it's the developing world. people from the west will very rarely know the appropriate price for an item or service. If we supposedly 'get wise' to inflated asking prices and start haggling down to 30-50% original - they'll just inflate the original. We'll be happy knowing we got some 3rd world grinning buffoon down to 30%, he'll be happy taking home a week's wages from your fare. Frankly, that strikes me as win-win, cynical though that may sound.
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it's the developing world. people from the west will very rarely know the appropriate price for an item or service. If we supposedly 'get wise' to inflated asking prices and start haggling down to 30-50% original - they'll just inflate the original. We'll be happy knowing we got some 3rd world grinning buffoon down to 30%, he'll be happy taking home a week's wages from your fare. Frankly, that strikes me as win-win, cynical though that may sound.