Haggleware
from the companies-that-love-hassles dept
Firedup.com has decided to allow customers to haggle for their goods, a tradition taken from middle eastern markets. If you’ve ever tried haggling, you’ll realise how annoying it can become after a while. Novelty value is one thing but wasting your time haggling with an electronic merchant is a totally different story.
Comments on “Haggleware”
Not really a middle eastern tradition
Haggling is not really a foreign concept. I wasn’t until the turn of the century that American’s started setting non-negotiable prices. I believe it was a Woolworth five&dime store in Pa. that started it. Before then, Haggling was the way to determine the price of something.
Haggling
Of course, HaggleZone has been around for a couple of years now from NetMarket and never really took off, so I’m not sure why suddenly this other company thinks they’ve hit on something big. Plus, I think NetMarket has a bunch of patents (yeah, I know, don’t laugh) on haggling over the internet… so, expect some lawsuits…
Re: Haggling
there was IP litigation. yes our patent was amusing. yet if you understand what we actually created (WE, NOT being not netmarket/cendant but the inventors/developers of a genuine negotiation engine tecnology) the patent did not accurately represent what we actually created. good for me as i still imagine genuine (not silly consumer commerce) applications of the real technology.
Re: Re: Haggling
I would very much appreciate it if the inventor of this would contact me as I have first hand experience as an innovator and live version of Chester from 1995 having opened a haggling concept on Oxford Street England called Make us an Offer!
I look forward to your earliest contact please.
Rgds
Steve.
Re: Re: Re: Haggling
Stephen, just found your post. Interesting to compare note perhaps.
Re: Re: Re:2 Haggling
Please can someone link us via e-mail my contact detail is steve dot bushell at probrand dot co dot uk
Thank you
Re: Re: Re:2 Haggling
Mr Inventor of Haggleware please can we exchange som notes I am extremely keen to move forward with a new concept.
Thnaks
Steve
Re: Re: Re:3 Haggling
not an inventor of “haggleware” – was the algorithm person and lead development of “hagglezone” software and data models – might be an interesting conversation if we chat.
Re: Re: Re:4 Haggling
Can you contact me then please or give me your details?
Haggling
wow. old thread
Haggling
i’m inventor alias evariste galois
Haggling
please can we communicate ,I have just seen your reply .
Thanks
Steve