Immersed in a sea of Persuasion

Being persuasive is not one of my strongest traits. Actually today I went to Denios (a farmers market) and I was going to buy some oranges.  So I went up to a stand and was looking at their price for oranges and the seller ask me if I wanted 10 pounds of oranges because it was cheaper and started bagging the oranges without my response. Some reason I couldn’t say “no, I I’m still oranges” because he had his best interest in helping me get the best price. So I thought that was very persuasive of him. He got what he wanted and I got what I wanted, but he did it in the way that didn’t make me feel bad and that’s what I think a persuasive speech should be. Other encounters of persuasion would be all those messed up T.V. adds for children. I know that when I was a child I was like “oh cool GAK!” now I just look at it like its just putty. So I guess to be a more critical consumer you have to use all your knowledge and logic to figure out what the seller is not saying about the product and what they told you about it. Then just piece it together and figure out if it’s worth buying or not. As for becoming a more persuasive messenger, I just try not to stumble on my words and be confident and have the best interest of the audience in mind.