Monday, April 13, 2009

Shopping in China

China Day One

After sleeping in we headed off to do a bit of shopping.  This was a interesting experience.  It goes something like this.

Seller: Hello sir you want to buy something.  Silk ties, socks, pearls for you wife?
You: How much for that item?
Seller: (types on their calculator 200)
You: Sorry that's to expensive.
Seller: That's a very good price 
You: Sorry that's to expensive
Seller:  OK just for you, very best price.  (types in 150) 
You: Sorry that's to expensive
Seller:  How much you want to pay? 
You: That's ok I'll just keep looking
Seller:  Look I give you really good price (types in 100) 
You: That's still too expensive
Seller: Look how much you want to pay 
You: (type into the calculator 5)
Seller: That's took cheap.  You're a rich American.  I make no profit.
You: (start to walk away)
Seller: Come back I give you very good price (types in the calculator 30) 
You: No still to expensive

This goes on until you agree to a price somewhere around 8.