Another month of haggling has begun.
Critics say this encourages selfish haggling and rigidity.
The Premier League's most difficult transfer deal finally came through after much haggling from both sides.
The drawback of markets is that they often entail haggling and disagreement.
In the dying days of his supremacy, Mr Musharraf was therefore reduced to haggling over his retirement plan.
This would reduce the time and resources spent haggling over profits, because decisions would simply be taken by fiat.
Some foreigners, unused to haggling, grumble that Sanya's taxi drivers and shopkeepers are out to fleece them.
Enter the labyrinth of souks that wind through the stone alleyways of Old Cairo, haggling for goods as diverse as spices, antiques and silk.(Pete seaward/LPI)
Its only determinedopponents are American carmakers, and even they are haggling not overthe principle of more efficient vehicles, but over the scope andambition of the new standards.
I'm never sure if I'm getting the best price, most of the time I get all tongue-tied when I start haggling.
"Last I knew," said the American, "the Scot was haggling over the price, and the Canadian was arguing that his government should pay."
After months of haggling, in late December the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1737, for the first time ordering, rather than asking, Iran to halt its suspect nuclear activities.
I was then such a smart aleck that I frowned upon the way father was haggling and was on the verge of chipping in a few words when the bargain was finally clinched.
Keeping focused on the end result of all of the money that can be saved, just by asking a few questions, can help anyone break into the art of good haggling.
