Comments on: Manila Horse Carriage Haggling: What Would You Have Done? https://acruisingcouple.com/2011/10/horse-carriage-haggling-what-would-you-have-done/ Do Cruising Right and Be Happy Wed, 29 May 2019 17:08:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 By: It's been 6.5 years | | Mindblogging Stuff https://acruisingcouple.com/2011/10/horse-carriage-haggling-what-would-you-have-done/#comment-39074 Wed, 29 May 2019 17:08:32 +0000 https://acruisingcouple.com/?p=1753#comment-39074 […] parts of Manila are not for the unadventurous. I had in fact been ripped off by a purveyor of kalesa (horse-drawn carriage) while riding on one in Intramuros, but being taken for the ride was my own […]

]]> By: Lex https://acruisingcouple.com/2011/10/horse-carriage-haggling-what-would-you-have-done/#comment-294 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:14:03 +0000 https://acruisingcouple.com/?p=1753#comment-294 In reply to SiteOwner.

Haha if you could hear my voice I’m sure you could also hear the choice words I would have had that I chose to leave out of my written comment ;)

]]> By: SiteOwner https://acruisingcouple.com/2011/10/horse-carriage-haggling-what-would-you-have-done/#comment-271 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:45:00 +0000 https://acruisingcouple.com/?p=1753#comment-271 In reply to Lex.

I guess that’s true that there was no haggling at all on our part. I could totally hear your voice as I read the comment :-) You’ll have to let me know if any similar shenanigans occur in Italia!

]]> By: SiteOwner https://acruisingcouple.com/2011/10/horse-carriage-haggling-what-would-you-have-done/#comment-270 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:37:35 +0000 https://acruisingcouple.com/?p=1753#comment-270 In reply to Ashley H..

Well I’m glad I’m not the only one! Thanks for the reassurance!

]]> By: Ashley H. https://acruisingcouple.com/2011/10/horse-carriage-haggling-what-would-you-have-done/#comment-263 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:03:50 +0000 https://acruisingcouple.com/?p=1753#comment-263 Girl I would have paid him the 20 pesos, have been proud that I got a great deal, and never looked back!! It’s totally not your fault that he tried to trick you!! :)

]]> By: Lex https://acruisingcouple.com/2011/10/horse-carriage-haggling-what-would-you-have-done/#comment-262 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 22:26:20 +0000 https://acruisingcouple.com/?p=1753#comment-262 As you both know, I don’t tolerate a whole lot of BS, so I think if that guy had tried to pull that number on me, I would seriously consider giving him nothing at all. I wouldn’t consider his tactics “haggling” either since you agreed on his initial offer and he tried to switch it later. In the end I would probably give him just the 20 pesos and not a peso more since he’s the one who tried to throw fairness out the window.

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