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Q: Should you bargain when buying fruit at a street stall?
I've always bought fruit from the same vendor just outside my flat and it never occurred to me that I have to bargain until a Chinese friend recently brought it up. Do you all bargain when you buy fruit? China can be so tiring!
I usually just try to level out the price to a yuan by selecting a massive piece of fruit of my choice.
I normally do, because I see my GF doing it quite succesfully. Last week end we went for fresh strawberries at a local farm, we wanted 6 kilos for making strawberry flavor wine, and one for us to eat. The starting price was 10 yuan per kilo, we ended up paying 7 per kilo.
At local stand, at least the "jiao" is not paid. But basically depends on how much you buy.
I do, I haggle over the price I can buy fruits and vegs in the market in comparison to their price. I have on occasion had sellers say things about me being a foreigner making foreign money and shouldn't be getting the Chinese price so I always ask if they are a lao tan, meaning uneducated farmer
For smaller amounts the price is normally what is posted on the piece of cardboard sitting in the fruit or veg pile. If you want to buy a large quantity you can get a bit of a reduction from my experience.
last i got was 5 oranges and 3 bananas for 8 quai so thats dirt cheap and seen in supermarket a lot more and when i just come from hong kong that is pennies.
