Shell became a demon negotiator today! There was probably only one item, aside from our coffees, that we paid full price for!
Shell was in her element at one stall that was selling fantastic faceted glass mirrors. They were truly beautiful and Shell had wanted one for years. Enquiring about the price for one we particularly liked, the response was 1.5 million (IDR). 1.25m Shell says. 1.4m was the reluctant response. 1.35 she says....a blank look. The he picks up a calculater and knocks off 5%. Tuts, and essentially says can't do less than 10%, which he types in and reads... 1.35...oh..doh!! Chalk up another win for the bules!
At another stall, we're buying the wooden art piece and again Shell's trying to haggle. After some to and fro without any budging, one of the guys comes back with 'it's not expensive for you!'. "Oh, is that right?"
Turns out they knocked off 3% anyway when we went to pay - I guess the laughs we all had over the cheeky comment softened them up!
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