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...And making it a reasonable request, too.
So I noticed the other day that Walmart had some long-sleeved t-shirts in the men's department that were pretty neat (to me). They had the layered look due to having long sleeves of a complementary color sewed under the short sleeves of the t-shirt, and most of the designs were retro-look logos: Batman symbol, Thundercats symbol, Green Lantern symbol, and my favorite, Sonic's head in blue against the red t-shirt. Only problem to me was that they were $12 for a t-shirt/beanie combo, and I didn't really want to spend that much just for the shirt (since I didn't really want the beanie).
Yesterday I was at a closer Walmart picking up some stuff, and deicded to get a closer look at the shirts anyway. That's when I noticed that two of them were missing the beanies, and one of those was in my size. Unscrupulous people must've walked off with the beanies and left the shirts behind, since all the other tags were still attached. So I took the one in my size up to the service desk to ask if I could get a discount since it didn't have the hat and I didn't really want the hat anyway. Couldn't hurt to ask, right? Worst case scenario is that they say 'no' and I just buy a complete set and give the hat to one of my kids.
Long story short, they knocked off $2 for me, so now I have an awesome Sonic the Hedgehog t-shirt. All I had to do was ask politely for a discount. I didn't demand, I didn't try to set the price for them, I didn't throw a fit, and I was all set for a negative answer.
Take that EWs!
I learned this trick from my mom, who would regularly check clothes at clothing stores to see if they had some defect that would normally make the item unsellable. For instance, a sweater with a decent hole in the front causing it to unravel. My mom is quite handy with clothing and can fix most of those defects, and usually got them at a discount just by asking nicely. I figure it's a case of the store realizing it can either damage out the item and make no money, or sell it to a willing customer for a discount and recoup some money.
So I noticed the other day that Walmart had some long-sleeved t-shirts in the men's department that were pretty neat (to me). They had the layered look due to having long sleeves of a complementary color sewed under the short sleeves of the t-shirt, and most of the designs were retro-look logos: Batman symbol, Thundercats symbol, Green Lantern symbol, and my favorite, Sonic's head in blue against the red t-shirt. Only problem to me was that they were $12 for a t-shirt/beanie combo, and I didn't really want to spend that much just for the shirt (since I didn't really want the beanie).
Yesterday I was at a closer Walmart picking up some stuff, and deicded to get a closer look at the shirts anyway. That's when I noticed that two of them were missing the beanies, and one of those was in my size. Unscrupulous people must've walked off with the beanies and left the shirts behind, since all the other tags were still attached. So I took the one in my size up to the service desk to ask if I could get a discount since it didn't have the hat and I didn't really want the hat anyway. Couldn't hurt to ask, right? Worst case scenario is that they say 'no' and I just buy a complete set and give the hat to one of my kids.
Long story short, they knocked off $2 for me, so now I have an awesome Sonic the Hedgehog t-shirt. All I had to do was ask politely for a discount. I didn't demand, I didn't try to set the price for them, I didn't throw a fit, and I was all set for a negative answer.
Take that EWs!
I learned this trick from my mom, who would regularly check clothes at clothing stores to see if they had some defect that would normally make the item unsellable. For instance, a sweater with a decent hole in the front causing it to unravel. My mom is quite handy with clothing and can fix most of those defects, and usually got them at a discount just by asking nicely. I figure it's a case of the store realizing it can either damage out the item and make no money, or sell it to a willing customer for a discount and recoup some money.
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