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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. It was humiliating to have to haggle. Start the Haggle. This post was written by Marie. . Build some rapport.

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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. It was practically brand new, and it worked perfectly.

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Friday Links – Colder Than Mars Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

PET Archives : How To Haggle For A Bargain. Are You Cut Out For Working From Home? If you are new to PET or haven’t gotten a chance to read all the articles in the past, here are few archives you might enjoy. Should You Save Or Invest Your Money? Interview with a Self-Made Millionaire. 5 Easy Ways to Save Money in the Kitchen.

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3 Moves that Can Hurt Your Career

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Although I feel generally successful in my working career, there are some moves that hurt my ability to earn more, better my job satisfaction and advance faster. Instead of trying to work after college graduation at a real career, I took a retail sales management trainee job. Yes I worked on the conversions, but on a sideline project.

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Friday Links – Too Swamped Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I have started a new job at work which is great but also very overwhelming as I still need to keep up doing my old job until my replacement is hired and trained. Working to build your emergency fund? How to haggle for a bargain. Hi everyone. This week has been crazy for me. I literally feel spun. 4 traits of successful people.

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10 Steps To A Successful Garage Sale

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

You also want to test the items to make sure that they work, and you should be prepared to offer a much lower price if they do not work. You want to price everything, and you want to be prepared to lower those prices when people start to haggle. No one wants to buy something only to find out later that it does not work.