Petaling Jaya Tourist Traps
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on November 14, 2002When buying from any outdoor market (e.g. morning market or night market), you have to bargain to get the price that you actually deserve .. most of the vendors will sell at the highest price, especially when they see a foreigner, they'll even mark it up higher although it might still be cheap compared to the kind of prices you might pay in your home country or some other places in the world.
One of the ways to tell if you're getting closer to the worth of what you're buying or 'how low they can go', ask them to reduce until the reduction in price from them didn't come swiftly .. to the point where the seller has to hesitate strongly.
To start of your bargaining for new 'bargainers', you can say something like 'oh, that cost too much for it - how much lower can you go?' after you asked them for a price.
Don't like to feel like you're being swindled if you think you're not up to the 'bargaining bit'? Then shop from the Shopping Centres/Complexes or normal shops, where bargaining is out of the question & the price you see is usually the price you pay unless there are special promotions or discounts, which will be advertised/marked. If you think the regular price of the items even in shopping centres are already cheap, wait till you see the sale! However, NEVER bargain in these places, nor in restaurants.
A key to help you determine where you can bargain & where you shouldn't .. don't do it in 'single brand shops' (e.g. if it is a 'Reebok' shop or something like that), in bookstores, cafes, restaurants, places that offer services (e.g. laundromat, film processing, etc.), a local superstore/supermarket. But you can do it when you're in a shop that sells many different brands but is a small business, usually family-run (e.g. some shops selling watches, bags, etc.), at stalls that are like temporary units/booths all over the place in shopping centres, by the roadside stalls or markets.
