Be in the proper mindset. There are no exclusive distributors here. Contrary to what they�d like you to believe they probably didn�t make it themselves. So as a result if one person has it for sale there�s at least one other.
They�ll tell you all kinds of things about how it�s been a slow day and they need to make a sale, if that were true they sure wouldn�t tell you that.
You really don't need it, if you can act like it's the last thing you want, you're in a better position. "But what am I going to do with it" as you shrug is a great phrase to use.
Never buy the first one you see. Use the first vendor as the test case to see how low you can get the item.
Walk away. Do is slowly so they can call out their price, if they don't find someone else and start again.
Never take it for less than half what they offer up front. I don't think I've ever had them stop before half way, often they'll start 3 times above what they'll take.
Sometime you've got to get thrown out of a shop or two to find out what the bottom is. That's one less person trying to sell you something.
Lie about where you're from telling anyone in India that your from the USA pretty much gets your first price set to 3 times what they'll take for it. The Dutch are supposed to be pretty cheap, so you might want to try that but it's kind of fun to just pick an English speaking country at random.
Check it again Consumer protection laws in the US cause you to forget all the possible "tricks" that can be pulled on you.
Reconfirm the price you agreed on, if they switch it walk away right then until they come back (you might want to try turning it around and going down).
Check that the item they give you is the same as the one you paid for. You don't want end up with a something of inferior quality to what you paid for.
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