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To be fair, the gist of the article is that big box retailers are finding themselves open to haggling over price with customers.
The premise is predicated on the consumer's urgency to haggle due to the suffering economy.
There's really not a lot of new ground covered in the article. I think it's fairly common knowledge that store department managers have always had some leeway on offering discounts on products. But maybe it is a situation that is being raised to a new level.
Click HERE: Even at Megastores, Hagglers Find No Price Is Set in Stone
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Re: Newsflash! NYT reports informed consumers are smart consumers!
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Originally Posted by Carl Miller
Don't know how anyone can haggle at Home Depot though....I haven't seen a sales person there in years.
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Oh...they're there. I see them all the time. They're the ones in the orange aprons who are always walking away from me!

It
is uncanny how whenever I want one, they are always walking away!
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Re: Newsflash! NYT reports informed consumers are smart consumers!

O...M...G! Too funny, Carl!
You did such a good job with your description, I can see clearly now that my HD is actually already in Phase 5.
There's Jessie the yodeling cowgirl. Bullseye, he's Woody's horse. Pete the old prospector. And, Woody, the man himself. Of course, it's time for Woody's RoundUp. He's the very best! He's the rootinest, tootinest cowboy in the wild, wild west!