BV> You wouldn't. Your Yum-Cha mate has had you on ice for ages
 BV> now, and he keeps playing you like a fiddle. But you don't
 BV> notice.

 BL> If you wander in, they give you a lousy price. If you use the
 BL> telephone they assume you're ringing around, and give you a
 BL> good price!

 BV> Yep. It's the same if you really don't want to buy but are just
 BV> looking. They tell you a price. You look horrified and start to
 BV> leave. Then they start haggling with themselves as you are
 BV> walking out the door. 

  Chinese shopkeepers are weird. If you don't want to haggle they do
it for you. I wonder how long it will be before they stop wasting
everyone's time and do it right.

Regards,
Bob
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