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Haggling has come to Amazon, so if you don't like the $235 price tag on that Frozen poster, now you can suggest your own price. The site launched a new "Make an Offer" feature Tuesday that lets you negotiate the price on Elsa and Olaf until you and the seller reach a price you both agree on.
During this early rollout, the feature is available only for about 150,000 items on the site that fall into the "collectibles and fine art" categories—think signed sport's jerseys, movie posters, and rock star's guitars. Each item has a buy-it-now price, or you can hit the seller with an offer via the "Make a deal" button. The seller can then decide to agree to your offer, reject it, or counter.
Unlike eBay, where such information is public, negotiations between you and the seller are done privately. That also means you, the buyer, won't know whether the seller is simultaneously negotiating with another prospective buyer. Still, there's the potential for you to score some pretty epic deals with the right negotiating skills. And the item will never seel for more than the suggested price.
Amazon says "Make an Offer" will expand to hundreds of thousands of items in 2015. You can check out the current options here.
Haggling has come to Amazon, so if you don't like the $235 price tag on that Frozen poster, now you can suggest your own price. The site launched a new "Make an Offer" feature Tuesday that lets you negotiate the price on Elsa and Olaf until you and the seller reach a price you both agree on.
During this early rollout, the feature is available only for about 150,000 items on the site that fall into the "collectibles and fine art" categories—think signed sport's jerseys, movie posters, and rock star's guitars. Each item has a buy-it-now price, or you can hit the seller with an offer via the "Make a deal" button. The seller can then decide to agree to your offer, reject it, or counter.
Unlike eBay, where such information is public, negotiations between you and the seller are done privately. That also means you, the buyer, won't know whether the seller is simultaneously negotiating with another prospective buyer. Still, there's the potential for you to score some pretty epic deals with the right negotiating skills. And the item will never seel for more than the suggested price.
Amazon says "Make an Offer" will expand to hundreds of thousands of items in 2015. You can check out the current options here.
