Comments on: Let’s make a deal

By: ruthie

ruthie — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:55:05 +0000

Hahahah! Ok, you described my parents. I rarely bargain.

By: OKEY

OKEY — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:52:26 +0000

A great piece on culture and generation clash!!!
It might sound funny but here in Rome (Italy) Nigerians have conditioned a lot of things in a particular zone of the city to a point that some markets expect you to bargain as in Nigeria.
The names of some wares are even changed. An Italian butcher in such markets will write things like “towel or sciaki ie shaky “near the animal stomach which most people from the South west and mid west buy regularly. You may see strange words like binz, goz meat,goz hed, cauleg. These words are written by a “quasi literate” Italian butchers as he was initially told or regularly pronounced by his semi illiterate Nigerian customer (mostly Benin girls) here.
Sorry i have gone off your point, this will be for a another reading sometime .
I enjoy your writings, Just discovered you through Afrobabe.
Okey.CC
(Rome)

By: simeon

simeon — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:28:13 +0000

i dont think i’m good at bargaining, i always feel cheated after buying stuff..the only time I get good deals are when the money I have is limited..i dont wait for discounts either..i get what i want when i need them..

By: No Limit

No Limit — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:26:35 +0000

Well I never knowingly buy except it’s on sale!
If you see me buy an item(clothing/shoes/accessories) at full price, it’s because I really really need it urgently otherwise…my dear I’m always waiting for sales o(buy one get one free:-) ) plus i really don’t care about it being in vogue or not(at least to a certain extent…my opinion is if it is nice and it fits moi…why not!).
I remember pricing meat once back in naija and the meat seller told me to come carry the whole tray(the lady was exhausted…and was just being sarcastic!) needless to say, I had my way. hee hee hee!
When it comes to bargaining my dear I have no shame o! afterall it is my money I’ll be spending.
I used to find it difficult to bargain in big stores etc…but now I am the queen(at least in my own little world)…I don’t get embarrased by the shop assistant etc…once I switch to my bargaining mode(which has really reduced now…(psheeewww I misss naija!)

By: rayo

rayo — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:45:52 +0000

ok, ti crazy but nowadays i ask sum1 d pryc nd nxt tn i hear myself dividn it in2 2 nd caln dat pryc, nd on and on it goes. yeah i kno, alaroro (i think i got dat ryt) but it seems sumtn’s takn ova me coz i useda b pisd at momc 4 doin it in d past. now my friends let me do d hagglin

By: Vera Ezimora

Vera Ezimora — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:47:45 +0000

Has your mother tried to bargain @ a grocery store yet? My mother (or was it my grandmother) has shamelessly done so. Sad case, I tell you. Very, very sad. lol

By: Rethots

Rethots — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:31:21 +0000

Let me introduce you to the worst bargainer then. My brothers are always eager to help me buy…………….afterall, why ‘cast the extra cash’ to stranger?

” It’s always worth a try!” Spot-on, though.

By: nikkisab

nikkisab — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:56:23 +0000

I love freebies. I love a good bargain. Wen im in d market i can speak ibo, yoruba and hausa just to get a good bargain. wat can i say i’m igbo lol!!

By: ms.emotions

ms.emotions — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:09:06 +0000

…but i find myself doin this unconciously too, hehehhe, well i guess its the environment u know, people belief they just hav to top the price cos u def will bargain,

its just so funny to me when am doin doin my weekly shop for food stuff, u need to see how serious i look when beatin down prices..lol

ve been away but bac now, so howdy?

By: geishasong

geishasong — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:29:40 +0000

i’m such a bargain hunter! got it from my mom – she once priced carrots(or something) down to a third of what it cost initially.
however my brother takes the cake- he once bought 5 bags that cost about 50 pounds each for 60.
in total.
yes, you read right!!