Comments on: You Want Me To Pay For What? http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/you-want-me-to-pay-for-what/ This is where your finance takes place Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:56:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Biweekly Pay, Frugal Camping Ideas @ The Carnivals http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/you-want-me-to-pay-for-what/comment-page-1/#comment-2617 Biweekly Pay, Frugal Camping Ideas @ The Carnivals Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:01:44 +0000 http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/you-want-me-to-pay-for-what/#comment-2617 [...] You Want Me To Pay For What? @ The Financial Blogger [...] [...] You Want Me To Pay For What? @ The Financial Blogger [...]

]]> By: Festival of Frugality #131 - Summer Savings Edition — Broke Grad Student http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/you-want-me-to-pay-for-what/comment-page-1/#comment-2611 Festival of Frugality #131 - Summer Savings Edition — Broke Grad Student Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:05:32 +0000 http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/you-want-me-to-pay-for-what/#comment-2611 [...] You Want Me To Pay For What? at The Financial Blogger — Beware: hidden fees. [...] [...] You Want Me To Pay For What? at The Financial Blogger — Beware: hidden fees. [...]

]]> By: Transcendental Success http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/you-want-me-to-pay-for-what/comment-page-1/#comment-2581 Transcendental Success Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:26:23 +0000 http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/you-want-me-to-pay-for-what/#comment-2581 I recently renewed my cell phone plan and found that salespeople have a lot of lattitude in reducing the price of the plan or combining offers. Find a creative salesperson and ask for the lowest possible plan. The salesperson, if he's good, will try to up-sell you every combination of whatever he can, throwing discounts at you from every angle. My salesperson gave me a highly upgraded plan, without any activation or network charges at all, for only slightly more than my previous extremely basic plan. They were features I could use and the plan I eventually got was not on any brochure. It was a kind of custom plan that I was happy with, and felt I got a good deal on. My wife didn't like the salesperson, but I did. Of course he was trying to get the sale, but I felt in the end that he was able to find us a deal that was higher value than the deal we would have selected from their menu. I recently renewed my cell phone plan and found that salespeople have a lot of lattitude in reducing the price of the plan or combining offers. Find a creative salesperson and ask for the lowest possible plan. The salesperson, if he’s good, will try to up-sell you every combination of whatever he can, throwing discounts at you from every angle.

My salesperson gave me a highly upgraded plan, without any activation or network charges at all, for only slightly more than my previous extremely basic plan. They were features I could use and the plan I eventually got was not on any brochure. It was a kind of custom plan that I was happy with, and felt I got a good deal on.

My wife didn’t like the salesperson, but I did. Of course he was trying to get the sale, but I felt in the end that he was able to find us a deal that was higher value than the deal we would have selected from their menu.

]]> By: Million Dollar Journey http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/you-want-me-to-pay-for-what/comment-page-1/#comment-2577 Million Dollar Journey Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:50:00 +0000 http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/you-want-me-to-pay-for-what/#comment-2577 Thanks for the mention FB! I read sometime recently that some provinces require travel agents to disclose the total price after all fees, where other provinces don't. There should be a national consumer protection program for all provinces. Thanks for the mention FB! I read sometime recently that some provinces require travel agents to disclose the total price after all fees, where other provinces don’t. There should be a national consumer protection program for all provinces.

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