I generally offer about one third of the original asking price, and I don't go much higher. Vendors seem to like me.
I generally offer about one third of the original asking price, and I don't go much higher. Vendors seem to like me.
I pay whatever is a asked ......but I don't buy from many people .....
Linston's Zion Hill Taxi
Captain Dave
I haggle if the item doesn't have a fixed price ... but I don't like haggling. Many times they try to haggle me w/ price on something I don't even want .. like boy's athletic socks w/ the J'cn flag on it, or one more bracelet that I know will end up poking me w/ that plastic thing in the middle, or a piece of aloe leaf for my impending sunburn (which, if I get sunburnt, I know where to find aloe) . Good grief! Sometimes just to get them off my back, I'll tell them point blank, "I wouldn't pay more than 50 cents for that, cuz I don't even want it." Sometimes I end up with the item, even though I don't want it, because I told them I'd give them 50 cents, and sometimes they just give the item, and usually I end up with a new friend for the rest of the reach.
We paid about that, can't remember exactly for some reasonOriginally Posted by Mandy
Although they will try to get you to pay much more, the driver's at Nirvana will take that if they're not too busy. We'll use Leon if he's around, if not it's easy enough to find someone.
I am not good at it so if I am with my local friends I have them bargain for me!!
I don't think $10-15 from Nirvana to HiLo, driver waits 20 minutes, and back is unreasonable.
You could wait for a route taxi with space for you on the road and get out near HiLo (but not at the door). After you shop, take your packages out to the road and wait for another to go back. That would be $400J total. But you walk more and you wait more and you share the ride with others. Your choice
Edited to add: HiLo is actually past the roundabout so you'd have to get out at the roundabout and walk to HiLo from there, or pay double to go to what is technically the cliffs ($800J round trip for 2).
$10-15 looks pretty cheap to avoid the inconvenience of all that.
Last edited by ohliz; 04-03-2013 at 07:38 PM.
I get haggled to buy most times I say no the prices starts high then prices keeps going down with me say no thanks then when walking away I get the lowest prices. This past trip was looking at sea shell by old T-Water a local seen me he say Limo don't pay him nothing . Next morning had 10 shells in bag sitting outside my door for FREE FREE FREE LOL.
Last edited by Limo Mon; 04-03-2013 at 07:56 PM.
For me... Taxis... No real haggling... If it's not route, I offer a price, and that's it. Vendors, I haggle a little... Not a lot, particularly if I really like an item... Some of that stuff takes some serious work, and I don't mind paying for their time. Duty free jewelry store... Game on. I set my wife loose on them. I got my favorite watch for a couple thousand less than I would have paid here, and I remember one trip when we stayed in ochie... My wife bought a bangle which had a starting price of $10k for $2500... It took her three days, but she got what she wanted, and if memory serves, they delivered it to the hotel.
Course, then when I get home, I want to haggle here... And it does not work.
You'd be surprised how easy it is to "haggle" or get a discount in US stores if you know who to talk to.
A lot of my customers get discounts built in or haggle when they build a rapport with me, and I'll go to bars/restaurants/chains and haggle with the managers because I get to know them.
It all comes down to attitude, if you're friendly to the people in Negril/US then they'll be a lot more likely to drop the price(hopefully).
I don't mind the Made in China stuff as much, it's still supporting the locals and it's also supporting a global trade system, if the quality is good it gives you more reason to haggle because they didn't make it themselves but at the end of the day how much of your stuff is "really" hand made?
Machine produced goods can actually be of a better quality than hand made goods especially when it comes to items like clothing or towels, even hats one could argue a machine is better at producing.
I like haggling to a certain extent, but it's nice when the prices are already "reasonable" and they're not trying to sucker tourists left and right.
I remember I was on the beach and got offered sugar cane at a reasonable price, for kicks I haggled him down, he handed me the sugar cane, I handed him what he originally asked for, then he tossed me another bag of sugar cane.
Good times, haggle in Jamaica, haggle in the USA, haggle anywhere because everywhere you go there will always be a margin that they've built to factor in discounts/haggling, especially when the items in questions cost a penny to make and they're selling it for $10-20.
I don't mind paying a bit more as long as I'm not being gyped. I was staying at the Rock House,went across the street to get a 6 pak of Red Stripe. I came back later for another 6 pak and the "new" worker said it was like $4 dollars more.
I told him "no,my friend" I just bought one for the lower price,got a bit heated but I was right. After he agreed to the lower price,I gave him the $4 dollars as a tip anyway to show him to do the right thing.
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