[quote name='Enuf']You can get a pm from damn near anyplace if you know how to haggle & play the game. Big ticket items are the easiest since no one wants to see a $1000, $2000 or $3000 sale walk out the door. There's several keys to getting them, when you shop(time of the day/month) & what they're pushing.
If you go in during "dead" shopping periods(early morn/mid day)/near closing(1-2 hrs prior) & on Mondays/Weds then you have more time to get the manager focused on getting your sale. If there daily #'s need a boost providing them with a large sale & the right extra is a win win for them usually a warranty will suffice.
Go in with the the total cost from the competition & know what the highest amount your willing to pay including a 1 & 2 yr warranty factored in. Some items will be in demand in your area & they won't budge too much since there's still a large # of people who will pay what BB is asking. Work with the staff meet in the middle & you'll win out.[/QUOTE]
Agreed, if you have a job assuming you are able to, take a day off to go and get your big ticket item so you can shop while everyone else is in work, this will get the sales team focused on you instead of shopping on a Saturday when everyone else is shopping. Maybe find out when the end of their selling quarter or selling period is and go closer to the end, if you go closer to the end and are planning on spending $1-2K they will want that on their books before the end of the quarter or selling period so go then.
There are good deals to be had during the holiday season but often big ticket items like more expensive TV's don't get reduced that much so buy during a different time when the store isn't so busy. They know they are going to have tons of people coming in for Xmas sales so they will probably feel the need to haggle less since there will be another customer right behind you willing to pay. Holidays when the store is open or days in your area when everyone is doing something else when there are big events would also be a good time to shop.