# haggle By [blueberry](https://paragraph.com/@blueberry-2) · 2022-10-13 --- ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/617347a2fa55bca95fb6afbef3bf5fdd4bf5a8038af95c7a468bfa1d09643cfd.png) A few years ago, there were many antique markets around Beijing. A few big bosses who are laymen asked me if they could play with them and buy some cheap things by the way. I said, it's okay to play, but one thing, we have a discipline - don't ask nonsense if you don't understand. Because there are many rules in this industry, you can read it in a daze or seriously, but you can't ask the price casually. If you don't understand, you can ask me. If you really want to buy it, let's go to bargain. In this kind of street stall culture, it is most taboo for this person to come up and say how much is this, how much is that, and ask them one by one. People are too lazy to answer you, and people know that you are not a buyer. In general, when you ask how much something is, you have the will to buy it. Theoretically speaking, if he makes a price, you have to pay back the price. This is called trading. When I got off the car there, before I got to the market, I saw a street stall. A fellow villager took a soil bowl, put it on the ground, and squatted there. Looking at the bowl, the group of people swarmed up, pointed at the bowl with their feet and asked, "How much do you sell for this bowl?" The fellow held the bowl and said, "It's expensive, don't kick my bowl." The boss was excited I asked, "No matter how expensive it is, it has to have a price, right?" People said, "It's very expensive, 50,000 yuan." The boss looked back at me, I pretended not to see it, turned around and left. Then, he wanted to leave, but the fellow said, "Don't go, pay back the price, I don't think it's too small for you to pay a penny." ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/0e7e40befe41533c7c10476e7029155254c656a3cfdabf7f81d9b4c3804a9425.png) People put their words here, and he just stood there in a daze, looking at it stupidly for a long time. First, I don’t understand what the bowl is about; second, I don’t know the market price at all, so how can I counter the price? After thinking about it, he said, "One thousand yuan." The bosses don't take one thousand yuan as money. This fellow said: "Your money is not enough for my capital." The boss straightened his waist and thought: My price is still good, and he will definitely not sell it to me before I pay it back, so I can pull the saw. Yet? The fellow said: "You have to add money." He said, "I can't add money." "Why do you have to add a few hundred dollars to me." "I can't add it." "Then can you add a hundred dollars? "Not even a hundred dollars!" He was on the hook. The fellow said, "You can add ten yuan to me, so I can have a bowl of noodles to eat at noon." He insisted that he would not add a cent. At this time, the fellow said, "Okay, I will sell this bowl to you today at a loss." The boss had no choice but to take the money out of his pocket and counted a thousand dollars to give to others. He caught up with me holding this bowl and said, "Mr. Ma, help me to see, how much is this bowl worth?" I said, "This bowl is worth ten dollars, but the lessons are worth nine hundred and ninety-nine, and the total is worth one thousand. According to the rules, if you don’t want to pay the price after asking, then the other party will be angry. For example, the fellow said he lost money to sell it to you, and you said no, then there must be a fight.” ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/1b42cdde3fe85ea72596abffe46e9febb6264df7bacfc5177fdb9812ca290091.png) Everything makes sense, don't think you're smart enough to handle everything. Don't think he's a weak man when he's squatting there, dressed up in poverty, and you're a strong man when you go up and down. On such a bowl, you are in a weak position. The first sentence you have a problem, you point this bowl with your foot and say, how much is this bowl worth? You are a contemptuous attitude, people don't answer you directly, they won't immediately say how much my bowl is worth, then you will definitely not buy it. People say "it's expensive" first, first of all to protect yourself, and at the same time, you will be an army. If you are interested, if you ask how much it is, he will say 50,000. You can't figure out how much it's worth. When you are confused, you will think of an insurance number. You bid 1,000, and people happily say that they will sell it to you, and you will feel very sad. That fellow will not sell it to you right away, saying that what you gave is not enough for the capital, you immediately feel that there is a spectrum. This sentence is to stabilize you and prevent you from slipping. --- *Originally published on [blueberry](https://paragraph.com/@blueberry-2/haggle)*