Srila Prabhupada spotted him and immediately began to bargain with him.
For his walk Prabhupada went to look at some vacant land in Raman Reti that he wants to purchase. He suggested that our householders build their own houses there and "colonize it" like our Los Angeles community.
As we walked about, a local farmer passed, carrying a large basket of green beans on his head. Srila Prabhupada spotted him and immediately began to bargain with him. After a lengthy exchange, he purchased the whole basket. The man left happily, having done his whole day's business within a few minutes.
Gurudasa Maharaja complimented Prabhupada on getting a good bargain.
Prabhupada laughed, telling us it was something he had learned in his childhood. "My father used to do that. He'd go to a vegetable vendor. He has got a big basket, and he'll say, 'What do you want for all, the whole basket.' So he is ready because he'll sit down so long [in the market], so at very cheap rate he'll give it. And it was not required in the family so much. My mother became very angry, that 'You are bringing so much vegetable, it is being spoiled.' But he would purchase like that. If you give him in those days fifty rupees to go to the market, he will spend all the money and bring at home. Hare Krishna."
Reference: Transcendental Diary Volume 1 by Hari Sauri Dasa
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