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Or wondering why an obviously-rich foreigner is so stingy as to haggle down a few cents that mean nothing to him.
by drothlis 18y ago
Or wondering why an obviously-rich foreigner is so stingy as to haggle down a few cents that mean nothing to him.
- ryanwaggoner 18y agoVery simple: I'm a greedy bastard.
- rythie 18y agoBecause no matter what you pay, the person who actually made it gets almost nothing all the same. If you pay a lot you reward the person who sells it to you for high balling the price, lying usually and aggressive selling manor. In addition you make the price high for others who can't afford high prices such as people travelling for 6months+ which have low budgets.
- petercooper 18y agoIt's easy to think that things in non-Westernized countries cost peanuts, but it's rarely true. Haggling is almost never over "a few cents" (certainly in no example I've seen - someone who haggles over less than a dollar for a >$10 purchase is probably just a dick). Take Morocco, for example. They'll try and charge you hundreds (or thousands) of dollars for a carpet ( http://www.ehow.com/how_2318956_moroccan-carpet-less-than-minutes.html http://www.ehow.com/how_2318956_moroccan-carpet-less-than-mi... ). Even t-shirts in China will go for a few bucks or more.