Originally posted by ozstamps:
Pegasus .. I always wondered when it comes to things like rugs, carvings etc, HOW much to try and bater down to. A (genuine) brand name watch or Palm Pilot or Laptop etc or camera we all know pretty much what the exact duty free lowball is, but on a rug it really is a guessing game. Try for UNDER half asked price you are saying??
i myself am not a good bargainer.
for these artifacts you really need to understand the quality.
(under half of what you can get in other countries ia a rule fo thumb, otherwise why bother?
but if you see the same item across a few different shops, you could benchmark the prices then. but bargaining is a hard topic i have to admit
) sometimes they will sell 30 to some customer but insist on 50 for me.....when you bargain hard, also make sure there is no one around (if there are some other potential customers they could charge higher, giving in on you means giving away also for everybody else)