http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/09/05/haggling-nepal-srilanka-japan/ A New England Expat in Japan. Thu, 03 Apr 2014 22:52:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/09/05/haggling-nepal-srilanka-japan/#comment-3504 Thu, 05 Sep 2013 16:46:37 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=1787#comment-3504 I remember a very unpleasant moment in the Silk Market in Beijing, where while shopping for souvenirs among other widely counterfeit brand clothes, I ended up paying nearly E20 for a single pair of jeans. Admittedly, I looked really good in them, but the way the woman led the transaction was traumatizing.
I learned a valuable lesson in business, I guess, but the feeling of having been had left a really bitter taste in my mouth, and made me more apprehensive of my next haggling session.

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