Bargaining

Description: Also referred to as haggling or negotiating. It is the art of getting a cheaper price for goods and wares.

Newest Review: ... reaction. But don't, of course, do this before you have established what price is being asked - your idea of really low may already be too high. And don't do even that without a little preparatory manoeuvring. On the general principle of not showing too much enthusiasm, it is always better to make the vendor take the initiative in trying to interest you in an item, rather than expressing ... more

... an interest proactively. Thus don't, if you can avoid it, ask the price, just pick up an item and examine it, cursorily for preference. With any luck - and in most oriental markets no luck is needed; just try stopping them - the merchant will ru...more

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Bargaining: Souk it to them (2710 words)
by - written on 30/04/09 (Very useful, 502 readings)
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If you really want to upset an oriental trader, it is said, pay his asking price straight away without question. He will stay awake all night cursing himself for not having pitched it higher in the first place. Since I wouldn't want to upset anyone, I feel duty bound to haggle. Haggling, though, is one of those many skills at which I am better in theory than in practice. I rediscover this every time I try to buy anything, and never more so than when in countries where haggling is the norm for all commercial dealings. Having recently visited one such country - Morocco - I have had my limitations impressed on me yet again. Fortunately, my ... Read the complete review

Give me your price.....let's meet halfway.... (491 words)
by - written on 13/03/09 (Very useful, 107 readings)
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Do you enjoy bargaining? Would you bargain for the sake of it? I have never enjoyed bargaining even though I was brought up in the environment where it is a norm to bargain. Bargaining started as a form of negotiation for the best price on products we want. However, nowadays, I feel bargaining is becoming more of a challenge for buyers to bring the price down as much as they can. Sellers are also becoming smart as they raise their initial offer price to a certain level knowing that buyers are going to haggle for a better price anyway. There also times where you just know that the price is fair but due to the need to bargain and the suspicion that ... Read the complete review

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