Comments on: Culture —– Ensenada Mexico Part II

By: danwize

danwize — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:26:30 +0000

@cassie Thanks for the tips on keeping my silver looking good.

By: danwize

danwize — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:12:01 +0000

Thanks for those insights! That is a great point that before you start bargaining, you know the going rate for the item in question.@Nimal

By: danwize

danwize — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:08:38 +0000

I can see your point about how important it is to sell for those vendors. However, Haggling is part of the culture in Mexico, and Brazil (where I lived for two years). When a vendor gives you a price, they are counting on the fact that the buyer will haggle. With the culture of bargaining, the vendor has an opportunity to make more on a sale than he might generally make because some people will pay the higher price. Bargaining is always beneficial for the buyer and the seller. A seller can make a bigger sale to someone who feels it is worth it, and buyers can find the what they think is a good bargain.@Silvia

By: danwize

danwize — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:58:38 +0000

@G S TYAGI I lived in Brazil for a couple years and have traveled to Mexico several times. In both places it is the same as what you said. Bargaining is not done in the malls. Only in the small shops and street vendors do you bargain.

By: Silvia

Silvia — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:49:22 +0000

I think it’s sick to try to get a cheaper price for items in Mexico, the vendors rely on the profits to sustain their family, they live in abject poverty and as a human you reduce them as humans.

By: G S TYAGI

G S TYAGI — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:58:59 +0000

I am from India and …bargain in India is also needed to asses the right price …and than it is up to you how cleverly you..deal with it…….in the Handicraft things and vegetables, it is must..not in Malls but most of the shops bargaining is there,,,,,

By: cassie

cassie — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:30:54 +0000

well, so interesting about the bargin you talken in this blog, well, I am from China, and the same scene can be find here, too.
I’d like to share my opinion on why you cant shower wearing your 925 silver. as far as i know, 925 silver is not made of 100% silver, it contains 7.5% alloy instead, that may be also the reason why it is called 925 silver, because it only contains 92.5% silver.ah
well, as I have learned in Middle school chemistry lesson, the stability of silver is so good as gold or Pt. therefore, silver is very easily to lose its beautiful metal polish when exposed to water and oxygen because of oxygenation. so, in order to keep your 925 beautiful, pls dont expose it to any places that contains rich water and oxygen.

By: cassie

cassie — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:23:31 +0000

ah, so interesting, I am from Tianjin, China, and the scene of bargain David told us is so similarly here, ah. small places bargain and big malls not to mention bargain.
I’d like to share another point is that why you cant shower wearing your 925 silver?
925 silver doen not made of 100% silver, it contains 7.5% alloy, therefore, its silver content is 92.5%, I guess this may be the resource of its name.
well,as we learned in Middle School Chemistry lesson, the stability of Silver is not so good as gold or platinum, therefore, it is very easily to lose its beautiful metal polish when exposed to water and oxygen because of oxygenation. So in order to keep your 925 silver beautiful and polish, pls don’t wear it to shower.
hope it helps!

By: Costa Rica Fan

Costa Rica Fan — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:23:23 +0000

Thank you for the post. You are so right with bargaining in Latin America.

By: Nimal

Nimal — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:37:22 +0000

Hi
Thanks for the tip. I will remember top use my camera next time.

Nimal