[lazyninja987]

Haggling is expected in some areas.

Vendors expect customer to haggle, so they inflate sometimes as high as 100%. Customers know vendors inflate, so they start haggling right away. vendors get to sold at a desired price, buyer walks away thinking, they got a deal.

kids try to negotiate their punishments, i negotiated a bribe with a traffic cop once.

When haggling is expected and one party doesn't engage, the other party gets frustrated and try to walk away.

There are some pockets of activities where no-haggling is preferred choice. Like branded goods (clothes, travel, automobile), high end real estate. people who are not good at negotiations prefer these options.

I purchased a house from a builder, who is notorious for not engaging in negotiations. I was happy with purchase because i know i got same deal as everyone else and did not lose anything.

[rlpb]

If all you're haggling about is price, then that's not really much of a negotiation.