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Negotiating Big Purchases: Getting a Better Deal
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Fits: Personal Finance, Financial Literacy, Economics ยท grades 9-12
What students do
- Calculate savings and percent off using the sticker price and the negotiated price
- Set a target price and a walk-away price from research before making an offer
- Read a bar chart comparing average savings across six purchase categories
- Run and score a new client's negotiation using the walk-away decision rule
What it covers
- Why the sticker price is a starting point, not a final price
- The savings and percent-off formulas and the walk-away decision rule
- Which purchases have the most room to negotiate, from used cars to electronics
Learning targets
- Explain why the sticker price is a starting point and what makes a big purchase negotiable
- Calculate the savings on a negotiated purchase using the labeled savings model
- Turn savings into a percent off using the labeled percent-off model
- Set a walk-away price and use research, timing, and a bar chart of average savings to judge a deal
From one teacher to another
The price on the tag isn't the price you have to pay, and that's the whole lesson buried in one sentence. Students follow a first-time car buyer as he researches a fair price, sets a walk-away number before he ever opens his mouth, and talks the seller down enough to save real money. It turns something that feels intimidating into a method they can actually run themselves.
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