Was I Cheeky

[pastafreak]

...to ask for a discount on 2 houseplants on the verge of going to house plant heaven?
A Wilko near me gets good plants, but they deteriorate quickly as no one seems to take care of them. I'd gone in there on Wednesday, and they had a new shipment...all lovely and healthy.
Yesterday the ferns were wilting...so I chose 2 particularly sensitive ones and decided to ask for a discount as I knew they would be past saving by today...and not get sold. The manager I spoke to wasn't having it, insisting someone did take care of the plants and *maybe* it had not been done yet. I persevered, saying a discounted sale is better than none at all. She took 50p off each one.
A good soaking, and they've both bounced back. Now I have to keep the little divas alive ;)
Do you ask for discounts?

[woofgang]

yes!

[Vagus]

Always. If you don’t ask, you don’t get. And the worst they can say is no.

[Prudie]

No, good on you. My husband does it all the time and usually gets a discount. Me I'd die of embarrassment, when he starts asking if I'm with him I slink away cringing - however you'd be surprised how many shops will give a discount if asked correctly.

[zebo]

I recall buying a couple of near-dead plants from a garden centre just before an Easter, I thought that it was the right time for resurrection and I was right, they flourished for years!
I certainly ask for discounts, especially if I'm paying cash somewhere that offers free credit, I don't want to pay for someone else's free credit. In the early days of credit cards a friend would ask for a discount for cash as the seller would be paying to the card company.

[Prudie]

I also bought a 12 inch sad bougainvillea for £1.50 from the sick plant stand at my local garden centre, took it home, put it my conservatory and it lived for 10 years. Grew 8 feet up the side and then 5 feet across the roof.

[Old_Geezer]

I have done so, but being British I am extremely uncomfortable doing so, so it's very very rare. I don't like confrontation so deliberately causing it is not something to relish. The vast majority of the time, if I don't like the asking price I take my custom elsewhere. Yes, it is cheeky and something more usually found in strange foreign places where they don't care about being so. But you end up £1 'better off', so bully for you.

[mallyh]

I always ask for discount even when shopping for big items ,I think it stems from when we lived in Gibraltar and bartered for things x

[THECORBYLOON]

Did you barter or do you mean you haggled in Gibraltar?

[Apc2604]

My large garden has evolved over 40 years with trees and shrubs that have been neglected and bought for a song. I don't hesitate to ask for a discount on substandard items.

[mallyh]

doh !that's the word x

[Ken4155]

A few years back, needing a new fridge/freezer, I went into a town centre electrical store and chose one which had had 10% knocked off. The price quoted was for HP terms and I asked for a discount as I would be paying cash. The guy in the shop explained that there was already a 10% reduction on the item. I said i'd nip up to Curry's to see what they had on offer. He asked me to wait while he made a phone call to his boss. After which, he offered me another 10% off the asking price and the transaction was completed.

[Vagus]

We once got 10% off and free delivery from a high street furniture shop, when one of our children bought two sofas, a dining room table and four chairs, an oak bed frame, mattress, oak chest of drawers and bedside table. We asked was there a possible discount as we’d spent so much, and that’s what the result was.
If we hadn’t asked, we’d have paid full price and delivery.
It’s not confrontational, it’s sensible.

[Bazile]

//I don't like confrontation so...//

Geezer , except for sites like this where there is annonymity - right ?
lol

[ladybirder]

Does anybody ask for a discount at the checkout when doing the weekly shop? I was wondering if the checkout assistant has the authority to reduce goods?

[Ken4155]

I have done quite a bit of decorating for members of the Asian community here in Burnley and one of the first things I learned was that they love to barter. It is in their nature. So, what I do when pricing a job is to overcharge by whatever amount is appropriate to the task in hand. Then, when they begin to barter, I join the game and barter right back. More often than not, I end up a clear winner as I only end up discounting 50% - 75% of what I have added on in the first place. Some, though, will take it to the extreme. Priced a job up for an Asian lady last year and her husband had obviously told her to barter. I estimated the job at £400. She came back with an offer of £200. I told her that's not how it worked, and left her to find a decorator with 'Mug' written on his forehead.

[teacake44]

Everything is over priced any how, Take Currys so called continuous sales patter, they over price everything for 21 days, then say its sale price ( reduced)

[curlyhair]

Yup

[Old_Geezer]

Not an exception at all Baz. I don't thrive on confrontation. It's a pain. I give folk the benefit of my point of view and I'd much prefer it was recognised as the correct one. Unfortunately it isn't always, and sometimes some get into a twist trying to attack it.

[teacake44]

They say that the demise of the high street is down to internet sales, and largely it is, its a very large shop window that you can quickly scan, and everyone is keen to advertise the cheapest price for the same item being sold. Most people take little notice of sale signs in shop windows in the high street now, as they know there's always small print to look for, or some sort of catch, I'm afraid they've shot themselves in the foot.

[Bazile]

Apologies OG
I thought it was TTT - i wasnt paying proper attention

That's what happens when you have geezer as your name and TTT beng previously known as Geezer -:)