Replying to Negotiating prices at a ski shop

with the current economic hard times hitting retail busineses are ski shops willing to make deals. would it be worth my time to go in and try and deal, barter, haggle etc whatever you call it, in order to get a better price. anyone who works in a shop i would like to have your input. are stores willing to knock off a few bucks in order to make a sale and move items out of the shop. im not exactly rolling in the money but i cant just give up skiing since that would be like The Count giving up counting random shit. what do you all think.