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Message:: [QUOTE="Randy Abercrombie, post: 3027602, member: 92655"]Yes... [USER=33176]@Kentucky[/USER] is dead right. Most dealers (not all) do anticipate some dickering to take place. This ain’t Wal-mart... Now I wouldn’t go in wheeling & dealing on a ten dollar Franklin. There’s not much margin there for the dealer to live off of..... I been dealing with my guy long enough. I can tell if he has offered me a bottom of the barrel price. I can also tell when is is in the mood to dicker. Heck man, I been running a Construction supply business for a quarter century. Sometimes bouncing a deal back and forth is great fun. Both parties walk away feeling victorious. Sometimes when the day has worn thin, it ain’t..... Long and short. If a piece is $25.00 bucks. Pull a twenty out of your pocket and then closely read the mans face. If he looks troubled and mildly miffed. Just say something like the five is in my other pocket. If you see a twinkle in his eye.... The man is ready to bargain. Edit.... Keep this in mind. If you plan to dicker. Do it with cash. If you plan to use a card, the dealer is already taking a 3% hit on credit card fees. Don’t dicker then Hand a card. That’s very bad form.[/QUOTE]