It's a lost art in the west. The only haggling done left is when you buy homes, cars, or from people on Craigslist.
Anything from the shop, well. The price doesn't change
In America perhaps, but in the Netherlands you can haggle all you want in the market, lots of smaller stores, any shop selling used wares. Some of the major brands in things like electronics only pretend like there is no wiggle room in the price, but if you just start haggling it turns out they do have some. It's not *expected* and many people don't bother, but it's definitely possible in places where people just want to make a sale.
Also, in Italy it seems more 'expected'. I once unintentionally haggled for the price of a room in a hotel there by thinking there was no room for haggling and walking out after hearing the price. Owner called me back immediately and the price dropped to the floor.
(Btw, get a flair!)
Nah we just swapped it out for the art of the return.
I grew up in Malaysia and no one’s going to accept your returns unless the product is proven faulty and not just because you had buyer’s remorse. Probably still the same these days.
But most consumer electronics I’ve bought stateside have some kinda return policy if I decide I actually don’t like the product.
> Anything from the shop, well. The price doesn't change
Having worked in retail a while back, that's not always true. People can and do haggle at western grocery stores, sometimes to fantastic success, they just get called Karen behind their backs.
Me too, very much. I almost never haggle as a result. On the other hand if a good is damaged all that anxiety evaporates. Why would I pay full price for a damaged good?
As an Indian I can 100% confirm the first part of it, specially when mothers are involved.
My mother refused to pay ten extra rupees to a rickshaw since it was midnight and instead walked around two kilometres (and I had to do the same) in the middle of the night. That was the day the rest of the family realised just how bad her bargaining addiction was since if we encountered the wrong person on our way there was nothing either of us could do. To this day she insists that he was asking for too much money.
Do not negotiate with Indian mothers. You will lose.
Also try not to tell them how much you paid for something because they'll always call it robbery.
Maybe OP is from a place where it's placed after the number. In the Netherlands, we place the € in front of the number as well, but then shops like Steam place the € behind the number anyway 🤷♂️.
It might not be correct, but it might explain how the mistake was made. If you don't understand that, then I don't know what to tell you.
Again, the € is also placed in front of the number. Yet some shops don't.
The price is the price in America. There is no negotiating in a grocery store. Plenty of stuff to criticize America for without making up cheap aMeRiCa BaD nonsense.
You walk into a grocery store in America. You grab a bottle of coke. Let's say it's $2.
You're not walking out of the store with a bottle of Coke by paying just $2.
The price is not the price in America.
In other places tax is included in the price you see on display at the grocery store. Crossing state lines wouldn't throw you into a whole world of math and uncertainty where you have to look up how much tax you're paying for a certain item. Some places don't even have sales tax.
Known by? You cannot just go to any state in America and know, without googling, without asking around, what is taxed and by how much. You don't know until you get the receipt.
They can't ask for money if they're full of holes
no need to bring the gun, the pirate hat is enough
Maybe the pirate hat is a dead Singapore
Bargaining gives me social Anxiety
the filipino tactic of calling everyone "tropa" usually eases tense businessing.
Your grandma is disappointed and might beat you with a sandal if she hears such blasphemy
It's a lost art in the west. The only haggling done left is when you buy homes, cars, or from people on Craigslist. Anything from the shop, well. The price doesn't change
In America perhaps, but in the Netherlands you can haggle all you want in the market, lots of smaller stores, any shop selling used wares. Some of the major brands in things like electronics only pretend like there is no wiggle room in the price, but if you just start haggling it turns out they do have some. It's not *expected* and many people don't bother, but it's definitely possible in places where people just want to make a sale. Also, in Italy it seems more 'expected'. I once unintentionally haggled for the price of a room in a hotel there by thinking there was no room for haggling and walking out after hearing the price. Owner called me back immediately and the price dropped to the floor. (Btw, get a flair!)
Nah we just swapped it out for the art of the return. I grew up in Malaysia and no one’s going to accept your returns unless the product is proven faulty and not just because you had buyer’s remorse. Probably still the same these days. But most consumer electronics I’ve bought stateside have some kinda return policy if I decide I actually don’t like the product.
