[sumtechguy]

If you want to re-experience this goto the mall and find one of those kiosks where they sell weird junk. If they are sort of aggressive and coming at you chances are they will play the haggle game. If it is some bored kid on their cell, probably not. When I was younger I would goto garage sales and haggle with people. It was semi fun and a interesting learning experience. It was my first hands on experience with a core CS concept of divide and conquer. I would offer half and we would bisect into the middle to find the real price we wanted.

Also the sales technique that seller used on you is called anchoring. The fun ones are the ones who disappear again and come out with a 'damaged' one that they can not sell but will cut you a deal on. That is usually the next step on that train of bargaining that seller was using.

Most things are not really worth haggling over. Big ticket items, sometimes yeah. Small things not as much. Also know where you are. Some places you are expected to do it. Others it is the sticker on the shelf move along...