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All My Hard Bargaining For Nothing Ju Hee Lim from Korea As I was leaving, he grabbed me and said, "Okay. Forty-five dollars." Delighted, I decided to buy the jacket. Photo: by michael-kay Flickr Creative Commons The vendor added that if I paid in cash, he would give me a discount-ten percent off the fixed price. I went to the Dong Dae Moon Market in order to buy a jacket. It is a very famous market in Korea where there are a lot of small clothing shops. I looked all around and finally found a captivating jacket. When I asked the price, the vendor said, "Seventy dollars." He added that if I paid in cash, he would give me a discount-ten percent off the fixed price. I thought that the price was too expensive and started to leave. As I was leaving, he grabbed me and said, "Okay. Forty-five dollars." Delighted, I decided to buy the jacket. I was so happy because I had haggled twenty-five dollars off of the price. However, when I got home and tried on my new jacket, I realized that something was wrong with it. It had a pocket that wouldn't open. I was speechless and looked at it in amazement. The next day, I had to return the jacket and get a refund, so all my hard bargaining came to nothing. More Bargaining Experiences: Bargaining is a Game | Exerience Makes It Easier | I Like Bargaining for Goods At First It Was Fun | A Discount for Me and Customers for Him Bargaining is Not for Me | A Good Time to Bargain Return to: Our Bargaining Experiences | Issue 24 | Home Page TOPICS Online Magazine - ©1997-2008 - topics.mag@gmail.com - Sandy and Thomas Peters