Name: How to negotiate in English: Vocabulary, expressions, and questions to save you $$$
Uploaded: 2017-03-22T08:09:40.000Z
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Thanks for clicking, and welcome to this lesson on:

So, this is a business vocabulary lesson, and today we are going to look at how to ask

about the cost of something, how to comment about the cost being too high for you, and

then how to get someone to maybe lower the price of something.

Now, what situations can we do this in, you know, in the 21st century?

This is if you're trying to negotiate the cost of a car maybe, the cost of a house,

or it can be something in a local market or a garage sale.

So, first let's look at how to ask about the cost of something.

And I have one, two, three, four, five, six different questions that you can use to ask

For the sake of me not saying the words: "this", "that", "it" every time, I'm just going to

Instead of: "How much does this cost?", "How much is this?"

Next: "How much is this/that/it going for?"

Something goes for a certain amount of money.

For example, say: "Oh, this comic book is going for $20."

Maybe it's a rare collector's edition or something.

This is how much people are paying for it.

So you're asking: "How much money, you know, is it...?

And if you want to be a little bit more specific, this one you can use in a more informal situation,

like a garage sale, for example, or at the market, like:

And another one: "Is this/that the final price?"

So, you're kind of opening the door to say: "Mm, is this the final price?

Is it the final price or can I talk about it with you?"

Sometimes the person you are talking to, you know, if you ask them this question:

and they'll say: "Well, you know, what are you thinking?

What is another price we can talk about?"

Now, if you want to negotiate and you want to get the price down, you need to comment

For example, this thing, whatever, you're looking at the price and this thing...

You see the word "price", it's slang for expensive.

A range means kind of like from $0 to $200 is my range.

That's where I can go with the price, but $500, that is ridiculous.

Same with: "It's a little over my budget."

So, your budget is how much money you can spend or how much money you want to spend.

So, my budget to buy this globe was $300.

"It's more than I have. I don't have $500. It's more than I have."

So now you've opened the door, you've started the discussion, saying:

"I'm interested in this globe, but it doesn't really, you know, match what I can pay you."

So let's see where the conversation can go from here.

Okay, now you've asked about the price, you've commented that it's a bit too expensive.

It's time to say what you can pay for it.

So, there are a couple of phrases that you can use.

You can say, for example: "Would you sell it for $200?"

You can also say: "Would you take $200?",

If you want to be very direct: "I'll give you $200."

Okay? So, very direct, saying: "I will give you $200."

I want $500, but this man is offering me $200 right now."

Maybe this phrase will get you the result you want.

"Uh, I'm still not comfortable with 200. Maybe you can meet me halfway.

This is some extra vocabulary that I'm going to give you guys now.

So "to meet someone halfway" or "to meet someone in the middle" is to basically take

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