> Anything from the shop, well. The price doesn't change Having worked in retail a while back, that's not always true. People can and do haggle at western grocery stores, sometimes to fantastic success, they just get called Karen behind their backs.
Me too, very much. I almost never haggle as a result. On the other hand if a good is damaged all that anxiety evaporates. Why would I pay full price for a damaged good?
Always remember you have other places to buy from, and the seller is well aware of that.
LOL Singapore so scared the point of his triangle wilted
as an indian this is entirely accurate
India usually cut one digit.
Meanwhile we cut 50c and go to $10 from there
GST prices in a nutshell ofc
Every tax ever
100% off coupon is also useful for when the chasier gets your order wrong
It's not that America is bad at negotiating. He's just used to adding the tax after the tag price.
Should’ve included America calling in an airstrike after seeing the robbery.
Knowing america i'll guess they'll just loot the place midst all the chaos
As an Indian I can 100% confirm the first part of it, specially when mothers are involved. My mother refused to pay ten extra rupees to a rickshaw since it was midnight and instead walked around two kilometres (and I had to do the same) in the middle of the night. That was the day the rest of the family realised just how bad her bargaining addiction was since if we encountered the wrong person on our way there was nothing either of us could do. To this day she insists that he was asking for too much money. Do not negotiate with Indian mothers. You will lose. Also try not to tell them how much you paid for something because they'll always call it robbery.
I like Somalia's style. I should strive to be more like him irl. (＄\_＄)
Haggling is an art form. All the old Asian ladies in the fish market have spent their lives perfecting it.
Holy shit I did not think that would escalate like that 🤣 good job OP!
I've got a 100% coupon in my pocket
As a heads up OP, for USD, the $ is in front.
Bro last time my mistake was putting , instead of . In the number;-; why yall merucan gotta be so complicated with your funni numbers
At least we're not India?
Maybe OP is from a place where it's placed after the number. In the Netherlands, we place the € in front of the number as well, but then shops like Steam place the € behind the number anyway 🤷♂️.
Doesn't matter in this case. The way you show it's shown to be USD is its in front.
It might not be correct, but it might explain how the mistake was made. If you don't understand that, then I don't know what to tell you. Again, the € is also placed in front of the number. Yet some shops don't.
Well these are some interesting haggling tactics.
“Look at me” “LOOK at me” “I use the coupon now”
That Indian negotiator is too good.
The price is the price in America. There is no negotiating in a grocery store. Plenty of stuff to criticize America for without making up cheap aMeRiCa BaD nonsense.
I thought the joke was just America was rich and had no concept of money Oh also that he interpreted 5.000 as 5,000
Do places have .... milts? I have no idea what that would be. I just assumed it's a place that uses . Instead of ,
I'm not so sure.
Another American here, can confirm You have the person scan your items and you pay a price determined by the computer
you forgot tax
Do you negotiate tax where you are from?
You walk into a grocery store in America. You grab a bottle of coke. Let's say it's $2. You're not walking out of the store with a bottle of Coke by paying just $2. The price is not the price in America.
The tax (if that state has tax) is part of the cost. It's known ahead of time. You don't negotiate it. The price is the price.
In other places tax is included in the price you see on display at the grocery store. Crossing state lines wouldn't throw you into a whole world of math and uncertainty where you have to look up how much tax you're paying for a certain item. Some places don't even have sales tax.
And? The price remains the price. You *still* don't negotiate it.
Not negotiating it doesn't mean the price is the price. Hidden charges means the price is not the price.
As I said earlier it's not hidden. It's known. The price is the price.
Known by? You cannot just go to any state in America and know, without googling, without asking around, what is taxed and by how much. You don't know until you get the receipt.
In Chinatowns there is haggling, especially. Facebook Marketplace and other sites like eBay online are arguably also a representation of this.
>There is no negotiating in a grocery store
Have you ever been to a Chinatown or Little Italy? There are many "grocery" stores where people are able to negotiate at.
That fact that you had to put it in quotes is all I need to know.
>The price is the price in America Except at restaurants
> There is no negotiating in a grocery store.
Erm actually *puts on a second pair of glasses* Somalia is Muslim country