Strawberri Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Hi all I've noticed that when shopping if you offer a price that is too low you end up paying more than if you make a more reasonable offer. Is there a specific strategy that gets you the best price? I imagine someone would have figured out the formula behind the bargaining... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celticheavens Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 It depends on the price of the item. For example, if I'm buying an item worth 1k np, I'll probably do 100/200np increments until the shop keeper won't lower the price anymore. If you are talking about items in the range of tens of thousands, you might want to do 1k increments until a stagnated price. Once you reach that price, just offer near it and you should get it :). That's so far the best method I've for bargaining in shops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawberri Posted January 23, 2010 Author Share Posted January 23, 2010 Interesting... So how low is your first offer? I feel like 75% of the price might have the best luck. If you offer too low it seems the shopkeeper doesn't discount very much? It depends on the price of the item. For example, if I'm buying an item worth 1k np, I'll probably do 100/200np increments until the shop keeper won't lower the price anymore. If you are talking about items in the range of tens of thousands, you might want to do 1k increments until a stagnated price. Once you reach that price, just offer near it and you should get it :). That's so far the best method I've for bargaining in shops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celticheavens Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 It depends really. I go with my instinct xD. I start with 25% of the price but I vary my increment to get higher discounts. No matter what your original offer is, if you manage to reach that stagnated price, you probably have the best offer possible. At least that's what I've gotten from experience so far. I tried starting with 100np/1knp before and using the same method, I still got the same stagnated price as starting with 50-70% of the asking price. It's just more of whether you can meet it and how long it takes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masaryk Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 I don't know if there is any real method to it. I find that a shopkeeper's willingness to accept my offers isn't always reliable. For example, say I'm restocking Red Neocola tokens (this is common for me). The asking price is, say, 2930np. I'll offer 2626. The shopkeeper will accept. There's still four of them left in the shop, so I'll offer on a second one - same offer. This time, it gets countered. I settle at 2726. There's one left in the shop, so I try a third time with 2626, and it gets accepted. This kind of thing is pretty common for me. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason, pattern or consistency to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawberri Posted January 23, 2010 Author Share Posted January 23, 2010 hmm.. well it sounds like it might be random then, rather than a formula. good to know! I don't know if there is any real method to it. I find that a shopkeeper's willingness to accept my offers isn't always reliable. For example, say I'm restocking Red Neocola tokens (this is common for me). The asking price is, say, 2930np. I'll offer 2626. The shopkeeper will accept. There's still four of them left in the shop, so I'll offer on a second one - same offer. This time, it gets countered. I settle at 2726. There's one left in the shop, so I try a third time with 2626, and it gets accepted. This kind of thing is pretty common for me. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason, pattern or consistency to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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