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Devils'Advocate · 07-10-2009, 06:15 AM

For the person that asked, my Somali friend didn't get what he wanted for half price, but did get $20 off. I was amazed. I never thought about trying to haggle at Canadian Tire.

But that's what I was getting at. In many, many countries haggling is second nature. It's all part of the game. People will mark up their product by 50% because they know people will want to haggle them down and feel like they got a good deal.

I, on the other hand, hate that. So if I put something on Kijiji that is $100, I'll say "$100 firm. Will not entertain offers lower than $100."

07-10-2009, 06:15 AM	#189
Devils'Advocate #1 Goaltender Join Date: Jul 2005 Exp:	For the person that asked, my Somali friend didn't get what he wanted for half price, but did get $20 off. I was amazed. I never thought about trying to haggle at Canadian Tire. But that's what I was getting at. In many, many countries haggling is second nature. It's all part of the game. People will mark up their product by 50% because they know people will want to haggle them down and feel like they got a good deal. I, on the other hand, hate that. So if I put something on Kijiji that is $100, I'll say "$100 firm. Will not entertain offers lower than $100."