Mal from Oz wrote:

Secondly ... I understand that bargaining in Beijing is the norm in the
market type stalls, but is it still appropriate to bargain at the tea
market, which I assume the locals also shop at ? I wish to avoid offending
anyone.

There is no place in the world where bargaining is inappropriate. The
worst anyone can do is to say no (which they repeatedly do to me at
Home Depot).
--scott

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