Have a haggle:Have you ever tried haggling? According to consumer magazine Which?, it's worth giving it a whirl. Almost three quarters of its members surveyed said that they hadn't tried haggling on the high street over the last year, but 85 per cent of those who had given it a go were successful.

A third of shoppers questioned felt that high street stores just wouldn’t agree to lowering prices while a fifth felt too nervous to try haggling.