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Comment author: [deleted] 15 June 2013 09:27:36PM -1 points [-]

Yes, but I still think it's a bad thing when people are talked into begrudgingly buy stuff they don't actually want, and I would be in favour of changing social norms so that that happens less often... if only I had any idea how to do that without also disapproving of bargaining.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 16 June 2013 03:39:20AM 2 points [-]

if only I had any idea how to do that without also disapproving of bargaining.

This was going to be my reply to you comment. Basically, this is why people doing things "begrudgingly" is not necessarily a bad thing.