[Huck]

We kept what I called the "towel head" price list, twice list price , with the aim to settle on original list. It'd usually take two bottles of Johnny Black to get there (yes, my dear Muslim clients always had the best booze).

Remember the beard salesman (played by Eric Idle) in Life of Brian?

No, no. Not like 'at. You've got to 'aggle!

[nicollo]

You've got to 'aggle!

I swear, I've lived that one. I thought of that line many times... Classic!

It's funny, cuz whitebread Americans like me are afraid to haggle. We'd rather just shut up and pay. Hell, we even have a major automobile line sold specifically to the "Pay Full Retail" personality type. Granted, it's named for a planet, but those of us who pay full retail like this kind of marketing, I guess. (Disclosure: I bought one of the first Saturns... -- heh, I believed Ronbo when he said 'buy American.' I even started an export business as a political statement.)