The original post: /r/travel by /u/Malskan99 on 2024-10-13 07:53:32.

Looking for a pice of advice from someone experienced with the culture in vietnam.

Today when visiting Ho Chi Minh city as a tourist, I went to a bigger street market (one of those indoor markets that mostly sell brand copies). I was trying to sharpen my bartering skills and asked a lady for the price of a basic white shirt. She wanted 250k for it, but I suggested 50k (not what I had envision as last offer). She got mad, snatched the shirt out of my hands and told me angrily to go away. My guess is that my offer might have been insultingly low, but from what I understood bartering is a big part of the street markets here.

Did I do something offensive? And if that is the case, please enlighten me how I should interact in markets in the future to not make people angry. This has made me slightly offputt, and I found myself avoiding other markets. Please give me your advice and opinions. It is important to me not to make people around me sad or angry.