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Originally Posted by ale
I do not know where are you from, but when you go to Safeway or any supermarket, do you bargain?, do you do that at your kid's school?.
What's wrong with some people that when they go to Mexico they get so cheap?
I am sure if you go to Hawaii or Miami you would not dare to do that.
Act the same way you would do it in you own country.
Have a good trip
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You can try to tell Mexican people not to haggle and that there is something wrong with them when they do it. However I would recommend against that. Just because it is customary for Mexicans to haggle it does not mean you have to.
I've haggled in many supermarkets and department stores and that's nothing to do with me being married to a Mexican. I actually learned all my haggling skills in classes (yes they do teach negotiation even in the US). And the teachers don't say only cheap people haggle, but they do say you often have an advantage if the other party in the negotiation is an American.
And in Playa you can find some sales people that will even attempt to teach you to haggle, if you are completely clueless. This is a service usually provided to young people.
I usually close with a reference to my favorite haggling scene from the movies. And so here we go again, no haggling thread is complete without this.
.and I almost forgot.
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Originally Posted by ale
do you do that at your kid's school?.
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Most definitely yes. I could not afford the full tuition.