The Art of Price Reduction Even at Major Chain Stores

When I first started to haggle years ago, I only did it at independently owned stores.  One of my favorite stories included how I secured drastically reduced prices at hotels during a six-week trip out West after college.  My technique?  I would always show up around 9pm knowing it was unlikely that the hotel would be able to rent many more rooms at that late hour.  I’d casually mention that I would be more than happy to camp out that night if I didn’t get the deal I wanted (which was true), but I can remember only once or twice actually rolling out my sleeping bag.  My other favorite story is