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As it happens, Jerry Brown, the governor, is trying to do that anyway, and is haggling over the details with local administrations.

Each dealer seems to have his own opaque pricing scheme, consumers have to endure endless haggling and the financing is murky at best.

"Last I knew, " said the American, "the Scot was haggling over the price, and the Canadian was arguing that his government should pay. "

The woman was still haggling with me about the cost of the bag when she discovered the money and said the money was hers.

We decided to buy a former rental car, only a year old, all the extras included, and best of all NO haggling - the price is the price!

The crew, he said, was safe and unharmed but the pirates had yet to start haggling with the owners over the ransom.

It was the biggest toll in one day this year, raising sectarian tension when politicians are haggling to form a new government coalition.

my girlfriend was haggling with a sales clerk over the price of a mobile phone.

Bill Gates winked and said, "We've already established that. We're just haggling over the frequency. "

In Britain the prices for such things are fixed, so I had no idea that they were haggling and that Zen was in on the act.

After tense haggling a deal seemed to have been struck over the summer.

Prudential is haggling furiously to avoid this, fearing that it might further stretch the already strained economics of the deal.

Comment: A man haggling over every ounce will get little. The sea is lower than all the other rivers. That's why it becomes a sea.

Gault turned a cost-cutting hobby into a career and says she gets a runner's high before haggling.

Some foreigners, unused to haggling, grumble that Sanya's taxi drivers and shopkeepers are out to fleece them.

After months of haggling he brought the owner to his knees and bought the property at a reasonable price.

Meanwhile, South Africa is haggling with a firm it accuses of having pushed it into an unnecessarily costly contract.

It is due to be released on April 6th, after scientists and governments have finished haggling over the wording.

But he says haggling got out of hand: 'They kept wanting a lower price, so we eventually said, 'No deal. ''

Trips to the busy bazaars afford a look at the still thriving traditions of haggling and Uzbek cuisine.

In a country where haggling for almost everything is the norm, this isn't considered unprofessional or embarrassing.

A customer came up; they began haggling over the price. The deal was not consummated , and the man left, cursing.

Some reports say the clubs are merely haggling over the size of the transfer fee.

Far from resolving the issue, the Copenhagen conference set up months more of international haggling over what to do about climate change.

But the three parties do not see eye to eye on all issues, which means plenty of haggling will be needed.

The deal, reached after days of tortuous haggling, gives Mr Clegg's party five seats at the cabinet table and several junior ministers.

In today's economy, however, haggling may not hinge on luck. Maybe all you really have to do is ask.

Total had a memorandum of understanding with NIOC to develop Phase 11 but the project was overshadowed by haggling over contract terms.

China won't take rare earth as a haggling tool and our goal is realizing sustainable growth of the world.

I walked away from the haggling and the cameras on tripods , up a narrow dirt path.

The Squibs love haggling, and are gifted at crafting convoluted and ultimately very rewarding trade deals.

After much haggling, a battery of American Patriot missiles will arrive in Poland in March.

It would probably have resulted in yet another round of hung-parliament haggling.

he is currently haggling over his price for supporting a centre-right coalition government.

As the haggling. . . reaches a climax which is seen by many Republicans as unsustainable and by many Democrats as untouchable.

A market where nobody knows what price the competition is offering is also a market in which it is worth haggling and shopping around.

The Premier League's most difficult transfer deal finally came through after much haggling from both sides.

In the haggling world, getting free cured meat from Whole Foods is like winning the Super Bowl by eight touchdowns.

Unnecessary haggling over relatively trivial issues is less and less prevalent.

Haggling over fees seems almost distasteful, especially for squeamish Brits who tend to pay what is asked and resent it later.

Shoppers would enjoy haggling for discounts as most of the items are sold without price tags.

Their governments benefited from sectarian unity, which they maintained through bullying and haggling.

On this fundamental issue there is no room for haggling.

It's not worth haggling over a few pence.

It looked the room of one with a sober magnanimity, who went to the heart of things, despised haggling .

One such place is Bonn, where diplomats from most countries in the world are haggling over financial incentives to keep trees intact.

Spurred by French interests, it was opened in 1869 after much political haggling with Britain.

Shortly after the 2011 budget is settled, Congress will start haggling over the spending plan for fiscal 2012, which begins this October.

A long and tortuous process of coalition haggling is now set to begin.

Mom-and-pop shops often allow haggling on prices, undercutting even big chains.

We see high-end haggling in fashion today. High-end haggling for luxury and real estate.

The bidders for BCE, a Canadian telecoms operator, are still haggling over terms with their reluctant banks.

Deals don't get made overnight. The final haggling happens quickly but usually after a long courtship.

After the haggling you should be able to buy it at half off, or more, of the first price.

Now, here's another very useful phrasal verb for haggling - knock off.

Here's how one GRS reader uses haggling to save big bucks.

This would reduce the time and resources spent haggling over profits, because decisions would simply be taken by fiat.

I paid him what he asked, without haggling.

We are not used to haggling over price.

Haggling over price and delivery date is common.

the airport to city taxi thing can involve lots of haggling. i think i paid 50RMB once, though 100 is more usual.

He encourages graduates to grab the opportunity to secure a job rather than haggling over salary issues.

Officials in provinces south of Beijing and Tianjin have privately raised objections and are haggling over water pricing and compensation;

Haggling Behavior in Ecological Environmental Construction

not worth haggling for this. bargain

they were haggling over money