Make an offer or is the price the price?

It’s certainly true that at in the UK, making an offer is the custom, however in some countries this practice is alien and in some it can get confused with a common practice of agreeing how much money should “go under the table” to avoid the seller certain taxes. By all means ask for a discount, this is less ambiguous, if it’s not forthcoming don’t push to hard a better strategy and often more successful is to ask for free extras, e.g. white goods, satellite installation etc.

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