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Being a bad haggler, I typically just always say Yes to the first price I'm asked to pay. I wonder how this changes across different countries. I know in India
by manish_gill 5y ago
Being a bad haggler, I typically just always say Yes to the first price I'm asked to pay.
I wonder how this changes across different countries. I know in India, there's a lot of flexibility in negotiation/haggling prices.
But living in Germany, I always get the impression that things are fixed price and I typically don't bother negotiating. Unless it's the rare street market/Weihnachtsmarkt where they're willing to negotiate (and even there they usually don't).
I'm curious to know other countries experience if people can chime in.
- codesuki 5y agoIn Germany you can negotiate a few things down in electronic stores. Particularly if you buy several items. Or if the competitor sells it cheaper. Same works in Japan. Saved me a few hundred bucks on my TV.
- Aeolun 5y agoIf I think the price is fair, I don’t haggle. If I don’t think the price is fair, I don’t buy at all. I have better things to do with my time than convince someone something is not worth as much as they want for it.
- wackro 5y agoWhen I visited Morocco I discovered that haggling is seen as an intrinsic part of a transaction. A lot of tourists aren't used to haggling or are afraid to do so out of a perceived risk of offending the seller. But if you don't haggle Moroccans will perceive you as weak, even if you think you've got a great deal paying face value.
- wasmitnetzen 5y agoWhen I lived in Germany, I've seen haggling for bigger furniture items (like kitchen, fridge, sofas). But that's about it. Funnily enough, there was a big media frenzy when haggling was legalized* in 2001 that everyone was going to start to haggle in supermarkets and every store would grind to a halt. That obviously didn't happen. *) Technically, it was legal before, but limited to 3% of the price.