Comments on: How to Negotiate like an Indian — 7 Rules http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/12/11/how-to-negotiate-like-an-indian-7-rules/ Tim Ferriss's 4-Hour Workweek and Lifestyle Design Blog Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:05:13 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Maike http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/12/11/how-to-negotiate-like-an-indian-7-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-53365 Maike Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:33:28 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/12/11/how-to-negotiate-like-an-indian-7-rules/#comment-53365 I sell TVs on commission at a retail store. We can't change prices but Indian people think we are lying to them when they try to haggle with us. I would rather lose a commision sale then please some of them. They don't give up even after I tell them the truth. They never win with me. I sell TVs on commission at a retail store. We can’t change prices but Indian people think we are lying to them when they try to haggle with us. I would rather lose a commision sale then please some of them. They don’t give up even after I tell them the truth. They never win with me.

]]> By: » There Is Always A Deal http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/12/11/how-to-negotiate-like-an-indian-7-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-47458 » There Is Always A Deal Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:19:59 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/12/11/how-to-negotiate-like-an-indian-7-rules/#comment-47458 [...] a coupon or through negotiation, the list price is just where the game starts. Read the rules of what makes Indians successful negotiators and try to remember them. Rule #2 is my favorite – “Try for 70% off — Don’t accept [...] [...] a coupon or through negotiation, the list price is just where the game starts. Read the rules of what makes Indians successful negotiators and try to remember them. Rule #2 is my favorite – “Try for 70% off — Don’t accept [...]

]]> By: zee zigazaga zee http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/12/11/how-to-negotiate-like-an-indian-7-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-37963 zee zigazaga zee Fri, 15 May 2009 17:05:57 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/12/11/how-to-negotiate-like-an-indian-7-rules/#comment-37963 i've just spent two months in Palolem, Goa, India - I must say that the endless sales pressure and the inevitable haggling got too tiresome and boring for me - I'm quite good at it but chose to avoid buying anything that wasn't essential until I was getting ready to go home and had learned what prices were reasonable. Begging is the other aspect - an emotional sales pitch that appeals to one's compassion, milking it for what it's worth. Surely this passion for bargaining isn't always productive - I know I'd rather deal with someone who's reasonable and isn't always looking for ways to screw me over. Can't that energy be better spent on something productive? As for the person saying there is an opposite for every aspect of indian life - and giving the example of successful indian women in important positions somehow outweighing the practice of aborting female fetuses - well, on the beach in Palolem there was already an extreme imbalance in terms of men vs women - most of the European women I spoke to complained about Indian men constantly harassing them, staring, groping and offering money for sex. all the staff in all the restaurants were male, the only Indian women you'd see were either begging with their babies or trying to sell you something. So there will be even MORE indian men because of the practice of aborting female fetuses? What consequences is that going to have? i’ve just spent two months in Palolem, Goa, India – I must say that the endless sales pressure and the inevitable haggling got too tiresome and boring for me – I’m quite good at it but chose to avoid buying anything that wasn’t essential until I was getting ready to go home and had learned what prices were reasonable. Begging is the other aspect – an emotional sales pitch that appeals to one’s compassion, milking it for what it’s worth.

Surely this passion for bargaining isn’t always productive – I know I’d rather deal with someone who’s reasonable and isn’t always looking for ways to screw me over. Can’t that energy be better spent on something productive?

As for the person saying there is an opposite for every aspect of indian life – and giving the example of successful indian women in important positions somehow outweighing the practice of aborting female fetuses – well, on the beach in Palolem there was already an extreme imbalance in terms of men vs women – most of the European women I spoke to complained about Indian men constantly harassing them, staring, groping and offering money for sex. all the staff in all the restaurants were male, the only Indian women you’d see were either begging with their babies or trying to sell you something. So there will be even MORE indian men because of the practice of aborting female fetuses? What consequences is that going to have?

]]> By: Drucker http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/12/11/how-to-negotiate-like-an-indian-7-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-36223 Drucker Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:15:50 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/12/11/how-to-negotiate-like-an-indian-7-rules/#comment-36223 Exactly. The emotion is why the indian out-negotiates with the American. The process simply fatigues the American negotiator who is uncomfortable with the conflict. Exactly. The emotion is why the indian out-negotiates with the American. The process simply fatigues the American negotiator who is uncomfortable with the conflict.

]]> By: Drucker http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/12/11/how-to-negotiate-like-an-indian-7-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-36222 Drucker Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:12:51 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/12/11/how-to-negotiate-like-an-indian-7-rules/#comment-36222 Agree that win/win trumps win/lose, but if you are haggling with an individual with a mindset otherwise, then you cant make the rules. To this person, the price is not right until he leaves the negotiation with more than you. Agree that win/win trumps win/lose, but if you are haggling with an individual with a mindset otherwise, then you cant make the rules. To this person, the price is not right until he leaves the negotiation with more than you.

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