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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;princeofwaldo, post: 2253969, member: 24091&quot;]Only time you want to skip haggling would be when making a purchase online when you know that the inventory is new, that it is already priced reasonably, and if you ask for a better price in all likelihood someone else will buy the piece before the dealer has an opportunity to reply (this is especially true over weekends).</p><p><br /></p><p>In person at a show, only an idiot skips asking for a better deal.&nbsp; The easiest way is to have a standard phrase that is always is used so you don&#039;t have to get creative every time you buy a coin.&nbsp; Mine is simply &quot;What&#039;s the best deal you can give me on this one?&quot;.&nbsp; Also, when purchasing more than a single coin, it is far better to lay out all the coins then ask &quot;what&#039;s the best deal you can swing?&quot; rather than trying to negotiate a price on each coin individually.&nbsp; If the dealer doesn&#039;t come down at least 5% it&#039;s time to say thanks but no thanks and move on.&nbsp; Of course there are some exceptions, for gold coins priced near melt for instance.&nbsp; But generally, if the dealer doesn&#039;t take at least 15% off then he really doesn&#039;t care if you buy the coins or not.&nbsp; Which is fine, of course, but it&#039;s also fine to smile and say &quot;I&#039;ll think about it&quot; and move on, which interestingly enough will often times provoke a better offer from the dealer just as you are walking away from his table.</p><p><br /></p><p>Incidentally, the origin of the word haggle is Norweigan.&nbsp; Would have never guessed that without a wiki search![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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