[technothrasher]

I tried the "just pay the price they're asking for their bobble, it's inconsequential to me anyway" at a little market in Botswana. It caused a big fight with a few vendors because they were sure the one I randomly chose had some scheme going to get me to just give them money since I didn't haggle. After that disaster, it became clear that most of those tourist markets expect you to haggle.

[rubyfan]

I had the same experience in a European country. I was visiting family and they intervened on my behalf luckily.

[dotancohen]

Romania? If not I'd love to know where.

[bogdanu]

As a romanian this makes me curious why you thought is Romania, haha.

[dotancohen]

Correct me if I'm mistaken, but Romanians have a very strong haggling tradition. I've personally only been two weeks in Romania, but even in other European countries the Romanian vendors would recognize my wife as Romanian and begin haggling with her in Romanian.

[bogdanu]

I guess older people do that in farmers market or when trying to sell used stuff - some real estate can be negociated too, but usually the seller mentions it in the ad. Other than that, it's kinda weird to negociate stuff in stores or for services, at least for me, a 30yo male.

[rubyfan]

Spain actually

[dotancohen]

Spain was my third-place guess, just behind Italy. ))