If you tried that in my store you wouldn’t be shopping there in the future. Of course I wouldn’t say “Wait!” so you could pay me less than my posted price.

I run a retail store where a large subset of the customers feel strong needs to haggle. I’ve learned long ago not to play the game, as all it means to me is I spend time and energy debating with someone and end up with less money in my pocket.

The “special rapport” you’re talking about can be more bluntly stated as “I…