Returned Rug Results in Rich Reduction

Posted by M.S. on May 6, 2009

Wouldn’t it be amazing if, just because you asked, you were given a 25% reduction on the exact item you wanted to buy?

Well, that is precisely what happened to us recently!  My husband and I had been searching for just the right rug to go in our kitchen.  It had to be a certain style and color and lo and behold, we came upon it on our weekly trip to Costco.  There were numerous rugs of this style and type, all wrapped up in a tight package, and then we spotted the exact rug in the color we wanted!

This rug was unrolled and our impression was that someone had purchased it, then returned it.  It had no label and clearly had some lint on it, which indicated it had been tested out at someone’s home.  As anyone who shops at Costco knows, you can return items to Costco with no questions asked.  We assumed this was the case with this beautiful rug.  We laid it out on the warehouse floor and looked it over carefully.  It was flawless!

My husband said, “I wonder if they would give us a discount on the price since it is out of the original wrapping and has no paperwork with it?”  We learned a fabulous maneuver long ago, after reading that Donald Trump said “He who mentions a price first, loses!” That meant we did not say how much we wanted as a reduction.  We would leave that up to them.  We could always attempt to negotiate the price if they didn’t offer to reduce it enough.

So, we found the store manager, who looked it over and said “I couldn’t take anymore than $ 75 off!” We were speechless! This was a $300 Wool 8′ by 10′ rug with nothing wrong with it except that it was out of the package– so that amounted to a 25% reduction!

My husband casually responded, “Well, I guess that’s okay. We’ll take it!”

It looks fabulous in our kitchen!

Are you beginning to see how easy it is to save money and gain wealth?