Smart Money Week has tackled a broad range of everyday finance issues Londoners are facing - from expert ideas on making extra money at home to insider tips on how to haggle on the High Street.
Expert guests throughout the week on the Jo & Paul Breakfast Show and Eddie Nestor's Drivetime programme have been able to offer a wealth of advice, ideas and tips to guide you through the uncertainties of the recession.
Listen again to Smart Money Week on 94.9's Breakfast & Drive shows
Issues covered have included:
- How to bag a bargain and haggle
- Debt and how to avoid it
- What to do with the money you do have
- How to eat cheaply and grow your own (even in a flat)
- How to make money at home
- Property - should you stay or go?
- How to cope with redundancy and bills
Below you'll find useful weblinks relating to the wide range of topics that have been discussed this week from both the Breakfast and Drivetime Shows.
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Useful links from Jo & Paul's Breakfast Show
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Useful links from Eddie Nestor's Drivetime Show
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Haggling top tips from Derek Arden
1 - Build rapport, get to know the person before you make them an offer. Find out if they can make decisions, what power they might have and if they might be open to a low offer. Initially pick someone who looks like they can make decisions.
2 - Have options. If you look like, you definitely want the product, you won't get a discount. They will see you coming from your body language. Say it is a choice between this and a couple of other pieces of furniture etc.
3 - If you can't get a discount, ask for extras, small things that doesn't cost the shop much.
4 - Smile and ask for more. Use softer phrases like I can't afford to pay that much. It is outside my budget but I really want it. Surely you can help me.
5 - Listen carefully to how they answer the questions. Even if they are saying no, do you think they might be able to help. If you are going to buy something else, link the two together.
6 - Sometimes you have to walk away. If so say "that is the lowest I can go today" - which leave the door open if you decide to pay that price, which hopefully is already discounted.
7 - If you never walk away you will never get the best deal
