I think it depends on what the cost of something is. There's an immense
difference between buying a house and buying a bag of peanuts, for example.
With some fairly large purchases, you may not be able to haggle but you can
look around - e.g., getting the best fare to Europe.
Ed
Arthur
A very very interesting article.
MG
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