Saturday, September 09, 2006

How not to haggle.

I need to bring back some presents, and I also wanted to go into a roadside shop (we were in an area near the Gateway of India).

I saw a wall hanging I liked, and asked the price- $1800RPS or $38. Despite my fondness for Jack Vance, I don't like to haggle, so I went for my wallet and started pulling out money. The saleswoman then realized her mistake- she should have asked for more initially. She then said that she misspoke, and the price was really $2800RPS (about $58). Unfortunately, I was a little tired, and misremembered the conversion rate (1000RPS ~= $22.00), and so paid without a protest.

Looking online, I think this would have cost me around $70 in the U.S., so its not like I got ripped off.

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