Are the Apple Stores open to haggling?

Question

I wish there was a more general area in which I could ask this, but I'm planning to buy a new iMac, so this is the best I could find. Please redirect me to a more appropriate discussion area if you can find one though.
I never pay full price for anything if I buy it from a real store, as you can always negotiate between 10% and 20% (sometimes more) off a retail price if you're nice enough to the salesperson. However, I've bought all my Apple Macs through the online store so far, so I've been paying full price for each one.
However, there are one or two companies that just won't enter into this kind of negotiation, often having a policy that prevents their staff from discounting products at their discretion.
I was wondering what the position is with Apple Stores (i.e. the official ones) and whether any of you have ever managed to get a better deal than the retail price? I'm particularly interested in hearing from anyone in the UK who's managed to do this and what kind of deal they got.

Answer 1

m0thr4 wrote:
I was wondering what the position is with Apple Stores (i.e. the official ones) and
whether any of you have ever managed to get a better deal than the retail price?
I've always been able to haggle small discounts on hardware prices at
Apple-owned retail stores in the USA. It appears that store managers
are authorized to apply "educational pricing" to any hardware sale --
if you just say "please." These discounts are typically in the 5% to 10%
range, depending on product. US educational pricing can be found at:
http://store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/routingpage.html
...iPods are far from teenager-proof,
Looby