Pay Less By Ordering Over The Phone At The End Of The Month

4 responses to “Pay Less By Ordering Over The Phone At The End Of The Month”

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   tobiasfunke

   December 11, 2012

   On his original post he said he has saved 4000 dollars on an alienware laptop… is this even possible? I’m skeptical of that claim.

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      lutomes

      December 11, 2012

      Because he uses the Alienware “list price” on components then sourced them elsewhere. Take a good read of what he said about the ram. Alienware price was $1780 more than the newegg price currently at $82.

      Its like saying if I offered to sell you a Kmart $20 toaster for $1500. You don’t save $1480 buying it from Kmart.

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         tobiasfunke

         December 11, 2012

         Oh I see. Thank you sir.

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   Alice

   December 11, 2012

   Especially true for car sales. My husband and I did a lot of homework before purchasing the new model car we wanted. We visited several dealerships but none of the salespeople were willing to budge much on price. We waited until three days before the end of the month and phoned a dealer stating the price we were willing to pay, which was $3500 less than the cheapest price we’d been given. We told the salesperson he had to the end of the day to decide whether he was willing to accept our price. He rang a number of times trying to get us to come up in price, saying his boss would never let him cut the price so dramatically. We held our ground, and sure enough, at 4.45pm he rang and told us we had a deal.

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   John Jackson

   December 16, 2012

   That happens alot, not just at telephone sales but at retailers as well. The stores performances are judged on how well they performed in the month and as long as their monthly target is met, they will be ok. Therefore its usually easier to bargin with them at the end of the month. Speak to managers directly as well, always helps to get someone who might actually know something.

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