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If I walked into a 15th century German town marketplace, would it be wise/expected of me to haggle or were most of the prices fixed? Did it differ by types of goods? Who would set a fixed price, a central authority or the vendor?

by /u/LukeInTheSkyWith in /r/AskHistorians

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