How Do I Get “Baby Bargains for Clothes, Furniture, Toys and More?

We Americans have been programmed to go to the store, look at the price tag and pay the price. We think that if something is on sale we got a bargain. I’ve personally been to Ecuador, Venezuela, Germany, and England and done shopping in them all. You can negotiate the price nearly everywhere. In fact, in some places it is considered rude if you don’t negotiate the price. Why don’t we do this more? Even when we go to the farmer’s market for some fresh fruits and veggies or the flea market for a special treasure we look at the sign and pay the price. I read an article today about flea market vendors finding that in these times of economic uncertainty more and more people are looking for a bargain. So the next time you are out shopping for baby bargains, especially when it comes to yard sales and flea markets – negotiate the price!

One of my favorite tips for negotiating is to have cash in hand, the smaller the bills the better. Someone is asking $7 for that $30 diaper genie – don’t pay $7. Don’t take out a $5 bill and offer five bucks. Take out five $1 bills and start counting. Cash still talks. Counting lots of bills, even $1 bills, feel like lots of money. My favorite negotiating story is when we bought our Pier 1 cast iron patio table and chairs. The set was over $500 new. The lady was asking $200. I offered $140 by email. She said she would not take anything less than $180. I told her I’d think about it and set up a time to go see it. I got out my $10 bills and counted out $150 and asked if she would take $150 cash in hand. She stared very hard at that pile of cash practically jerked it out of my hands saying she had to make a wal-mart run.

Start out little and work your way up. I think you’ll find it can be quite addicting.

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