| We are not sure why but there is something | | | | 50% off so that if you meet halfway, that is a |
| about Asia that makes it a shopper's haven. | | | | good 25% off the already cheap price tag. |
| Whether it is Bangkok, Hong Kong, or Manila, you | | | | If you plan on buying a number of items, find a |
| will surely run across a good flea market with | | | | store that carries most or all of the items you |
| various items at cheap prices. | | | | are looking for. It is easier to haggle when you |
| However, any smart shopper knows that even if | | | | buy a huge amount from a store because it could |
| the advertised prices are pretty much below | | | | be considered wholesale. |
| expectations, it could definitely get even lower. | | | | If you are not Asian and you have blonde hair, |
| Here are a few tips on how to be a pro haggler | | | | prices offered to you are much much higher. It |
| when you travel to Asia. | | | | could be 150% or 200% of the actual price so |
| First and foremost, it would definitely help if you | | | | calculate! It also helps that you do not wear |
| know the local dialect or bring someone with you | | | | jewelry or flashy clothes and instead, look like you |
| who does. If you do not have a translator with | | | | are a poor traveler with a few bucks to spend. |
| you and the vendors cannot comprehend English, | | | | Haggling is fun most especially if you learn the |
| bring a calculator with you since numbers are | | | | tricks and trades of it. It is even more exciting |
| pretty much universal wherever you go. | | | | when people compliment you for items that you |
| Always lowball! If the item is being sold for $10, | | | | bought at 10% their original price! |
| ask if you can get it at $5. Slash the price to | | | | |