(to) bargain

in indonesia (and maybe other countries), it is common to bargain the price of something that we will buy. maybe we think that the price is so expensive that we should bargain it. of course, the bargaining only happens on certain markets (especially traditional markets).

well, i should say that i am very bad in bargaining the price. every time i told to buy something cheaper, i never did is succesfully.

there are many tricks to bargain the price. sometimes we can start it from the half, or even 10% of the full price. it really depends on the stuff. but the main trick is: never feel guilty to bargain!! (that’s the hardest point for me)

my worst experience in bargaining happened when i was in junior high school. there was a vacation to bali. because i knew that i am very bad in bargaining, i didn’t buy kind of stuffs. but i saw interesting keychains. i was interested to buy it. the price is 5000rupiah each. i think, it’s ok. than i bought 10 keychains. after reaching the bus and meeting the friends, they asked me about the keychains. than they all laughed for me. because they bought it only for 1000rupiah for each.

that’s why, i prefer buying in a department store (we can’t bargain in it) to buying in traditional market. it’s really hard for me to bargain the price.