> ask your local pizza place for a discount and they could instantly reply whether they granted it or not Sure, that's haggling, it's done pretty much everywhe

> ask your local pizza place for a discount and they could instantly reply whether they granted it or not Sure, that's haggling, it's done pretty much everywhere in the world and throughout all of history. Where it hasn't worked is with franchises staffed by dummies working out of a handbook as it's considered too risky if one lets staff have such control over prices in case they grant their friends discounts. WalMart allows their staff to set prices though and it works there. They don't haggle though. It would be pretty nice to see haggling implemented in modern strip mall sorts of places.