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Shopping/Bargaining: BARGAINING TECHNIQUES 1. Offer...
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  • By coral0317 on August 25, 2002
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  • BARGAINING TECHNIQUES 1. Offer a price that u want to pay and hear what the seller says. 2. Bargaining with a small increase each tiem. 3. If the price still high, pretend to leave. 4. Seller may ask u to come back and talk about the price again. Just believe me! It really works! ~-)

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    Shopping/Bargaining: Here in this street we have...
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  • By Portugalady on August 25, 2002
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  • Shopping/Bargaining - Beijing
    by Portugalady
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    Here in this street we have the local market that has many things made in china. You should visit and barg with them cos they ask you more than 3 times, the pieces worth. Go shopping:)

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    Shopping/Bargaining: Currency
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  • Updated By cwest03 on September 1, 2002
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  • Shopping/Bargaining - Beijing
    by cwest03
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    The Chinese surrency is the yuan. $1 US = about 8 Chinese Yuan. That means that this bill is worth about $12.50 you can buy a lot of stuff with this like: 10 Mao watches dinner and a cab ride breakfast for 4 in a nice hotel restaurant breakfast for 165 of your closest friends at a local restaurant a sweatshirt at the silk market a nice jade necklace several skewers of mutton

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    Shopping/Bargaining: Haggling...enjoy it!
  • Updated By oceania26 on October 28, 2006
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  • Even those with patience may go crazy with the absolute persistence in trying to sell you stuff especially when near a tourist area....to point of nauseam. The Silk Market is a great shopping experience - I quite enjoy conversing with the vendors who try to befriend...it's part of the atmosphere, just enjoy it instead of being annoyed by it. Remember a few dollars here and there won't mean much to you, but it will to them.

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    Shopping/Bargaining: Bargaining is absolutely essential
  • Updated By cinthya_in_victoria on December 18, 2007
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  • One of the things you MUST do when shopping in China is to bargain. Start by offering a 60 or 70% off, depending on the product. Don't you thing it's too much, the prices they give to tourists are as much as 15 times higher. Believe me, they will reduce it until it's fair for you both. Always bargain pleasantly and with a smile and don't be afraid, bargain is a normal practice.

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    Shopping/Bargaining: Taxi Drivers Will Overcharge
  • Updated By vinegar on October 12, 2003
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  • Taxi drivers will overcharge is you are a foriegner. If you are asain-american like me, try not to speak any English on the taxi, he will overcharge. Just act like a local.

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