You don't have to travel to some exotic bazaar abroad to find yourself in a shop or store where you can argue, or as some would call it "haggle", with the seller to see if the item can be bought cheaper. Most of the time this is done out of necessity, especially when in a lot of places nowadays -- things are way, way overpriced.
This happened to me as I needed to buy a new clock-radio. You know... one of those old-fashioned electric devices that have AM and FM radio, have a clock, snooze, sleep, and alarm buttons, and so on. Why not an iPod or something similarly smart and cutting edge -- with features that practically ask you whether you want cream and sugar in your coffee? Because, frankly....I'm cranky in the morning, and want something simple and uncomplicated to wake me up.
Anyway, here I was at the electronics shop, one -- that, by the way, is perpetually going out of business, looking over at several different models, trying to decide which one was the most convenient for me. Now the prices were totally out of line for the size and features that most of these clock-radios offered.
The one that I was looking at, was a small rectangle shaped boxy radio, about five inches in length and three in width, which probably would cost -- at the most -- ten dollars. The man tells me forty dollars! Looking at him in disbelief, I tell him -- you must be kidding me! OK, OK he says, for you --- thirty-five.
No wanting to be ripped-off, I start heading towards the door, the guy follows me saying -- fine, fine, you are twisting my arm -- twenty dollars, but not a penny less! I head out the door, and he comes outside to chase me saying -- you win, you win -- it's yours for fifteen dollars! Practically running away from this store, I just kept walking, and went to another shop that gave me the right price from the start, without the aggravation.
