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Was out this saturday to buy a new mobile phone, a Sony Ericsson K810i, a phone with a good camera, decent weight and size.
So I went into the shop and looked at the models when a guy working there (black, short, weird moustache, talking lots of gibberish, like liquid black) comes to me and asks what I need. So I'm telling him that I want a K810i, and he's like ok, and tells me to follow him.
He then types in the phone and the price on the computer: 3600 kr (lets just assume that 1 USD = 7 kr, 514$), and gives me a sleezy smile. And I give him a "are you serious?" look and say nothing. He then turns around and types in 3500 kr, and says that it's really cheap now (3600 WAS really cheap).
And then I tell him: "look, I really need to go now, and I really want the phone, but I won't buy it until you drop it down to 3350. He starts to get angry and starts to talk about non important stuff, then runs away to talk with the fellow workers. Comes back and drops the price down to 3350 Kr, and gives me the phone.
Then I'm like: I need a 2GB SD micro card (250 kr, for my NDS) too, but if I can get it for 100, I'll tell my friends to come here, and I'll be back too. He runs away, and comes back and sighs and gives me the discount.
Then I happily paid for both and went home
This was done in Elkjøp, one of Norways biggest company that sells electronic items, not some random shop.
Summary:
Ratty wanted a phone for 3600 kr, gets the price down to 3350 kr, 2GB card for 250kr down to 100 kr. 400 kr saved! That's like 57$.
I later went home and talked to some friends about it, and my older friend at 27 tells that he has done the same, but with more expensive items.
He was in there, and wanted several items (TV, refrigiator, stereo things, dish washing machine). And he was "Look, I just moved into a new house, and I need LOTS of things, if you give me a discount, I'm going to buy a lot from you, and may come back". He got a discount for like 6000ish kr.
Another friend said that he used to work in a mobile phone shop, and that he was allowed to give discount up to 20% of ordinary price, if he met a difficult costumer.
Long story short, it looks like all kinds of "big" shops can give a discount, even though it has a price tag on it. :grin:
So I went into the shop and looked at the models when a guy working there (black, short, weird moustache, talking lots of gibberish, like liquid black) comes to me and asks what I need. So I'm telling him that I want a K810i, and he's like ok, and tells me to follow him.
He then types in the phone and the price on the computer: 3600 kr (lets just assume that 1 USD = 7 kr, 514$), and gives me a sleezy smile. And I give him a "are you serious?" look and say nothing. He then turns around and types in 3500 kr, and says that it's really cheap now (3600 WAS really cheap).
And then I tell him: "look, I really need to go now, and I really want the phone, but I won't buy it until you drop it down to 3350. He starts to get angry and starts to talk about non important stuff, then runs away to talk with the fellow workers. Comes back and drops the price down to 3350 Kr, and gives me the phone.
Then I'm like: I need a 2GB SD micro card (250 kr, for my NDS) too, but if I can get it for 100, I'll tell my friends to come here, and I'll be back too. He runs away, and comes back and sighs and gives me the discount.
Then I happily paid for both and went home
This was done in Elkjøp, one of Norways biggest company that sells electronic items, not some random shop.
Summary:
Ratty wanted a phone for 3600 kr, gets the price down to 3350 kr, 2GB card for 250kr down to 100 kr. 400 kr saved! That's like 57$.
I later went home and talked to some friends about it, and my older friend at 27 tells that he has done the same, but with more expensive items.
He was in there, and wanted several items (TV, refrigiator, stereo things, dish washing machine). And he was "Look, I just moved into a new house, and I need LOTS of things, if you give me a discount, I'm going to buy a lot from you, and may come back". He got a discount for like 6000ish kr.
Another friend said that he used to work in a mobile phone shop, and that he was allowed to give discount up to 20% of ordinary price, if he met a difficult costumer.
Long story short, it looks like all kinds of "big" shops can give a discount, even though it has a price tag on it. :grin:
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