Oh god, this
I was exactly the same in Turkey. The guilt. THE GUILT. Even though I knew they were asking outrageous amounts and totally screwing me over, I could still easily afford the price they were asking so it felt deeply wrong to be arguing them down.
(berk, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 10:59, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I started to feel like that in Turkey
but then I decided I didn't want any of the fucking shit they were trying to sell me.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 11:01, Reply)

Nah, I got a couple of nice bits of pottery and jewellery
I do agree that a great percentage of the stuff was utter tat, though.
(berk, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 11:02, Reply)

we went (for some reason that now escapes me) into the market full of genuine designer fakes
it was hellish. I got out of there sharpish and went for a nice stroll around the harbour instead.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 11:03, Reply)

That sounds truly horrendous
I preferred the spice market, personally. At least you know they can't fake herbs (well, I suppose they can, but what'd be the point?)
Was it Istanbul you went to?
(berk, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 11:06, Reply)

No, Constantinople

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 11:07, Reply)

I like this very much
but no, I was staying in Bitez, the market was in Bodrum
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 11:12, Reply)

Ahhh, my colleague went there
I have heard about the fake designer market. Bodrum is meant to be very pretty, though.
(berk, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 11:14, Reply)

it is nice
the harbour bit is particularly good, and there's the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, which was one of the Seven Wonders. That was pretty good.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 11:17, Reply)

Ms Foxtrot kept reminding me that they categorically would not sell anything for a loss
So I was haggling them down from "outrageous profit" to "profit". I was overthinking it too, working out currency conversion mid-haggle and trying to decide if I'd pay that much in pounds back home for the same thing.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 2 Aug 2011, 11:04, Reply)