http://www.gothamist.com/2004/04/26/were_supposed_to_haggle.php All comments for We're supposed to haggle! en-us 2007 nyc_daveh Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:32:49 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss daveh@gothamist.com daveh@gothamist.com 60 http://www.gothamist.com/2004/04/26/were_supposed_to_haggle.php#comment-21520 http://www.gothamist.com/2004/04/26/were_supposed_to_haggle.php#comment-21520 Comments Fri, 30 Apr 2004 18:12:21 -0500 <p>Recently a guy selling a crappy knock off purse, you know the guys, refused to haggle. He eventually did when I pointed out that the Kate Spade sticker was on upside down, but he seemed offended. Seems to me that if you're selling possibly illegal merchandise from a cardboard box on the corner, you should be happy to haggle.</p> http://www.gothamist.com/2004/04/26/were_supposed_to_haggle.php#comment-21519 http://www.gothamist.com/2004/04/26/were_supposed_to_haggle.php#comment-21519 Comments Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:18:53 -0500 <p>New haggling tactic - mention to the vendor that you're an INS agent.</p> http://www.gothamist.com/2004/04/26/were_supposed_to_haggle.php#comment-21518 http://www.gothamist.com/2004/04/26/were_supposed_to_haggle.php#comment-21518 Comments Tue, 27 Apr 2004 09:28:07 -0500 <p>i think this may be a strange american anomaly...i use to sell hats at a flea market and i spent most of my day trying to convince foreign tourists and/or newly arrived immigrants that the price is what it says....from what ive heard from friends in foreign countries (Europe mostly) it can be insulting not to haggle with the vendor...i had a friend get snarled at by a Turk selling this beautiful chess set...i think he ended up paying like 30% of the asking price....</p>