This is quite interesting when you take into consideration what the author was doing: haggling. It's usually a mute point, as many don't talk about how/where/wh

This is quite interesting when you take into consideration what the author was doing: haggling. It's usually a mute point, as many don't talk about how/where/why they haggle as the action is under the radar - particularly here in the US. Certain cultures outside of the States embrace haggling as a predominant means of exchange, i.e. in China via tuangou: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuangou http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuangou