In Reply to: confused about bartering posted by Nik7 on Wednesday, 9. February 2005 at 14:17 Bali Time:
My Bahasa guru told me the other day that in general indonesian people actually relly enjoy bartering and that it is relly a form of entertainment for them, not just a sale and that taking the first price is kind of a let down for them..Like oh game ended.
Once he said that...I thought yeah...they do...offcourse they want the most money they can get, but there also very interactive people and just love that little game.
I just let my Indo girl do all the bartering these days...otherwise I come back with something and she will be like, how much...and I will say...and then she will be like...sayang...mahal sekali...I could of got that for half the price...even after I have bartered for half an hour :)