“The saleswoman, tall, slim, a little hungry in the eyes, said it was not, but that she could give me the same 20 percent “to the trade” discount that she extends to decorators and architects. That brought the price to $5,158 before tax. At this point, I took a breath and steeled myself for something I had never tried before, or even thought to try, in a high-end furniture store: haggling.”
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Haggling for Furniture at New York’s High-End Showrooms - NYTimes.com
As I briefly wrote about on Saturday, there’s a movement occurring online and offline (increasingly offline) to get a better price on various products - particularly in a difficult economy like we are in now. However, it’s not as widely knows as it should be.
The NYT offers an interesting perspective into haggling within the furniture setting here in Manhattan, a movement that has taken a while to catch on here in the US, but it’s certainly starting to come full circle. We’re looking toward the Asian cultures around the idea of tuangou, collective purchasing power transgressed in the US.
February 02, 2009, 11:19am
