There's a difference between "I can afford it", "I must haggle" and just outright trying to rip you off. The example I often quote was me, a blonde European, i

There's a difference between "I can afford it", "I must haggle" and just outright trying to rip you off. The example I often quote was me, a blonde European, in Cuba, just walking down the street. Someone with a rikshaw stopping next to me and going like "City tour! 20$" or something without me making eye contact or anything, just out of the blue. I shake my head, "15$!" and when I turn away because the person apparently doesn't want to accept any no, it's "10$!" - so apparently the actual tourist price would have been 10 but the opened with 20, without me even showing interest. [ofc it wasn't $ but you get the gist of the numbers]