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SHOPPING WHILST ON TOUR
By FREDDIEP | 4/11/2005 6:53:11 PM
SHOULD YOU TAKE A ONE DAY TOUR IN BEIJING TO ONE OF THE IMPORTANT HISTORICAL SITES LIKE THE GREAT WAll,TEMPLE OF HEAVEN, FORBIDDEN CITY ETC AFTER LUNCH THEY HAVE A TENDENCY TO TAKE YOU TO THE OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT FACTORIES LIKE THE JADE FACTORY, SILK FACTORY ETC. THIS IS A FANTASTIC EXPEREINCE ASTO HOW JADE ETC IS MADE AND WORKED BUT WATCH OUT FOR THE INFACTORY STORES THEY HAVE A TENDENCY TO BE EXPENSIVE BUT OBVIOUSLY OF GOOD QUALITY. VISIT THE SILK MARKET OR PEARLY MARKET AND YOU WILL, IF YOU BARGAIN AND LOOK AROUND FIND THE SAME ITEMS MUCH CHEAPER.
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Xiu Shui Jie shopping market Beijing
By INTIANJIN | 8/5/2004 4:54:38 AM
The Xie Shui Jie market is a mainly clothing market which preys on new foreigners. The peddlers are very bad. Many grab you physically and pull you towards their booths. In my 30 minutes here I was grabbed and pulled 9 times. I hit two of their hands with my pop bottle to tell them no. This market targets newbies who don't know China shopping yet.
My girlfriend's mother bought a Gucci purse in Beijing. The peddler asked 800RMB initally and she got it for 30RMB.
When we first entered I asked the price on a small chess set. The man showed 350 on his calculator. My girlfriend said to him that he is cheating westerners to which he replied "I'm cheating them not you."
They've cheated ignorant buyers so much that they've developed a blood thirst for money.
I saw the same chinese shirt as I was wearing (30RMB) and asked how much. The man pulled out his calculator and said 300RMB! I said way to expensive and he started asking in a trance like state, What you low price, what you low price.'.
Most foreigners don't bargain too low because of inexperience or because they think they'll insult the peddler.
One western girl I was talking to had a peddler trying like crazy to sell her a Gap t-shirt. She kept saying she really didn't have the money. The peddler was chanting 'what you low price!!'and pushing the calculator on her (showing 220RMB). The western girl didn't even ask to buy the shirt, she only looked at it.
An English woman was looking at a thin sweater. The peddler showed her the fake price tag of $49.95 and said 'In USA it cost this, I give you deal.' then she did some calculator work and came out to 240RMB. My girlfriend told the lady 'Its only worth 30RMB.'. My girlfriend and the peddler ended up in a shouting match.
If you aren't surprised by how cheap the items in the market you are buying are then you're being cheated. Remember everything is fake. Its not real Nike, Gap, Adidas, Gucci, Versace, or Rolex.
If you end up at the cheat market on a tour of Beijing bring a calculator. The prices are on average 600-1200% higher than the actual price.
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time and money
By JANEVERDOORN | 6/3/2004 8:11:24 PM
Hey, Apart from spending money I guess, Where can you go wrong? Of course that is if and when you have not reserved enough time to spend in the country. Then again is there ever enough time in this enormous place? We will always feel we have to come back.
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The Hutongs
By DENNIS | 4/28/2004 4:16:39 PM
While in Beijing, I joined this tour group that included a visit to the Hutong Alleys...once I paid my 60yuan ticket, the tour guide left me with another guide...unfortunately it was said in Chinese and since it was such a big group and me being the only foreigner(also looking like a chinese)who am I to complain! The sites were not as fascinating and the place was simply a drag! For 60 yuan, you might as well buy dozens of cut-paper art!
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Certificate of the climb!
By DENNIS | 4/28/2004 4:09:56 PM
Hey guys,
Going to the Great Wall is definitely a must! I was so enthralled that when I got to one of the posts selling certificates that you did indeed climb the Wall, I hastily bought one. I got one without my picture in it for 30yuan!...as I walked further there were other stalls with the same service but with much lower price and with your photo in it! So for you guys out there...haggle a little!
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be aware of those so-called Optional Tours
By LORA | 4/13/2004 2:17:28 PM
hi, i just came back from beijing, and i met the most disappointing thing with my agent!! i'd like to post my bad experience here and hope you can avoid this trap in your tours.
my agent, (do not like to mention its name here) offered me a very 'attractive ' plan with a very 'attractive' price at the very beginning, though with some optional programs exclusive in or around Beijing, like visiting to Summer Place, or to Hutong area etc.
After the tour commenced, i began to realize that with the optional programs, i had to pay here and there, and my expenses went up day by day, and my costs is indeed much higher than many all-inclusive tours.
i strongle suggest you ask your agents for prices of all-inclusive tours, DO NOT believe any optional programs, though that makes the cost low, they are only their tricks! If there is any optional programs, we must ask our agent to offer a complete plan and a final price incluing the costs of all those optional programs. We only need to get one price for a COMPLETE package and pay once to our agent.
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