<prompt> Human: My wife and I just agreed to a contract with a basement service company to waterproof our basement, on the spot rather than taking a day or two to talk it over and plan and talk to the bank. We did it this way because the company said booking now meant they are more efficient and save money, so they pass that savings to us in the form of a 5 discount. Well this turned a 12-k job to just about 11k, around a 1200 savings. This is the entirety of our emergency savings, so we opted to finance the rest through our bank, which I will call in the morning. We are a little stressed because we just moved in 6 months ago during a heavy rainy season to find this house gets water in the basement, I dont know how the seller didnt know this btw the way and my wife is particularly pissed. We are just paying off our car and Im about to make my last payment on student loans - gah we were almost there, now we are looking at 60 more months of oweing someone!My main point in posting is this 5 discount. Ive worked with a lot of contractors and this is the first time Ive been told signing now saves us money so well pass it on to you, it really seems more like a sales tactic to push people sign rather than talk it over a day or so to make a decision. We made the right decision ultimately, we cant use that room if it gets water, its just ... I mean does booking early actually save them money? Is this actually a common thing? Why dont they just lower their price by 5 all the time ?Thanks for your thoughts.  <response>: 100 sales tactic. Its always amazing to me about our brains - we will clip coupons for .25 and will research a 300 electronics device for days, but nervousness when buying a car or something like your wet basement make us knee-jerk into a huge project without getting quotes and reviews. Have you asked anyone for other quotes? 