Unless you really want the thing & they don't call you back. Then you need to go back like a dick and agree to their price...ricecakes wrote:That.Spigzy wrote:If you didn't walk away at least 20m you're not doing it right, you could have got them down to $8 for sure.
Offer them 50% of their price and then walk.
Works like a charm almost every time.
Except here in Hanoi where the vendors are tighter than a ducks butt
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Very trueផោមក្លិនស្អុយ wrote:Unless you really want the thing & they don't call you back. Then you need to go back like a dick and agree to their price...ricecakes wrote:That.Spigzy wrote:If you didn't walk away at least 20m you're not doing it right, you could have got them down to $8 for sure.
Offer them 50% of their price and then walk.
Works like a charm almost every time.
Except here in Hanoi where the vendors are tighter than a ducks butt
That....or you get home and think " fuck i really wanted that and i walked away over a matter of $2 ! "
It's a matter of PRINCIPLE damn it
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Yeah, $2. That would be the approximate cost of my principles.ricecakes wrote:Very trueផោមក្លិនស្អុយ wrote:Unless you really want the thing & they don't call you back. Then you need to go back like a dick and agree to their price...ricecakes wrote:That.Spigzy wrote:If you didn't walk away at least 20m you're not doing it right, you could have got them down to $8 for sure.
Offer them 50% of their price and then walk.
Works like a charm almost every time.
Except here in Hanoi where the vendors are tighter than a ducks butt
That....or you get home and think " fuck i really wanted that and i walked away over a matter of $2 ! "
It's a matter of PRINCIPLE damn it
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Naw, they'll haggle, just not with foreigners. When I lived in Ha Noi, my ex forbade me to go shopping with her (not that I did mind) because prices would double as soon as I appeared on the scene.ricecakes wrote:Except here in Hanoi where the vendors are tighter than a ducks butt
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The life of stretchy underpants seems pretty short in the KOW. Got meself some of those Calvin Klime David Beckham jobbies from the market to go jogging in a few months ago and the crotches all have holes in now.
It's like a jungle out there.
Is there some sort of Department of Trade you can complain to here?
It's like a jungle out there.
Is there some sort of Department of Trade you can complain to here?
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Spitty, you want to lodge a complaint with the Cambodian fair trading office because the fake underpants you bought on the cheap have holes in the crotch area?
I'd even take it up with the world trade organization, this deserves a fair hearing.
I'd even take it up with the world trade organization, this deserves a fair hearing.
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We need UNTAC back:logos wrote:Spitty, you want to lodge a complaint with the Cambodian fair trading office because the fake underpants you bought on the cheap have holes in the crotch area?
I'd even take it up with the world trade organization, this deserves a fair hearing.
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They are great workout gear, and I'm glad I've basically got the same price as her. As someone else mentioned, I think they're the ones with "mistakes," such as mislabeled with sizing, etc. But I've been pleasantly pleased with the quality.Rama wrote:My wife keeps buying me Under Armour brand shorts from the Russian Market. 6 or so pairs so far (plus 1 pair of And1 brand shorts) $4 a pair, maybe once or twice $5.
Add those to a huge collection of Under Armour t-shirts ($4-5 each) and I look like I'm sponsored by them.
Under Armour have got a massive leakage of clothes from their Cambodian factories.
Well, if they had a smile (even a FO one) on their face and you were happy to pay $9 then everyone was satisfied with the deal. Enjoy the shorts and remember that your financial contribution helped save Cambodia.Corkman42 wrote:I'm not sure how good my haggling skills are. Bought a couple pairs of shorts today. Got them down from about 12 bucks each to 9 bucks each but the sellers had a big fuck off smile on their face as I was leaving. For me a 9 dollar pair of shorts is a great deal compared to what I would pay for them back home. Could I have got the price down by more here?
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