AIBU to think that haggling is still expected?

[CreativeBee]

Ok so last Christmas we were given a voucher for a family photo shoot from my sister (so p*ed off) it included a 10x8 print, unframed, worth £65.
So we went to the shoot, when booking they wouldn't give a price list but I thought I'd just go get my 10x8. The DC had a fantastic time, we all did really but at the back of my mind I was thinking I'm going to look huge in all these pics (I had an accident earlier this year, hurt my back and due to immobility and drugs put on about a stone and half) and also how much it'll cost to buy the pictures.
Today we went to see the pictures, I had told my DH and DC that I wasn't going to be able to justify spending so much since I've lost my job and we're struggling, not to mention Christmas .
Anyways, we loved the pictures and DS (16) was adamant that he wanted them as the individuals of him looked great, he's a little vain lol. But at each print costing £65 for 6x4 I knew it was impossible. The digital package which allows you to print them up to a 6x4 was £275.
I felt torn as did DH and my DH haggled and we ended up getting the digital package for £230 (still a lot of money for us but DH said it'll be ok we'll budget on other things).
On the way home our DS said it was 'immoral' to haggle in this country and that we were taking the p**s. My question is, AIBU to assume haggling is expected for something like this, or is it just cars etc.?
Feeling really crap about spending so much money as it is and also hate the way I look in them all but love the pictures of the DC, last ones we had done professionally was 10 years ago when DD was born.

Well he won't be deprived of any present. He will have the pictures he wanted.
Win win. Also means no cut backs as his gift is sorted.

Awww I LOVE a good haggle, discount code, playing companies off each other... free warranties, additional products, and freebies are things I usually get....

Fuck me, if I didn't haggle, our wedding would have cost an insane amount.
I saved THOUSANDS by doing my research and haggling and being prepared to compromise but not telling them that!

No. I don't haggle in supermarkets over my beans. Unless it's the end of the day and they're reducing stuff

Oh good god haggling over car costs is one of life's pure joys!!!

blodyteenagers I think £230 is quite a lot for a gift lol, still have to budget somewhere.
My DH is a recovery driver and gets haggled all the time, according to DS haggling should only be done on holiday

I hope your DS is going to get himself a good job, because he's going to need it if he's going to go round paying full price for everything without question.

Even in the UK if you pay full price for certain things, you are being taken for a mug, as it is assumed that most people will haggle or use a voucher, introductory deal or discount code, eg chain restaurants and takeaways, insurance, TV, broadband etc.

Tell him to pipe down, his opinion on this subject will matter when (and only when) he is paying out of his own money that he has earned himself (and not sponged off you).

Haggling will affect the supplier more than the buyer. If they sell a photo for £100 and their profit was, say, £30, you might get them to drop the price to £80. So you've saved 20 per cent, but they have lost 66 per cent. If it's a large car manufacturer then they can probably absorb this cost, but for a self-employed individual (driver, photographer, portrait artist etc) who isn't on a regular salary, it will be a harsher loss.