It’s always nice when you don’t have to pay retails prices. It’s even better when you get a discount for any goods and services. Here are some handy tips on how to go about negotiating a better deal for yourself.

Offer To Pay Cash

Many dealers are more than happy to lower the retail price of something if you offer to pay in cash. It has become a surprisingly rare occasion when a buyer offers to do so, but when you do, expect to be able to negotiate a price at least 5 per cent lower than that of the one that is advertised. This is because the vendor will not have to pay a commission to the bank for the use of a credit or debit facility.

If you want to begin your purchase agreement with a suitable discount for cash excluded from the asking price, make sure that the vendor agrees to a fair discount before the transaction starts. If you go in thinking that a deduction is automatic for a cash payment, you may find the salesperson is not authorized to deal with such bargaining powers. This is almost always the case when dealing with a national chain of stores. 
Getting A Better Deal
 Getting A Better Deal

If you want to get the biggest discount for your cash payment, try patronizing the smaller, privately owned stores first. Make sure you are speaking to the owner or someone who has been empowered by them to deal and begin to negotiate your discount for cash. If any salesperson outright refuses to entertain the notion of a discount for a cash deal, your best option is to walk out the door and find a place that does.

Calculate The Correct Payment On Your Car Lease

This is a very clever thing to do before you start to look at car lease agreements. Before you can use a car lease calculator though, you will need to have a few pieces of information close by on hand.

Information about the vehicle you wish to lease:


  • MRSP (Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price of that Make, Model, and Year); also known as the sticker price.
  • End of lease residual valuation
  • Negotiated selling price
  • Documentation fee charged for the lease administration
  • How long it is for
  • Interest rate
Once you have all that information, you will be able to select the best vehicle to meet your budget criteria and run different scenarios on how to customize a lease that works best for you.


Refurbished, Store Model, Or Secondhand

There are many areas of retail where you can offer to purchase the store demo model instead of ordering one directly from the warehouse. Even if the shop is one of those places that stacks up products in mass in the middle of the floor as a storage-decorative display, it is likely that there will always be one that gets scratched or dented from being on display.

Keep your eye out for dents and scratches on products when you go shopping and ask for a discount when you buy it.