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When you go to such a sale, and when prices are posted, do you expect to pay the posted price, or do you expect to negotiate for a lower price?

At a sale with posted prices, do you expect to pay the price or negotiate?

Expecting to negotiate price versus paying posted price · Asked in 1 wave, 1996 · 987 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Percentages ofpeople who answered everyone asked

Crosstab

Party Ideology Age Sex Race (all years)Education Income Region Religion Community

Expect to pay posted priceNegotiate for lower price

Group	Expect to pay posted price	Negotiate for lower price	n	MoE
All respondents	40%	60%	987	±3
White	41%	59%	828	±4
Black	35%	65%	111	±10
Other races †	39%	61%	48	±16

General Social Survey 1996 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.

Answers as the source codes them

Expect to pay posted priceNegotiate for lower priceDon't know (non-answer)No answer (non-answer)

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
General Social Survey 1996	1996-02-01 to 1996-05-25	face to face	2,904	987