leaky_caldron wrote:
Having priced up a fairly expensive kitchen (£5K) at MFI ( excluding
appliances which I will source elsewhere) I wondered if anyone has any
idea whether MFI are willing to negotiate a discount (not the "70%"
off so called special offers & sale prices) but basically a reduction
"for cash".

I can always ask of course, but wondered if anyone has successfully
done so with MFI?

Cheers.

You may find that actually taking their finance would reduce the price
somewhat. Often they will get a kick-back for selling the finance to you
and share it with you in the form of a price reduction.

For businesses handling cash is not a cheap thing - someone has to take it
to the bank, which is risky, time consuming or costly (if you pay a company
to collect). Whilst credit cards may have a surcharge to them, it can often
be cheaper for them to pay that, than handle cash. Note, this is exactly
why Tesco etc provide cash-back. Its costing them pretty much the same for
you to take up to £50 extra out when they do the transaction - whereas they
can get rid of £50 cash without having to bank it (or pay someone to collect
it).

Some dodgy companies may give you discount for cash because it can go
through the company without being seen on the books or bank statements (and
therefore tax returns). I doubt MFI would be involved with such practices!


David