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Oh, many times I've seen the same price for cash or credit, asked for a "discount for cash", and got it.

The times they won't give a discount, I pay with the credit card and get the "cash back".

The proprietor, though, will nearly always give a discount for cash, because it's money ahead for him.



That may be an attribution error.

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/515/good-guys

> Producer Ben Calhoun tells Ira about a secret move his friend uses all the time — the "good guy discount" — that gets Ben's friend money off all sorts of items when he's shopping. (6 minutes)

More often than not, if you ask someone with the power to give one for a discount - for any polite reason - there's a decent chance they'll do it.


You might be right. A cash discount should be 1-3%. But I've often gotten 10% off just by asking. Even at department stores like Macy's.




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