People with the habit of bargaining have one point in common--they all come from poor countries. That does not mean, however, that poverty inevitably gives rise to the custom of bargaining. New Zealand's Maori aborigines and the people from the nearby islands are perhaps poorer than anyone else who comes to the flea market. Many depend on government welfare payments just to get by, but they never haggle over price.
這些愛好討價還價的民族，有一個共同特色：都是來自貧窮地區，但貧困卻並不一定和殺價劃上等號，有一個民族或許比她們更貧窮﹘ ﹘紐西蘭的土生土著毛利人以及來自附近島國的島人，因為他們許多都是靠國家救濟金維生。