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These days, with the value of the dollar going down and the economy still in flux making the money you have count is so very important.  Just recently I purchased a really nice antique that started out at a price of $175.00  I ended up paying much less, just because of how I approached the sale in the first place, if you would like to have some buying tips then stick around.

When you walk into a place, never go right to the thing you want, always look around first, even perhaps pickup something else or ask a question about something else first.

Socialize, talk even if its just about the weather or in one good example, talk about the economy empathize.

Then when you are ready take a look at what you really want but approach it as if you could care less about it, examine it, then put it down and move on to something else.

Later you can come back if you liked the way it looked and you saw no defects and it is actually what you want, then you can ask about the price, sometimes you can make a casual remark about “is that the best you can do on that price”, be prepared to walk away, sellers are good at reading body language, if you tense up at a price point that is lower they will see it and then know that you are already sold.  So when you are negotiating the price you can put it down and say something like let me think about that and go and look around at some other things, perhaps even find another smaller item you may want and get a price on it and put it on the counter.

Then later, you can go back to the first item and pick it up and mumble just enough to hear, “hmmm I just dont know”, at this point they will come out with a bottom dollar price or not, sometimes they will not come down any more, the important thing is that you can negotiate without making  them mad in fact if you do it right you can get a really great deal and they will thank you for shopping.

Yes, you heard right, I purchased a very nice item, at more than a 50 percent discount and the shop clerk thanked me so much for coming by and invited me back to shop again.

Now that is the fine art of negotiating a better price and it is fun too.