Biggest/largest saving you've 'negotiated'

[RoboFox]

26 minutes ago, Saxondale said:

So jealous. 
 

Charity shops might do a bit better if they employed people able to use Google, so they can establish a rough value of things.

I'm pretty sure the guy knew the value of it as he encouraged me to buy a £5 raffle ticket too because I was getting such a steal, which of course I did.

 

For whatever reason they chose to keep the price very low considering... A policy thing? Dunno. 

 

I'd love to find a high-value vintage guitar in a charity shop or pawnbroker. That would be the dream. But like you say, people tend to be very savvy. 

 

Edited 13 October 2021 by RoboFox

[Saxondale]

13 minutes ago, RoboFox said:

I'm pretty sure the guy knew the value of it as he encouraged me to buy a £5 raffle ticket too because I was getting such a steal, which of course I did.

 

For whatever reason they chose to keep the price very low considering... A policy thing? Dunno. 

 

I'd love to find a high-value vintage guitar in a charity shop or pawnbroker. That would be the dream. But like you say, people tend to be very savvy. 

 

People are much savvier these days, yeah. My brother used to find loads of rare stuff (records etc) at car boot sales, but those days are gone. eBay tells you what people are prepared to pay for stuff.

[Greg2607]

We had a patio put down in our Garden this year after moving in to a new build... originally quoted at £12k, but managed to get the job done for just under £4k. 

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I'm not so sure people are savvie these days as much as they think everything's a damned antique, or whatever, and worth shitloads.  It's the flip side of the dream of finding a bargain; praps folk are worried about giving away a bargain?

 

I know I've seen some tat for sale at car boots (or the French equivalent of) that I wouldn't retrieve from a skip, let alone pay for. But then people obviously have different values; I too would have snapped up the Le Creuset cookware for a tenner but I'd not run to over, say, £50 for - whatever it's purported to be worth. 

 

I tend to know a value I'd pay for something and am not seduced, as a rule, by what might be called bargains... but, yes, obviously if someone wants to sell me their Lamborghini for £20 then I'm interested.

[Guest Manini]

If you’re after cut price Le Creuset stuff then TK Maxx is the place to look. It’s all odds and sods but deals to be had. 

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True dat ^

 

I've bought a few bits and bobs (clothes wise) over the years from TK Maxx that have hit the spot for me pricewise. 

[RoboFox]

I've saved potentially thousands per year by politely telling my employer I have absolutely no interest in going back to commuting to the office every day. I'll go in when it suits me, once every few weeks. 

Also it's amazing how much my car insurer loved me moving it from a road in Zone 2 London, to a leafy private parking space in Hertfordshire. £400 a year back, ta.  

 

Edited 13 October 2021 by RoboFox

[fuchsntf]

18 hours ago, Jattdogg said:

If i wash the dishes, the missus has to clean the "shit up the back diaper incident" our son  had when he was a little baby.

 

Dishes were done in 20 minutes. She was still dealing with the incident. Got a solid 5 minutes to myself to rub one out in peace. Steal!

 

Hero...

[Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot]

My missus always seems to think she's got bargains from the middle isles of aldi and lidl. Yes what you got was cheap but we don't need it so it's not really a bargain. 

[ajthefox]

1 hour ago, RoboFox said:

I've saved potentially thousands per year by politely telling my employer I have absolutely no interest in going back to commuting to the office every day. I'll go in when it suits me, once every few weeks. 

Also it's amazing how much my car insurer loved me moving it from a road in Zone 2 London, to a leafy private parking space in Hertfordshire. £400 a year back, ta.  

 

When I moved from York to a rough part of Liverpool my insurance doubled.

When I moved from that part of Liverpool to a nice part of the Wirral it went down by about 40% again. It does still have its wheels.

 

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Problem with Aldi/Lidl stuff it is, in an arguable number of cases, crap. The old adage, you get what you pay for. That said, I know a builder who swears by (rather than at) their range of power tools.... he uses the crap out of them and replaces every year. Save the planet? What planet?

[fuchsntf]

19 hours ago, Jattdogg said:

If i wash the dishes, the missus has to clean the "shit up the back diaper incident" our son  had when he was a little baby.

 

Dishes were done in 20 minutes. She was still dealing with the incident. Got a solid 5 minutes to myself to rub one out in peace. Steal!

 

Hero...

[fuchsntf]

I come into the World broke, leave the World broke....

Saved..???    All the fking Stress Chasing & proving what a Great Master  of Society's nonsense unmeaning achievements I Need to reach ...

 

Thank God I travelled...and mixed & interfaced with All-Peoples,took on natures challenges,seen natures secrets open wide up to me,

in my journey I didnt Cross all Thresholds of chosen doors-opportunities,Leaving knowing there were many, leave me wanting, never contented,

But any stresses were of my own making , & didnt Ride others demanding expectations...

 

There-within spreads my negotiations of savings & losses my Bears & Bulls... 

[Tim'llFixIt]

I did blag a a grands worth of fender telecaster for £200 from cash coverters, I was stone broke at the time but they do a pay 50p a week (for 19 years) thing it still sits proudly on my wall with my other steal of a guitar (long story but traded my way from £100 worth of guitar to £1000 with no adding cash).

 

 

[RoboFox]

4 hours ago, Tim'llFixIt said:

I did blag a a grands worth of fender telecaster for £200 from cash coverters, I was stone broke at the time but they do a pay 50p a week (for 19 years) thing it still sits proudly on my wall with my other steal of a guitar (long story but traded my way from £100 worth of guitar to £1000 with no adding cash).

 

 

TBH, I’ve never been into a Cash Converters or similar. I always assumed they know the value of the items they get pawned and maybe drop the price slightly to encourage curious buyers.

Never thought you’d get a Tele for a fifth of its value.

[Babylon]

When MSE first started and before companies got to grips with people sharing discounts, I managed to combine huge discount code, boots points special offer and a sale, for them to basically give me £10 to take an Xbox off their hands 

[Babylon]

On 12/10/2021 at 20:28, Raj said:

Yeah but that's what they are all about isnt it?

They know the majority of people wont bother to haggle, but these broadband/telephone/tv services/home and car insurance companies all expect some(Like me) to haggle that's why they have the RETENTIONS department.

ALWAYS ask to be put through to them for renewals as they are the last ones to give you the biggest discount.

 

Its tradesman who all of a sudden give you a 50% discount who I don't trust,  espe6 the ones who can " fit you in today due to a cancellation"!!!!

They are stopping all that now, so expect prices to rocket in January. 

[tom27111]

On 13/10/2021 at 12:28, Manini said:

If you’re after cut price Le Creuset stuff then TK Maxx is the place to look. It’s all odds and sods but deals to be had. 

TKMaxx for clothes, Homesense for home stuff.

 

A lot of it is garbage, but if you don't mind looking, you'll find some great bargains.

 

Clothes wise, I've made massive savings on decent stuff in there.

 

Ralph Lauren hoodies, Paul Smith t-shirts.

 

The best are the jeans, you can easily buy a nice pair of Diesel or Replay for 30 or 40 quid.

 

That's the same price you'd have paid in TopMan or Burton, for their own brand stuff, no wonder they went bust.

 

My Mrs hates it in there, but it's often worthwhile. The secret is, don't go in looking for something specific. If you go in needing a pair of jeans, you won't find any! Just grab the bargain you see, even if you've already got 18 Ralph Lauren polo shirts, another one won't hurt if it's 24.99 instead of 75 quid in John Lewis.