re: What nationality/region would you say is the hardest to negotiate deals with?

why would you nitpick $1.50, sees like you're wasting more time and resources chasing a nickel.

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My dad told me when I was a little kid to never trust a "middle eastoner" because it was part of their culture and upbringing to scam/trick/not uphold their end of a bargain and it was in fact seen as a badge of honor if they were good at scamming people in negotiations.

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That’s only when they are negotiating with a Kafir.

I would say the most challenging are any who grew up in places where it’s always done.


I have a friend who loves when white people show up to buy something because they never negotiate. She is of Asian decent and grew up haggling over gumdrops. It’s second nature to her.

I used to work for a regional wholesale building materials distributor whose owner had been burned in the past by the Patel gang. He decided that we would only do business with them with “our hands wrapped around their throat”, his exact words. Meaning all orders required purchase orders with prices listed, taking all steps to preserve our lien rights, bringing all checks from them immediately to their bank and getting cashiers checks, etc.

Secular Jews and Nigerians.

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drinking with a Chinese person can at least be fun

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FIFY

They'll gladly party with you once the business is done. I can deal with them kind of people. The strictly business 100% of the time business is life types are tough.

Dealt with many difficult customers in my life but doing a business deal with any Patels might be the most painful experience a sales person can ever have. Learned the hard way to never give them an inch because they will take a mile.

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never trust a "middle eastoner"

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They’re “Middle Eastern”

Indians. Dot not feather