With the general rationalization of business in the modern city, haggling, in its pure form, has largely disappeared. Many contemporary urbanites, even those with great knowledge of, and skills in, city ways, cannot play this game-as any number of tourists have discovered to their sorrow.

SEED: Could explore how the decline of haggling reflects broader loss of spontaneous social negotiation skills in city life.

Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order a…, loc. 980