Tag Archives: haggling

U.K. shoppers conquer the cringe factor and start haggling

July 26, 2010 – 12:50 pm

by Lindsay Paterson WHAT’S HAPPENING Haggling is hitting the headlines in the U.K., as cash-strapped shoppers look for the best possible bang for their buck. Bargaining is not in their nature — in fact it’s intrinsically very un-British — but spending more than they need to sticks in the throat. Times are hard, and consumers […]

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Even at the bank, haggling sometimes works

April 16, 2009 – 6:00 am

by Hans Eisenbeis WHAT’S HAPPENING Counter-offering, dickering, haggling — they were all coming back to the marketplace even before economic armageddon struck in 2008. It turns out that haggling for better interest rates has even made some inroads at banks and thrifts. BankRate.com contacted 30 financial institutions of various sizes and found that 25% were […]

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