All my life I've negotiated prices. I believe I picked up this trait when I was young, working in an auction house. I observed how the elderly bidders knew how to spot a deal and work it to their benifit.

When I joined the military I was sent to Turkey. Overseas you have to haggle for everything, it seemed to be in their culture.

I can't even imagine how much money I've actually saved over the last 20 years being cheap. My family calls me a tight wad, which really bugged me for awhile, however today all I have to do is look at my frugal past and appreciate my current financial situation.

The other day a Kirby salesman insistantly pushed his demonstration on me. I told him before he started that his chance of selling me the new vacuum (the g6 model) was slim to none. But I admired his tenacity and allowed him in.

After 2 hours of his demonstration, I was really feeling like I wanted one of these machines and asked the price. I almost fell out of my chair when he responded the price was $1800.

Now I had to give it to this guy, he really was a good salesperson, but there was no way I was going to pay $1800 for a vacuum, see we started our price game. Without going into detail about the whole thing, I got him down to $850.

I still didn't get the machine, but just a wanted to share with you that everything is negotiable. Heck, I even ask for discounts at Sears.

P.S. I am now shopping for a rebuilt Kirby vacuum on Ebay!!!

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