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Bajamatic
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I'll buy that hat Bill - $5?
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Al G
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Give up man, They are not worth it. After I read Bajamatic's response I knew they were reading what they were wanting to read. Nothing he read in my
post is what I wrote. Some people can not help it.. 
Albert G
Remember, if you haven\'t got a smile on your face and laughter in your heart, then you are just a sour old fart!....
The most precious thing we have is life, yet it has absolutely no trade-in value.
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bancoduo
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I think Bill is evolving. Kinda like Scrooge in "christmas carol"
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bigzaggin
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This is the most surreal thread of all time. Somewhere back there it began humbly enough, with an unsolicited mouthful of righteous lobster-buying
advice and has since devolved (evolved?) into a spiralling argument re: haggling in Baja.
I'm gonna suggest a bi-lateral solution: Can both sides agree that being fair is the best policy and mind-reading is impossible? Meaning, I won't
trade you shoelaces for a six tails but you can't weep when I paid what you asked?
If that's not agreeable logic, logic eludes.
Bajamatic - BULA AI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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comitan
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But maybe he really needed those shoe laces.(Good Trade)
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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Lee
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MrBillM
It Figures. Whenever I "Assume" that something doesn't need to be said, it turns out I was wrong and Someone will miss the obvious.
When I said that I NEVER Haggle, but simply pay the price requested, I didn't mean that I would BUY the goods in question if the price was out of
line. In that case, I simply say "No, Gracias", but I don't Haggle to get the lowest price. Fair Enough ?
I have a good friend who frequently comes down to visit in Baja and he doesn't believe in paying a nickel more than he has to. Once we were in San
Felipe and an elderly vendor came up selling straw hats. His original asking price was $8.00 and they looked to be worth that. My "friend" talked
him down to $5.00 and then said he could buy it at Target and take it back if he didn't like it. Ticked me off so much that I told the guy I'd buy it
and gave him $8.00. I don't even care for that kind of hat. I've still got it (in pristine condition) in my casa. My buddy asked me why I did it
and I told him it was because he acted like an "Ass" and I was embarrassed to be standing there.
On another occasion, I was standing in line at a local mercado behind some Oregon Tourists who had their $110K Motorhome parked out front and were
arguing with the clerk over the price on a case of Vanilla. The frustrated clerk, who I knew, said "it's a good price, isn't it ?" to me. I agreed
and told the old bags I knew what people meant by Ugly Americans.
Buy or don't buy, but simply pay a fair price if you do buy and don't demean someone else simply for sport.
Thanks for your comments, Lee, You're absolutely correct. The least of us visiting here are RICH by the Average Mexican's standard of life.
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I'm leaving this post in it's entirety so people will know what is being said. I believe it's that important.
Like I said, a most enlightening post followed by more enlightenment.
Thanks for the clarification though one wasn't needed. Maybe it was. I got it the first time. Think alot of Nomads understand what your
writing.
Delightfully refreshing viewpoint here.
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comitan
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Nobel indeed, but what if you are in a country that it is the Custom to haggle, Mexico in my opinion it is expected under many circumstances, Re:
Beach vendors they expect it so have the price jacked up.
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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Lee
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| Quote: | Originally posted by comitan
Nobel indeed, but what if you are in a country that it is the Custom to haggle, Mexico in my opinion it is expected under many circumstances, Re:
Beach vendors they expect it so have the price jacked up. |
Aren't beach vendors the exception? But not all the time? It helps to know the value of things. Shop the price. If it's too high, say so.
But even all this is relative. To someone, $8.00 for a hat is great value. To others, it's too much.
A fool and his money.....
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bajaguy
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Lobster for Thanksgiving?????....gulp.....thought we were having fried bird on the beach...unless there is some new law in effect......
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bajabound2005
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Fried bird it is but all this talk about lobster....
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David K
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BAJA TURKEY = LOBSTER, SI!!!
Here was our Thanksgiving dinner (Lobster) at Mama Espinoza's in 2004... With me are Antonio Muñoz of Baja Cactus Motel/ Pemex and Tony of Diamante
Del Mar Resort, El Rosario.
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Bajamatic
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couldn't help but notice the Pacifico Billboard on my way into work this AM. Was a photo of a couple, clearly in mexico, trading two beers for two
big fish (maybe tuna). The Tagline was "International Currency".
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Lee
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Feel the Love!
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Here was our Thanksgiving dinner (Lobster) at Mama Espinoza's in 2004... With me are Antonio Muñoz of Baja Cactus Motel/ Pemex and Tony of Diamante
Del Mar Resort, El Rosario.
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La Pura Vida. Is this stoke, or what?
[Edited on 10-25-2006 by Lee]
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