Bargaining

Asking for a discount is part of the shopping experience - you might be lucky and the shopkeepers may oblige. Otherwise the prices are more or less fixed at most places. Remember, it's a game you should both enjoy and if you get "swindled", you are contributing to the local economy! At Connaught place, Meena bazaar, Palika bazaar and other shopping centres, bargaining is necessary. Begin by quoting half of whatever the vendor quotes.

This can help you in saving quite a handsome amount of money as the vendors ask a much higher prize then the normal one especially from the tourists. So, always try to bargain as much as you can. Its better to take a local while shopping, otherwise there is strong probability that you would end on buying the products at much higher prizes than their usual prize. It is not that you need to bargain at all the places; there