Word: bargainer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...problems and challenges are coming at it from several sides. In the slums, for instance, its control of gambling and vice is being contested, sometimes successfully, by the blacks, Puerto Ricans and Mexican-Americans who want a share of the action. In Buffalo, the blacks at first worked a bargain with Magaddino by which they would control the numbers racket, giving him only a 10% tribute. Later, when he ran into trouble with the authorities, they stopped the 10% entirely. That was nothing compared to the trouble that Ruggiero Boiardo had in Newark. There Negroes not only took over...
...Whatever customers agree to pay, they should beware of signing blank contracts; they are apt to find that their "bargain price" has been hiked. Last week Michigan's secretary of state suspended the license of a Detroit dealer after a buyer complained that he had been victimized. The buyer signed a blank contract after agreeing orally to pay $5,505 for his auto, only to find later that the price had been filled...
...finder's fee" for lining up the loan. The fee often amounts to $100 on three-year loans, or enough to compensate the dealer for some cuts in the price of the auto. Buyers aware of such special ties between dealers and their banks may be able to bargain for a better sales price or simply make their own loan arrangements...
Hong Kong offers gold-painted, hand-carved wood panels from temples ($10), lacquered tray sets ($40), fine porcelain vases ($30 and up) and embroidered tablecloths with matching napkins ($12 to $60). For anyone tired of the same old cocktails every night, one interesting bargain is rice wine from the mainland at 800 a pint...
...Filipinos, working on G.I.s and tourists, hold up huge bouquets or pieces of fruit while working on wallets in the visitors' hip pockets." ¶"Korean children extend cheap dolls to travelers on departing trains; as they bargain, the kids break the watch straps on the outstretched arms...