[Jewelry making - Article 01116] - Re: [Orchid] Hagglers at your jewelry booth

[Neilthejeweler]

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    Just playing Devil's advocate here...if one routinely raises prices
    on all items in anticipation of a relatively small percentage of
    customers who demand a discount.....isn't one then overcharging one's
    'good' customers who don't make demands of one's ego? And if you've
    done that, hasn't the haggler been right in assuming the initial
    price was not fairly arrived at? 

    Really though, if one looks for discounts on their jeweler's
    supplies and materials, is it fair to get upset when someone who
    wants to give YOU money for a change would also like a lower price? 

    I've found a good way to stop a haggler is to make one price
    concession but don't make it a percentage, make it an oddball dollar
    and cents amount. As in "ticket says $150.00 but for you, today only,
    $122.77 final price. Plus tax. Will that be credit or cash?"
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