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Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] Price haggling
From: DaEyeGuy@xxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 13:20:45 EST
> It is very hard to haggle when the prices are already so low and the people 
>  have so little.  It is as they do on a daily basis so like they say "when 
in 
>  Kathmandu,do as they...wait....oh well : ),
>  John R

I know this feeling well..when I travel to Hong Kong I love to go to the Jade 
Market...I take a calculator and punch in a bid, then give it to the vendor 
and it's a lot of fun, and hillarious seeing them try to do their sales 
antics without use of a language with pantomine. I wag my head "no" and start 
to leave, sometimes even going 2-3 booths down before they'll come after me 
and offer what I wanted. It can be a real ruch to get it at 300f the 
original offer...

Then, later, sitting in a restaurant, you'll look out at the boat people and 
wonder if you're a cad...


Susan Steele
Virginia USA

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