A New York Times article from earlier this week kind of freaks us out. Apparently you can go into a big-box store like Best Buy, Circuit City or Home Depot and haggle down prices.We would expect this kind of behavior to take place at a crafts fair or in an antique shop, but at big chain stores? Certainly, we have never tried this tactic when shopping and wouldn't expect a very good response from a salesperson. "Hey, can you knock a few bucks off of the price of the DVD?" It just doesn't seem feasible.Well, I guess we're idiots. The article makes it sound like people do this sort of thing all of the time. One Jersey City, NJ, native says he talked a regionally-based electronics chain into knocking about $1,000 off the price of two plasma TVs. Amazing.From now on, we're going to start haggling over EVERYTHING. That lunchtime salad? How about a discount. Toothpaste? That price is looking a little steep.What about you? Are you one of those thrifty consumers who's been doing this for years, or does this seem like a newer phenomenon?