How good are you in bargaining :50bz: ? What methods do you use ? What about the way you barter ? Does it really need a skill to do so ? Are women better than Men when it come to Bargain and Barter :bomb: ?:cool:

I'm very very bad at bargaining...
I can rarely stand for more than five minutes before I'm too bored or too careless about the money lol

I'm not that type, the only time I did collect money (coins) was ... 9 years ago. My little sister came one day and said: "My new hobby is collecting coins!" ... So, to be encouraging, I said: "Oh I have some coins, want them? I don't remember why I was collecting them anyway."


... After I gave her the money, it all came back to me. I hate it when that happens.


But I didn't really care anyway. I stopped collecting money since it is just a waste of time and makes me nervous, even my Eid money would be distributed among my siblings. In exchange they will get me Saqqaaya whenever I want.

Depends on my mood and the place really..if it's in the market (Like Souq Matrah or China town Malaysia) then yeah I'll bargain like hell, but I don't tend to bargain when I buy from shops within malls.

Woops, from Nabhan's answer it seems that I have totally misunderstood the question, sorry.

I never tried bargaining. And I find it very embarrassing when I go out with my aunts who tend to bargain. My parents never bargain and they've taught us: You need it, you take it. No matter how much the price is. If you don't like the price. Leave. But Nooo Bargaining.

I've noticed when I go out shopping with my mother in old souqs, and when she accepts to buy something without bargaining, the salesman's face changes like he was shocked to see a woman just accept it like that without bargaining ... and then he says: Ok for you I will give a discount.

I think that salesmen (In Oman) start with a high price because they KNOW that Omani women tend to bargain, so together they will end up at the actual price. But when my mother didn't bargain, he still gave her with the actual price but said it was a discount.

So, bargaining isn't really effective. And it's rude, because most of the time (this is what I see) they ask the salesman to lower the price and at the end they say: Ok we'll just go look somewhere else and come back (and never come back).

Woops, from Nabhan's answer it seems that I have totally misunderstood the question, sorry.

I never tried bargaining. And I find it very embarrassing when I go out with my aunts who tend to bargain. My parents never bargain and they've taught us: You need it, you take it. No matter how much the price is. If you don't like the price. Leave. But Nooo Bargaining.

I've noticed when I go out shopping with my mother in old souqs, and when she accepts to buy something without bargaining, the salesman's face changes like he was shocked to see a woman just accept it like that without bargaining ... and then he says: Ok for you I will give a discount.

I think that salesmen (In Oman) start with a high price because they KNOW that Omani women tend to bargain, so together they will end up at the actual price. But when my mother didn't bargain, he still gave her with the actual price but said it was a discount.

So, bargaining isn't really effective. And it's rude, because most of the time (this is what I see) they ask the salesman to lower the price and at the end they say: Ok we'll just go look somewhere else and come back (and never come back).

I think bargaining is good…it is frugal, not cheap!
So learn it UmKhalid, learn how to scare the storekeepers at Suq Mattrah when they see you! :D
They always rip me off when I buy a kummah! But I do bargain especially over expensive things!

Since we all know that items and things are over priced for a bit more profit .. I think to barter is a healthy exercise . Although we think we are smart and got a good discount ;) but the reality is that he Shopkeeper did manage to rattle your pocket to his ways dont you think ? Now women are indeed good at bargaining and good into getting discount , The worse scenario would be a man trying to barter with a sales lady :)

yeah, women are better than man in bargaining..

at least from what i see,men don't care alot about bargaining cuz the don't go for shopping as much as women do and women would care alot about saving money cuz they always have a lot to buy..

and i personally don't bargain over stuff cuz i feel like it's a bit kind of embarrassing thing:cute:

I think bargaining is good…it is frugal, not cheap!
So learn it UmKhalid, learn how to scare the storekeepers at Suq Mattrah when they see you! :D


Ohhh no no :p I wouldn't want that!

I remembered that even though my parents tell us it is a bad habit, they DO bargain sometimes:mmhmm: . I guess there are times where bargaining is needed.

So if that is explained, I miiiight think about it differently:think:.

Or else, eb3ed 3an el shar o '3aneela (Stay away from trouble and sing for it:p )

Oh I love to bargain ... :hyper:

In the US there is very little chance to bargain for products except at Flea markets or dealing with buying one on one from an individual.

In Mexico it's common and even "expected" to bargain for almost everything.

We were in Playa del Carmen, MX once and doing a little shopping. Mrs Jack found these pants she wanted in an upscale shop. They were cool and very expensive. A pair of pants only an artist would wear! She bargained with him for about 30 minutes and he wouldn't come down on the price. So she walked.

I then thanked him and told him he saved me some big bucks!

Later that day I was getting an ice cream and the guy walked up to me and said ... hey man if you want those pants you can have them for her price.

I thought to my self ... self what ya goin to do. I bought those pants and gave them to her later that night after dinner.

It made the day ... :hyper:

30 Minutes!

30 Minutes!Yes and to this day she still thinks I paid full price ... :dev:

Nothing is too good for my baby ... :p

How good are you in bargaining :50bz: ? What methods do you use ? What about the way you barter ? Does it really need a skill to do so ? Are women better than Men when it come to Bargain and Barter :bomb: ?:cool:

Yup I think I’m not bad when it comes to bargaining

There are always enough spaces and places to bargain..

Examples I can think of now: buying a kuma from any shop in Oman, a Carpet from 7atta (a small town on our borders with UAE), and a lady hand bag from China Town in Malaysia,

I know its all supply and demand thingy, but forget it for a while and I’m telling u that u can easy take out 25% of the kumma price, 50% of the hand bag and 75% of the carpet, by only small negotiation.

There is no secret behind: the first rule of thump ‘ Don’t ever ever show interest or let this feeling goes to the salesman ' if he feels your intimate interest u already a loser bargainer

Second rule: ‘ Ask the price first ‘ by this u already testing his expectation

Third rule: Don’t bargain in rush ' after checking price, go around few meters to other shops, no need to search the whole street's shops. But it always good to try to search for one shop for every 100m u walk. This is because some shops are really offering at low price due to high sales they sell, or due to low rent they pay if they are away from centre.

Fourth rule : ‘ Avoid going to market at the peak time, either so early or so late ' u need some space to bargain and u need him to focus on any objective argument u put. As a tip: If u go china Town better to go so late around 11 midnight.

5th rule: ‘ bargaining is not a shame ' remember this bargaining is an art like negotiation’ and also ’ the salesman will not agrees in selling if he doesnt not accept the deal ’ so why the shame’

Its all experience and knowing the space u need to bargain on, my recommendation just try it

Women better bargainers? Not sure walla ..:inno:

WOW ! The Brain , I should take you with me shopping LOL Gosh I don’t barter neither I do any bargaining ..Cant waste my time I just ask any discount once and that’s it !!!
Unless if I knew that the price has change then only then I will ask :)

30 Minutes!

You have the patience to barter and bargain for 30 min ?? I bet when you go to the same shop the seller will show you his original receipt to avoid the bargaining :) j/k

I was never good at it so what I do is go out with my mom and ask her for help if needed some shop keepers give you hard time, many times I just get bored and start begging mom to just forget it and leave in peace xD