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Farassoo Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary
counter someone's bargain
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A tourist is admiring an oriental rug in an open-air market. The vendor says it costs one thousand dollars.The buyer says "six hundred". "Nine hundred" the vendor counters...The woman walks away...
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What did the buyer do after the vendor countered her bargaining?
A tourist is admiring an oriental rug in an open-air market. The vendor says it costs one thousand dollars.The buyer says "six hundred". "Nine hundred" the vendor counters...The woman walks away...
Is this question correct?
What did the buyer do after the vendor countered her bargaining?
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What did the buyer do after the vendor countered her offer ? By the way, the story has a a couple of minor issues. First, the tourist is not a buyer yet.
- What did the buyer do after the vendor countered her offer ?
- By the way, the story has a a couple of minor issues.
- First, the tourist is not a buyer yet.
- There is nothing in the story that tells us they have bought anything.
- Second,.
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What did the buyer do after the vendor countered her offer?
By the way, the story has a a couple of minor issues.
First, the tourist is not a buyer yet. There is nothing in the story that tells us they have bought anything.
Second,. there is nothing in the story that tells us that the tourist who was bargaining was the woman who walked away.
A tourist is admiring
By the way, the story has a a couple of minor issues.
First, the tourist is not a buyer yet. There is nothing in the story that tells us they have bought anything.
Second,. there is nothing in the story that tells us that the tourist who was bargaining was the woman who walked away.
A tourist is admiring
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Thank you.
You're right. It's not the original story. I wanted to summarize it.
You're right. It's not the original story. I wanted to summarize it.
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A tourist is admiring an oriental rug in an open-air market. The vendor says it costs one thousand dollars. The tourist, a woman looking for a bargain, says "six hundred". "Nine hundred" the vendor counters...The woman walks away...
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That kind of situation is called haggling http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/haggle
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AnonymousThat kind of situation is called haggling http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/haggleIt's haggling when it gets down to a very small difference between the offer and counteroffer. The first offer, reply and then walking away is not haggling.
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