Bartering?

A rough transcript of my first successful, and second overall, bargaining attempt:

"Hello, how much for these (cufflinks) with a discount?"

"For you sir, 40 (Qatari Riyal, ~3.6 riyal is 1 US dollar)."

"Can you do 35?"

"For you sir, I can do that."

A few things to note.  The list price was 65 QR.  I was hoping to get him down to 45, and his original offer undercut what I was hoping to work to.  This threw me off a little.

He was very polite and was not at all pushy.  The store was also in a mall and not out on the street.

Did I get a good deal?  Probably not what a local could have bargained for, but, in the end, I got cufflinks for less than $10.  I'll work on my skills as I go along.