Haggling

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Do Aspie's have any difficulty in haggling for a lower price at retail stores? Or is it an advantage to be an Aspie while haggling?

Oh no, I hate haggling! But maybe it could be an advantage. You don't show how much you want it.

I dont even like the IDEA of haggling.....makes me queezy...One time I ddid really want a picture fram at a garage sale an I told the person..."I only have $10.00.will you take that?" and they did!!But I was really suprised and wondered if they just felt sorry for me(cause I look like a bum)?Anyway,if I cant pay the listed price I usually walk away even if they say..."lets make a deal" I cant do it.I dont like playing the game,feel manipulated or manipulative.....

We don't haggle in retail stores, but it's expected in the outdoor markets in Mexico. I hate it. I feel stupid, even when I'm doing what everyone else is doing. (talking down the price, insulting the product, walking away)
I don't like the idea of the practice anyhow, i think it's okay when you're gonna buy more than one big-priced item.

I don't haggle over the price of a used car. The seller is either asking a price I'm willing to pay or he's not. I won't even make an offer. Maybe next week he'll come down in price. Next week, or the week after that, there'll be another car for sale just like that one.

I CANT. WONT. haggle.

I assume the prices to be fair.
I assume that if I do not like the price than I do not want the product.
I assume that if the price is too high then I am too poor and should learn to modify without.

however,
I've had instance where I discoved that I had less money than I thought-say at a food vendor and the guy was like, as I shrugged and walked away, hey! no no, that's good..

hands over food plate or whatever.


I am boggled by the process or even existence of haggling--though I may do it when buying a house.

Haggling is probably something we are bad at as we tend to lack the clues that NTs use in order to haggle well. Haggling is sort of odd to us because of the sociality of it, however, the reason it still exists is that the objects that it exists for tend to be expensive and as such are not sold often, allowing for more focus to be put into the individual sales. The seller wants to maximize what he/she will earn per sale because of the small number of sales, so haggling allows for sellers to profit most off of the people who are not very price-sensitive and are willing to pay the high prices while still getting the sales from people who will haggle to the very end and want the cheapest deal possible. All sellers ultimately want for you to pay the absolute most that you will pay for a product, haggling allows them to find out what that amount is and charge it for you with great ease. Fair, standard, sale values can only exist when there is no incentive to put a large amount of effort into any one sale and as such all that must be done is just the competitor must be undercut. We should just be glad that we live in an era of so much plenty and sales that sellers have so little incentive to spend time haggling for most things.

What about haggling for a new car? That's the worse. It was a horrid experience for me.

I don't haggle, but sometimes I ask for a discount when the price is exceptionally high.

I was in Rome and haggled about a statue at a crappy-tourist-trinkets booth and was put off by the salesman's emotionality. I must've paid way more than double it's value. I think it went so bad because of my aspie treats.
"Ten euros for THIS? You GOTTA be KIDDING me! I'm trying to make a living here!"
"Well... how about twelve?" (yes, I voluntarily jumped 2 euros!)
"Oh man, you make me pissed! You know how much these things cost to make?!"
"Well... how about fourteen? I-I-I won't go a dime above f-fourteen, dammit."
"Well... alright, fourteen it is, but I'm being ripped off here."

...sorta

The crappy statue was probably worth something like 4-5 euros and cost 1-2 to make, which were things I had in mind the whole time, but were emotionally blocked because of his attitude. And yes, if you haven't guessed it, I hate haggling already.

I always like the joke in cartoons, where someone tries to haggle, but they do it the wrong way. Like, "It's 10$." "Fine, I will haggle you! $20!" They make the price go up instead of down. There was an episode of Squirrel Boy where they did this joke.