Americans, like those in much of the Western world, live in a fixed price culture. We walk into a store and the prices are laid out before us. Take it or leave it are the only choices, right?
That’s wrong, according to Michael Soon Lee, author of Black Belt Negotiating. We actually can and should look for more “opportunities” to practice our haggling skills, he said. “You would be surprised what you can save,” Lee told HuffPost.
####1. Income Taxes , 2. Appliances , 3. Expensive jewelry , 4. Medical bills , 5. Appliance repairs , 6. Cars , 7. Car repairs , 8. Dry cleaning (Attention Ladies !) , 9. Credit card annual fees , 10. Flea markets, farmers’ markets and garage sales.
Hmmmm. I fully planned to negotiate on my next car, if there is a next one. Estate sales, flea markets,and garage sales I will bargain, but not at Farmer's Markets. That is a living for some of those farmers, I'm not going to ask them to cut prices. And dry cleaning.... It has been years and years since I had anything dry cleaned. I'm a wash and wear kinda girl.