Which Furniture Stores Can You Haggle at?

Lcheaptech20 on 02/07/2020 - 13:09

For the past few years during sales, I was noticing that stores like Nick Scali, Freedom, King Furniture etc don't seem to budge on sale prices. No package deals (even when buying a full rooms worth of furniture), no free delivery, just whatever's on the sale price.

Harvey Norman and smaller furniture stores still allow a few percentage point reduction, but in my view often start higher for similar items.

Contrasting this with what I experienced 10 or so years ago, seems like a dramatic shift - Is this just me?
Are there some haggling gurus out there getting some great deals?
Are there some stores which do great package deals by negotiation?

Home & Garden Furniture

Comments

  • Muzeeb on 02/07/2020 - 13:15
    +5

    Which furniture stores can you haggle at?

    All.

    You either succeed or get rejected.

  • saintpotter on 02/07/2020 - 13:18
    +2

    Nick scali no chance.

    Try Plush - can haggle a bit, and they also allow you to save 8% using gift cards on the 'Suncorp App'

    • saintpotter on 02/07/2020 - 13:25

      Also Freedom definitely haggle as well - did it last week. They too, have the save 8% gift card on the 'Suncorp App'

  • bdl on 02/07/2020 - 13:38
    +5

    Haggle Norman,
    J.B. Haggle,
    and
    Haggletastic Furniture

    • kahn on 02/07/2020 - 13:45
      +5

      They're all in the haggle district.

      • holdenmg on 02/07/2020 - 13:48

        I guess they have Hammocks…

      • bdl on 02/07/2020 - 14:12
        +3

        And in the case of Haggle Norman, staffed by muppets from Haggle Rock :)

  • Caped Baldy on 02/07/2020 - 13:47
    +1

    If you're in Sydney, you should check out Monster furniture who operate out of the old John Cootes furniture shop.
    Prices will probably be cheaper than anything you can haggle at the other main furniture retailers.

  • holdenmg on 02/07/2020 - 13:48
    +5

    https://store.haggleco.com.au/

  • Drakesy on 02/07/2020 - 16:10
    +1

    Yeah was at nic scali over the weekend, they wouldn't have a bar of it. I guess they know their stuff is better than many of the competition (at the end of the day thats why i chose them), on par with plush for quality, just looked better.

    • disturboed on 02/07/2020 - 17:14
      +1

      it's just their business model, premium prices for mid range product.

    • cheaptech20 on 06/07/2020 - 13:14

      Same experience for me - I ended up buying stuff with them due to lack of options/time but at full sale price.

  • disturboed on 02/07/2020 - 17:13
    +2

    cash is king, using interest free will kill all chance of securing bigger discounts as it costs the retailer a fortune to offer.

    also be nice about it, don't be a self-entitled jerk like some who like to big note themselves or have the belief that creating a scene will net them big deals. more like the opposite.

    sometimes there is margin left, sometimes not. all retailers still need to make a profit, else why bother?

    10 years ago or more as you say there were bigger discounts as the margins were way higher and there was a lot more fat able to be trimmed. Costs these days though are loads higher with no relative increase in retail price.

  • Jugganautx on 02/07/2020 - 17:38
    +2

    I went to Amart when i bought my house looking for a nice couch for around $1600.

    One of the reps came up to me and asked my budget and i told him. The instant he heard that he just walked off like a shmuck.

    I went next door to haggleco and they were happy to negotiate and take my money.

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