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How To Haggle For A Bargain

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you like saving money, haggling for a better price should become a habit for you, a habit that can easily save you thousands of dollars over the next 10 years. So haggling for a better price was born out of necessity. Hopefully this advice can help you save some money as well and turn the art of haggling into a habit.

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Learn to Negotiate Better Prices

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Americans historically have not haggled for better prices on most items. To keep up we need to learn that negotiation (aka haggling) is acceptable, expected and useful. We need to practice haggling. Women especially need to give themselves permission to negotiate, be exposed to those doing negotiations and practice negotiation.

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10 Items to Sell at a Yard Sale (and Make the Most Money)

Penny Pinchin' Mom

The deal is simple: Collect everything you don’t use anymore Choose a Saturday or Sunday (weekends work best) Put up a yard sale sign on your front lawn Let the neighbors or passersby give you their money for your old stuff When I say “old stuff,” I exaggerate a little.

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Friday Links – Too Swamped Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I have tried to do some reading this week which I have highlighted below: Great Reads From The Blogosphere: Despite 2012 being over, Invest It Wisely’s idea to fight the winter blues by giving to causes you believe in is a sure-fire way to ensure you’re on your way to a fantastic 2013. How to haggle for a bargain.

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How To Recover From A Home Fire

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

They burn away routine, tradition, habit, and like it or not, give you a clean slate, an empty page. You may need to haggle with them over what was covered or not. After 2 years of healing she is able to say: “It is two years after the fire, and I am still reinventing myself in so many ways. First Things To Do After A Fire.

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Save Money – Develop Important Home Owner Skills

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

“I’m going to spend a boat load of money today in a furniture store,” she said to him, “if you give us x% discount it will be in your store, otherwise someone else will get our business” She got her discount! If you pay full price, you are probably being taken.Americans historically have not haggled for.

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Fun with your clothes on: 5 ways to get more out of your vacation

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

So next time, when planning a trip, give it all your enthusiasm, but keep it on the down low. Haggle (in a friendly way) with a street vendor until one of you caves in. They may even broadcast the whole planning session on Youtube and use social media to document all the steps. This sucks. Also, don’t expect too much out of it.

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