On Sat, 8 Apr 2006 09:27:48 -0600, "Hobbs Family"
wrote:

I am soon to begin buying fixtures, appliances, and all the other things
needed as we near the end of new home construction. I hear all the time from
people how they bargain at Home Depot and other suppliers, but I have to

Did you know that the first store in America to charge fixed prices
was John Wanamaker in Philadelphia, and this was only around 1850 or
1870 (I forget which.) Until then, everything was subject to
bargaining all the time.

admit, I possess little skill in this area.

I'm only good at it if I really don't want the thing. And mostly at
yard sales.

How about some tips on negotiting discounted prices from some of you that
know how to do it.

Keith

This reminds me of a story. A man comes to a grocery or a fruit
stand and asks, How much for tomatoes?

The owner says, Two dollars a pound.

The customer says, The store down the street is charging a dollar
fifty a pound.

So buy them down the street, the owner says.

"He's out of them."

The owner says "When I'm out of them, I charge a dollar a pound."