That's probably true pretty much everywhere--and, of course, in many places lots of things that are sticker price in the US are a negotiation. Honestly, if you

That's probably true pretty much everywhere--and, of course, in many places lots of things that are sticker price in the US are a negotiation. Honestly, if you're paying cash, it's not a big deal. I bought a car a couple years ago. At the time, there wasn't really any point in haggling on the car's price given how in short supply everything was. I got them to toss in some extra trade-in to cover the "factory options" on a car that wasn't even built yet--with the proviso that they had a deal if they agreed to it. I took a very discounted extended warranty which may or may not have been a good deal but it was cheap. The whole thing, including test drive, took me maybe 30 minutes. I said "no" quite a few times but it was hardly a pressure-packed negotiating session.