Kristen asked about whether street vendors in the Bahamas who would bargain for prices were doing a good or bad thing by having fluctuating prices, based on the buyer.
I think that in a free market where there are no chains just personally owned stores, huts, and businesses, the owner/shop keeper bargaining prices might not be the best way to make a profit, since each item could sell for a different price. But it is what they need to do to sell anything, since as Kristen said, you can easily walk away and find the same product at a cart two feet away. The vendors need to do what they can to make the sale, it shouldn't be a problem for them as long as they know their business and know the lowest they can possibly go without losing money.
That is the key for those types of businesses to succeed, if you are making bargains, you need to just be sure you are making profit otherwise the business will surely fail.
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