The Easiest Way to Get a Deal? Ask.

by Matt on July 14, 2009

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Today, I was out for a quick lunch with my wife when we noticed a farmer’s mar­ket that we’d never been to before. Since we love to buy pro­duce locally, we decided to check it out.

At the farmer’s mar­ket we pur­chased some fruit and veg­gies. At the end, my wife wanted some fresh flow­ers for the house. The prob­lem was that we only had $7 left. Instead of shop­ping for the flow­ers by what we wanted, we asked the farmer’s what they would be will­ing to sell us for the amount of money that we had.

Inevitably some­one decided to give us a dis­count. It was only a dol­lar off, but that was still a 12.5% dis­count. You can’t really beat that.

So, if you want a deal, ask around. Someone’s bound to give you one.

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