just been down to dfs to look for a corner sofa and we have seen one we like.
asking the salesman if there was any movement on the price and he said no.
should i try and haggle a bit ?? if so whats the best way to approach it as never done it before!!
cheers
steve
You DID haggle. It seems you were quite bad at it 🙂
DFS = Dreadful ****ing Sofas.
don't do it! and if you do, then demand 40% discount or walk.
i know but i didnt commit to anything and will probably approach another salesman !!
MrNutt - Member
DFS = Dreadful ****ing Sofas.don't do it! and if you do, then demand 40% discount or walk.
Quite right, IME they're the worst furniture available bar none. If you must have one from there pay no more than £25 and even then you may well be ripped off....
Avoid at all costs, I bought one once, it lasted less than a year...Never again...
[i]asking the salesman if there was any movement on the price[/i]
haggle fail.
you should say;
"I'll give you £nnn cash for it, OK?"
getting one of the kids to widdle on it and then offering to take it off their hands at 50% retail is for experienced hagglers only...
Edit: we bought from a company called Scandecor - handmade locally to our specification. Were more expensive than dfs but 10 years old now and still look fine.
Your haggling skills are poor if you can't get a sofa salesman to reduce prices.
which is why im on here asking for help!!
Perhaps just sit on it 🙂
In all seriousness, DFS have a policy on no haggling or price reduction period.
yes haggle ! i haggle on everything i want to buy (you gotta be a bit cheeky these days..lol (ya dont know if ya dont ASK !
Ok then.
Tell them what your willing to offer but tell them you've been offered a similar elsewhere but like their sofa better. Can they gave you a better offer, free footstool or more money off.
If they say yeah we can offer that footstool that is normally £150 for free tell them well in that case you can knock £150 and keep the stool.
If they don't budge thank them for their time and say your off elsewhere for the original and say it's a shame as you were also after a one for the conservatory at some point soon too.
it's possible that renton has caught DFS during one of their rare "sales" and that stuff is at never-to-be-repeated crazy knockdown prices already
1. never be afraid to walk away. If he knows you really want it he'll get you to pay the price HE wants.
2. never start with "so could you do a deal on this?" - makes it too easy for them to say no.
3. make sure you make the starting offer, not him. This means he has to haggle you up the way, not vice versa.
4. make your first offer almost insultingly low. not too ridiculous, but insulting enough to make him counter it.
5. never be afraid of silence - never ever fill the gap in between making and offer and his response with small talk. make your offer and then shut up
6. find reasons to beat him down further e.g. if you're buying ex display find every little fault and use them progressively through the haggle
7. enjoy it! its not a battle its a game. He knows what he can let it go for so you just have to get as close to that figure as possible.
8. dont accept freebies in place of discounts e.g. extended warranty etc - they can be haggled on seperately 🙂
good luck!
You mean the "we only have 2 sales a year" DFS? Yeah, right!
If DFS have an absolute no price reduction policy you may be screwed, if they can move on price then be bold but dont take the piss.
I bought a couple of sofas the other week, they were already reduced but just said well obviously if I buy two it will be much cheaper wont it? Erm if you put it like that I guess so, got them at the price I wanted to pay and Im sure the shop owner got what he wanted too.
renton - you need to go to haggling school.
Mrs North recently forced me to stop haggling when I was down to £75 difference on the price of a new car. That's £75, of which half would be cash up front, and the rest paid interest free over 3 years....
But I got it back in free fuel and various accessories. 😀
Just had a look at the dfs website and plenty of sofas at half price.
Thats before you start haggling that they are reducing the prices: therefore there is a LOT of padding in their prices (we assume their sofas are padded), so if you start haggling properly then you will get it for whatever you want to pay.
you do wonder if anyone actually pays full price for any of these items? When they can discount by 50 or 60% 18 times a year it kind've suggests the product is overpriced for the rest of the time..
Haggling is like selling. Having a bit of a rapport with the salesman is going to get you far better results than just asking for a discount - from his (objective) point of view, he's spent time with you, will have targets to meet etc. and will want to get some return on that time, so if he thinks you will walk out without buying (ultimately, you must be happy to do this - unless you're a very good actor, he'll know if this is the ONE SOFA IN THE WORLD that suits your living room), he'll be more likely to give you a good discount.
The other thing is that we're not objective, as much as we kid ourselves that we are. Make the bloke like you and think there are good reasons for giving you a discount (ie, young couple setting up in life, kids on way, hard up, whatever), and he'll be more likely to do so, even though from a pure cost benefit analysis of his position, it makes no difference if you're nice or not.
You have to think ruthlessly but act cuddly. Simples.
you do wonder if anyone actually pays full price for any of these items? When they can discount by 50 or 60% 18 times a year it kind've suggests the product is overpriced for the rest of the time..
Just had a look at the dfs website and plenty of sofas at half price.
Thats before you start haggling that they are reducing the prices: therefore there is a LOT of padding in their prices (we assume their sofas are padded), so if you start haggling properly then you will get it for whatever you want to pay.
Have you two been living in a cave? DFS have been using this sales strategy for decades. Nobody ever buys a full price sofa from DFS - as a rule the full price stuff is on the price list, but not in the showroom, which is enough to keep them within the letter, if not the spirit of the law. Compared them with others and I suspect they're not particularly cheap.
you'd be surprised how a nice sofa brightens up a dull rock wall...
the one we are after is reduced at the moment!!
http://www.dfs.co.uk/sofas/corner-sofas/linea/
and we would be buying it with their interest free malarkey too.
so do you reckon i should just go in and say...."we want that sofa in this colour, but not at that price....." as a starter.
We tried to haggle with DFS din't get anywhere, thats including walking away to think about it and returning with cash in our pocket, and they still let us walk out the shop. We just went next door to furnature village and bought the sofa there and basically got a free dinning room table and chairs thrown in.
You have to think ruthlessly but act cuddly. Simples.
spot on. in the cold light of day its ONLY a sofa. Be prepared to walk away if they aren't giving you want you want. I've had salesmen running up to the car as we've been driving out to agree to our offer. Always make it clear that you are looking at a number of brands and that you have the means to pay TODAY. Go in towards the end of month when the competition to hit targets/make the most sales is getting critical.
so do you reckon i should just go in and say...."we want that sofa in this colour, but not at that price....." as a starter.
No, you go in and let the salesman think he's selling you a sofa (ie, "We're looking for a leather corner sofa". Going straight in with a very direct approach isn't going to yield the best results. Once you've had 10 minutes bouncing on sofas and chatting with him, then you start with something along the lines of "I like this, but I'm not happy to pay XYZ for it".
However, you lose some bargaining power by taking the 3 year interest free credit (which is obviously factored into their price / costings), and if they do have no haggle policies, I suspect you'll get nowhere.
As it stands, that sofa's on for 1900 on their website. Similar stuff from Ikea is considerably cheaper, and I'd expect it to be of similar quality (the pricier Ikea stuff tends to have 5 year+ guarantees). I'd personally take a close look at the quality of the leather, as most furniture stuff is very low grade - suede or synthetic leather that's been textured and painted.
Kidnap his wife and threaten to send her back in pieces if he doesn't do a deal for you.
Do you have a laptop with mobile broadband? Let us do the haggling for you
Tell them you want Diamantes put in it and your a premiership footballer, you'll get it for nothing!