst someone can do is simply deny you the discount, and then you are left with a choice. Free markets are all about an agreement. Nearly everything is negotiable, and it doesn’t have to feel like a car dealership.
And let’s be realistic. The money saved via a discount isn’t going into the savings account of Americans. As the trends bear out, we are more likely to spend that savings, therefore not hurting the over-all health of the economy.

]]> By: Don't be cheap http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/10/11/dont-be-afraid-to-ask-for-a-discount/comment-page-1/#comment-123913 Don't be cheap Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:54:49 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/10/11/dont-be-afraid-to-ask-for-a-discount/#comment-123913 Don't ask for discounts it's just tacky and rude. If you are known as the " discount" person you will get worse service, because your not proftiable. Being cheap ruins the economy every "lttle" discount builds up and forces companies to downsize and in turn raise prices to compensate for discounts. Take a basic economics class and you will easily see how asking for discounts hurt america. Don’t ask for discounts it’s just tacky and rude. If you are known as the ” discount” person you will get worse service, because your not proftiable. Being cheap ruins the economy every “lttle” discount builds up and forces companies to downsize and in turn raise prices to compensate for discounts. Take a basic economics class and you will easily see how asking for discounts hurt america.

]]> By: 2 Pennies Earned http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/10/11/dont-be-afraid-to-ask-for-a-discount/comment-page-1/#comment-53921 2 Pennies Earned Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:21:59 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/10/11/dont-be-afraid-to-ask-for-a-discount/#comment-53921 Thanks for the great tip! It never occurred to me to do this before. Thanks for the great tip! It never occurred to me to do this before.

]]> By: empty spaces http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/10/11/dont-be-afraid-to-ask-for-a-discount/comment-page-1/#comment-29876 empty spaces Sat, 21 Oct 2006 01:43:43 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/10/11/dont-be-afraid-to-ask-for-a-discount/#comment-29876 i always ask my mechanic if he'll give me a discount for cash and he always obliges. saves him 5% on the credit card charges too! i always ask my mechanic if he’ll give me a discount for cash and he always obliges. saves him 5% on the credit card charges too!

]]> By: Stephanie http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/10/11/dont-be-afraid-to-ask-for-a-discount/comment-page-1/#comment-29402 Stephanie Tue, 17 Oct 2006 18:13:59 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/10/11/dont-be-afraid-to-ask-for-a-discount/#comment-29402 I know it never hurts to ask, but I hate to. I also hate the dickering at flea markets, garage sales or any place for that matter. Got to get over it! Good advice. I know it never hurts to ask, but I hate to. I also hate the dickering at flea markets, garage sales or any place for that matter. Got to get over it! Good advice.

]]> By: Binary Dollar http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/10/11/dont-be-afraid-to-ask-for-a-discount/comment-page-1/#comment-28419 Binary Dollar Fri, 13 Oct 2006 00:15:34 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/10/11/dont-be-afraid-to-ask-for-a-discount/#comment-28419 The last time I asked for a discount was to Comcast and they told me to spank myself (paraphrase). When I first ran a dehumidifier in my basement, it only took mere hours to fill the tank. Gross. The last time I asked for a discount was to Comcast and they told me to spank myself (paraphrase).

When I first ran a dehumidifier in my basement, it only took mere hours to fill the tank. Gross.

]]> By: makingourway http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/10/11/dont-be-afraid-to-ask-for-a-discount/comment-page-1/#comment-28396 makingourway Thu, 12 Oct 2006 13:04:20 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/10/11/dont-be-afraid-to-ask-for-a-discount/#comment-28396 I bought my dehumidifier at costco. I try to purchase everything there due to their incredible return policy. Frankly I wouldn't mind paying a 10% premium in exchange for an honest return policy. I've had an OK experience returning things at Lowes, however, they are stickier. Fortunately a friend of friend worked there and expedited things - what would have happened if I didn't have that connection? BTW, when shopping for a dehumidifier, look for the ability to connect the machine's dump bucket to a garden hose. If you have a sump pump or nearby sink, you can eliminate the need to dump the dehumidifier on a daily basis. stay dry, makingourway I bought my dehumidifier at costco. I try to purchase everything there due to their incredible return policy. Frankly I wouldn’t mind paying a 10% premium in exchange for an honest return policy.
I’ve had an OK experience returning things at Lowes, however, they are stickier. Fortunately a friend of friend worked there and expedited things – what would have happened if I didn’t have that connection?
BTW, when shopping for a dehumidifier, look for the ability to connect the machine’s dump bucket to a garden hose. If you have a sump pump or nearby sink, you can eliminate the need to dump the dehumidifier on a daily basis.
stay dry,
makingourway

]]> By: nickel http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/10/11/dont-be-afraid-to-ask-for-a-discount/comment-page-1/#comment-28372 nickel Thu, 12 Oct 2006 03:52:06 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/10/11/dont-be-afraid-to-ask-for-a-discount/#comment-28372 Dooley: I regularly use the 10% coupons, but in this case I didn't have one and needed to make a purchase. I also typically save them for larger purchases (like our lawn tractor earlier this summer). Something to keep in mind is that had I had a coupon on me, I could have whipped it out at the register and tried to apply it on top of the 10% that the clerk gave me. <i>That</i> is was a smart shopper would do. Dooley: I regularly use the 10% coupons, but in this case I didn’t have one and needed to make a purchase. I also typically save them for larger purchases (like our lawn tractor earlier this summer). Something to keep in mind is that had I had a coupon on me, I could have whipped it out at the register and tried to apply it on top of the 10% that the clerk gave me. That is was a smart shopper would do.

]]> By: dooley http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/10/11/dont-be-afraid-to-ask-for-a-discount/comment-page-1/#comment-28340 dooley Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:41:38 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/10/11/dont-be-afraid-to-ask-for-a-discount/#comment-28340 I never shop at lowes for less than 10% off. I have about 10 ten percent off coupons gathered from various places (direct from lowes, mailings, even my bofa statement had one). So what they did is basically give you the discount any smart shopper would've already been using. I never shop at lowes for less than 10% off. I have about 10 ten percent off coupons gathered from various places (direct from lowes, mailings, even my bofa statement had one). So what they did is basically give you the discount any smart shopper would’ve already been using.

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