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As a retailer -plus a cheapskate on personal purchases- i always respect someone who asks my advice -after all I am an expert in my field tells me what they want -and how much they want to pay tries to haggle to close the deal The Brits aren't too good at the last bit -idiots! I have had a bed salesman (Dreams) run across the car park when I walked after he turned down my final offer. If you feel embarrased -have a long weekend in Marrakesh or Istanbul -you will get back the cost of the trip many times with your newfound training skills in bartering! Remember th

I'm not much good with haggling face to face, so tend to do the research and find the "best" deal for me, which often as not is not the cheapest. I won't buy stuff which is notoriously faked from anywhere other than a trusted supplier, things like Makita power tools are a classic case. Buy cheap off the auction sites it's often as not a fake, unless form a trusted trader (usually with a bricks and mortar shop somewhere in the country). I don't have a convenient Aldi/Lidl, the petrol would offset most of the savings if I drove there. I tend to "play" off Sains vs Tesco, swap between them,

I am a glutton for "bargains" and often buy "BOGOF" (buy one, get one free) items at the supermarket, because of the deal....forgetting that no one actually likes the product. At the moment I'm getting very hot under the collar, as a local Aprilia dealer is about to change to Yamaha (about time too). They are selling off their old stock at silly prices. They have a new but pre-reg Aprilla Caponord Rally 1200 (the top of the range model with all sorts of extras such as active suspension) at £3146 off list price. My heart is saying "a Ducati Multistrada beater at Suzuki VStrom pri

I respect retailers who don't muck me about with archane tribal rituals and **** measuring contests. I tell any salesman doing the "Ow, your killing me" routine he's a bad actor and is wasteing my time. I go online and buy from the retailer offering the best deal up front. I don't even start a negotiation with the others so their chance of selling me anything is zero. Andy

I don't really do servicing on my bikes these days. It's a struggle to even find the spark plugs for gods sake. But I like the idea of getting something basic and simple - maybe a Herald or an Enfield and doing all my own work on it.

God, my Missis has the Waitrose habit and it is blooming expensive! She is always amazed that our local butcher does such good meat, so cheaply - in fact better, much better and cheaper than Waitrose.

Bazza - it is not me currently looking at a Caponord, that link was from when I looked at one some time ago. I was just commenting on Martin's (suffolk58) post about him lusting after one for sale near him. But thanks anyway for your evident concern regarding my mental health!

I was very keen on the Caponord for a while, watched lots of great YouTube reviews, and in virtual reality form it looked ideal for me. I couldn't get a test ride on a Rally as my nearest dealer had sold their last one, but tried the non-rally version, and all the little online hints of slight problems with it became very real. It looked nicely made but the on/off throttle transition was like hitting a brick wall. The Rally version has supposedly got the fuelling a bit better sorted, but I would be very wary - plus where are you going to get service and spares? They will not be making any

I did just that.! Approached 6 honda dealers from south london to cornwall, Told them im a cash customer , no finance no part exchange and if the price is right i will pay a deposit NOW. Some took a couple hundred off and said that was it.Apart from dobbles this was face to face, Farnham honda said they didnt do discounts as he didnt need to (farnham is a very affluent area).I said he obviously isnt hungry, he walked away, so did I.To cut a long story short , i phoned torbay motorcycles got a price straight away of £6300. ! result.!! i went straight down and paid the deposit, I was glad he w