[garinda]

I always ask for something off for antiques. Usually start by halfing it then work from there.

If something isn't perfect, and it's the only one in stock, again I ask for and get a discount.

On the otherside, having worked in retail, it does sometimes pee you off when people ask for a discount all the time. People love to think they are getting a bargain, even though the seller will have adjusted their prices to allow for this. It's the same with Sale goods, people don't care how much it is, just as long as it has a red Sale ticket on.

If people used to order ten fully made to measure shirts @£175.00 from me, if I was feeling generous, I might throw in a couple of printed silk ties in. They were happy with eighty quids worth of ties, which would have cost me thirteen quid.

Bargains are like life, if you don't ask, you don't get.