Do You Ask For Lower Prices When You Go To Market?
By Tokz
@ilocosboy (45157)
Philippines
September 24, 2016 10:02pm CST
I don't know if our fellow mylotters from other countries can relate to this; do you ask for a lower prices when you go to market? In Filipino we call it 'tawad', you ask the vendor (meat, vegetable and even RTW) for a lower prices than the actual price of the said item. Of course we cannot do it in mall, grocery stores and supermarkets, we usually do the bidding in the wet market and in divisorias or retail stores.
Its fun because you actually go through your budget. Its just normal to asked for a lower price of fish or meat. And most probably you are given with a reasonable discount or bargain on the item you want to buy.
In the Philippines, we always do it.
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13 responses
@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
25 Sep 16
Yes, I always do it. I do not believe in paying for the full price of something. I know that there is a mark up already so I try to negotiate for a lower price or even some freebies.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
25 Sep 16
its fun to do it, its amazing to conquer.
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@Iamsopia (186)
• Makati, Philippines
26 Sep 16
@ilocosboy i tried it out this morning .. it was ... ah.. lets just say my sister couldn't stop laughing and i ended up buying from a dif vendor :(
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@rachz_kisses (3798)
• Philippines
26 Sep 16
No, I don't bargain. I just pay whatever the price they put up. It's my way of supporting their means of living. At least, they don't go around begging.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
26 Sep 16
That's good, its a good trait especially when you have the means to pay for the price they have said to you.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
27 Sep 16
@rachz_kisses much much cheaper... well, because the quality is not to the standard also.
@rachz_kisses (3798)
• Philippines
27 Sep 16
@ilocosboy And their price is much cheaper than the mall price.
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
25 Sep 16
Not here, the prices are set already. But there are some places you can, but mostly not.
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@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
25 Sep 16
@ilocosboy Yes, it is a good feeling but not often practiced here in the United States.
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
25 Sep 16
the art of haggling is really amazing, fulfilling when you get your price to the things you want to have.
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@simone10 (54189)
• Louisville, Kentucky
26 Sep 16
@ilocosboy I really wish it was that way here too. Fresh veggies and fruits can be really expensive.
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
26 Sep 16
that is right, we can usually do haggle in farmer's market but in my country, we can also do in RTW.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
26 Sep 16
Really, so you often asking for a lower price at the goods you wanted to buy or you just pay for the whole amount?
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@Iamsopia (186)
• Makati, Philippines
25 Sep 16
I suck at haggling. My mom never lets me go to the market because I dont know how to haggle. I mean it seems that your taking money from the if ask them to lower the price of their goods.. (wow that sounds like an inuendo) . .. anyway I get really shy to even ask..so no alas that talent is unknown to me.. In other countries i think they have like bundles and wholesale products that are more affordable than if you buy stuff in retail like we do here..
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
26 Sep 16
Me too, I'm not good in haggling but I know one who is so good in doing it, my friend name Ronald, oh my you should see him how he persuade the vendor. Its really good art doing it, and I think I don't have the skill about it.
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@Iamsopia (186)
• Makati, Philippines
26 Sep 16
@ilocosboy he and my mom should shop together the both can haggle their way thru any vendor. Have you been to divisoria? My mom is an expert shopper there :-)
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
26 Sep 16
@Iamsopia Yes I have been there but not often because we live in Ilocos, and I must say my wife the art of haggle every time we go there.
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@marguicha (216405)
• Chile
25 Sep 16
People used to do it more, before the time of the malls and big supermarkets. Mow I haven´t done it for ages.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
25 Sep 16
Its fun Ma'am, you should also try it one day. When you got your own price, its fulfilling. And I think its a kind of art.
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
25 Sep 16
well, in our country you can always haggle for the price of onions, even for garlic.
@carexing25 (1818)
• Philippines
25 Sep 16
i always ask for it whenever i go to the market. I learned it in a show "how to win".. sometimes we have to ask for what we can avail and it works, only you have to have some guts.. 
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
25 Sep 16
I know also a person who is so effective in dealing prices, he is my friend and I am really amaze how he deal with he buys things.
@shivamani10 (11038)
• Hyderabad, India
25 Sep 16
Here in India bargain gives you saving some rupees. The prices will be different at different places. This difference will be more in the case of Vegetables, meat, and other consumer commodities.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
25 Sep 16
Oh, so its like Philippines also, we do the art of haggling.
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
26 Sep 16
'tawar' is also our term in Ilocandia, 'tawad' for Tagalog. I'm not good in haggle but sometimes I ask for it.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
25 Sep 16
Really, you can also haggle in Hongkong, I thought this practice is only here in the Philippines.
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@Loverabbit (3401)
• Karachi, Pakistan
25 Sep 16
Well that we call it bargaining and yes I do lot. I believe that is what every profit oriented organization does too for it saves cost
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
25 Sep 16
Its really fun doing it. The vendor tell you the price and you ask for a lower bid and then give you lower amount but higher than what you asked for and then you asked for lower again, its really good to do it sometimes.
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