Is haggling making a comeback?

The traditional British reserve does not lend itself to haggling over the price of anything and everything. And there is always a cost in terms of time from badgering a market trader or a seller over the telephone. But in this day and age, needs must - and this BBC video report asks whether consumer haggling is making a comeback? it is a good one to show when discussing consumer surplus and different forms of price discrimination.

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Unit 3 Micro: Examples of Price Discrimination in Action [31 Oct 2011]
A2 Micro: Consequences of Price Discrimination [19 May 2011]
AS Micro Revision: Market Power [21 Apr 2011]
Monopoly power at the station car park [22 Jan 2011]
Consumer surplus from the web! [18 Jan 2011]
Unit 3 Micro: Efficiency and Price Intervention in Markets [21 May 2010]
Revision Presentation - Positive Externalities [23 Feb 2010]
Supermarkets accused of price gouging [13 Feb 2010]
How a television monopoly ended in mediocrity [25 Jun 2009]
Revision - Price Discrimination (presentation) [26 May 2009]
Q&A: Why might a country have a sustained surplus on their current account? [26 Feb 2009]
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