Choose the right expert at the right price, anytime day or night, at PC World Expert Help . Web site lets you haggle with online merchants until the price is low enough for you. The practice of haggling dates way back to the beginning of recorded history. It makes economic sense that a consumer would try to get the best price and best value for a product or service that he or she needs. So it was inevitable that once commerce penetrated the virtual world of the Internet, haggling would also enter it.
Early examples are auction sites.
A few years ago no one had heard of EBay, but now it is one of the largest consumer transaction sites on the Web. This site initially offered consumers the option of obtaining superlow prices on airfares if they were willing to be flexible about their preferred departure dates or times or number of stops. However, observers today tend to see Priceline's services filling the needs of a very small market niche. But that doesn't mean e-commerce sites that allow merchants to bid lower and lower for a consumer's business can't succeed. But it does allow merchants to bid lower for a customer's business.