I found a great article this morning about bartering and haggling. Finally someone has put in clear words what I have been thinking for a long time, and I’m sure many of you have been thinking as well…
Barter is the exchange of goods or services without the use of money. Haggling is negotiating a price for a good or service. How are they different? Here’s an example: When you go to a car dealership all ready to purchase a new vehicle, you probably dread dickering over the price with the salesperson. (If you love that, please let us know because we’re taking YOU with us the next time we have to buy a car.) All that back and forth makes most people nervous and uneasy; after all, you’re never sure you got the best possible price for the vehicle. In a nutshell, that negotiation is haggling.If you were to walk into that same car lot with the intention to barter, you would have a very different experience. Before you went in you would have an idea of what sorts of goods and services you posses that might be useful to a car dealership. You would then ask to speak to the manager and explain that you’d like to trade your goods/services for a new ride. If you’re a mechanic, you could trade your skill in the repair shop. If you sell promotional products, you could trade coffee mugs, T-shirts or key chains with the dealership’s logo for your new wheels. That’s barter.Barter is the exchange of goods or services without the use of money. Haggling is negotiating a price for a good or service. How are they different? Here’s an example: When you go to a car dealership all ready to purchase a new vehicle, you probably dread dickering over the price with the salesperson. (If you love that, please let us know because we’re taking YOU with us the next time we have to buy a car.) All that back and forth makes most people nervous and uneasy; after all, you’re never sure you got the best possible price for the vehicle. In a nutshell, that negotiation is haggling.
If you were to walk into that same car lot with the intention to barter, you would have a very different experience. Before you went in you would have an idea of what sorts of goods and services you posses that might be useful to a car dealership. You would then ask to speak to the manager and explain that you’d like to trade your goods/services for a new ride. If you’re a mechanic, you could trade your skill in the repair shop. If you sell promotional products, you could trade coffee mugs, T-shirts or key chains with the dealership’s logo for your new wheels. That’s barter.
See the full article at http://barterstrategies.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/barter-vs-haggle-the-dead-giveaway/#comments
