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It is funny that I always hear people want no haggle cars but no ever wants no haggle flea markets, or jewellery stores, or home buying. Why do folks have such

It is funny that I always hear people want no haggle cars but no ever wants no haggle flea markets, or jewellery stores, or home buying. Why do folks have such a problem with cars?

kube-system 3y ago
I don't think any of that is true. There are many people who have a social dislike for haggling for anything. There are many places that offer used merchandise for a fixed price that people shop at, flea markets are fairly unsuccessful in the market for used merchandise. There are many stores that sell jewelry at a fixed price. Stories about people groaning about bidding wars on homes are ubiquitous. And some sellers don't negotiate. Consumers are consumers, and some cross-section of them will always lack negotiation skills and/or have a distaste for the practice.
- mmcgaha 3y ago
  What are you talking about? I did not say everyone likes to haggle. I did not say that haggle free places don't exist; in fact they even exist for cars. Sure people groan about bidding wars but who is asking for fixed price homes? I did not say anything about anyone's negotiation skills. Maybe I was a little too strong by saying no one complains since I have not discussed haggling with the entire population. Put simply, I hear people complain about car haggling but not haggling for other things. As far as you thinking not any of what I said is true; I think you read a whole lot more than I wrote.
  - kube-system 3y ago
    I am referring to your claim that “no ever wants no haggle flea markets, or jewellery stores, or home buying.” People often do want those things.
BobbyTables2 3y ago
Imagine home buying if the seller silently added 5% in extra fees/features after the price was fixed… You do realize the “diamond paint protection” and the other 1000-$2000 of crap on a modest car is all fake — not even from the manufacturer. It’s just gravy after their commission is already baked in.

It is funny that I always hear people want no haggle cars but no ever wants no haggle flea markets, or jewellery stores, or home buying. Why do folks have such a problem with cars?

kube-system 3y ago

I don't think any of that is true. There are many people who have a social dislike for haggling for anything. There are many places that offer used merchandise for a fixed price that people shop at, flea markets are fairly unsuccessful in the market for used merchandise. There are many stores that sell jewelry at a fixed price. Stories about people groaning about bidding wars on homes are ubiquitous. And some sellers don't negotiate. Consumers are consumers, and some cross-section of them will always lack negotiation skills and/or have a distaste for the practice.

mmcgaha 3y ago
What are you talking about? I did not say everyone likes to haggle. I did not say that haggle free places don't exist; in fact they even exist for cars. Sure people groan about bidding wars but who is asking for fixed price homes? I did not say anything about anyone's negotiation skills. Maybe I was a little too strong by saying no one complains since I have not discussed haggling with the entire population. Put simply, I hear people complain about car haggling but not haggling for other things. As far as you thinking not any of what I said is true; I think you read a whole lot more than I wrote.
- kube-system 3y ago
  I am referring to your claim that “no ever wants no haggle flea markets, or jewellery stores, or home buying.” People often do want those things.

BobbyTables2 3y ago

Imagine home buying if the seller silently added 5% in extra fees/features after the price was fixed… You do realize the “diamond paint protection” and the other 1000-$2000 of crap on a modest car is all fake — not even from the manufacturer. It’s just gravy after their commission is already baked in.