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There are plenty of real world situations where you can negotiate prices. If you buy groceries at a chain such as Walmart you can't negotiate prices.
If you however buy them at a farmers market you can.
Even if you buy a hot dog at a street vendor you can negotiate for price.
A friend of mine learned negotiating by trading world of Warcraft items. I think he brought WoW-gold for 50€ and used that as capital basis for trading the items.
When you want some form of interacting with your friends, you could bet with them frequently. Betting means that you can negotiate the odds.
Thank you, I hadn't thought properly about that. I was avoiding all those situations. Doing actual negotiations for small stakes is an excellent plan. It's not quite perfect. It doesn't give very good feedback, since I don't get any information about what they would have been willing to settle for if I were a better negotiator.
I'm interested in this, but my friends really don't like to do it. They also don't want to play games with me for money.
I think part of the reason they don't want to is that they think I will win. But I think I would win less if we played for money!