Your way with words is always so beautiful. I could really understand how you must have been feeling.

@durano lawayan – Well, I don’t mind real markets where people are humans are actually talk to you without being rude or pushy. But the Silk Market… these women are unbelievable!

@Shantanu – I bet you did!

@RennyBA – Oh, I never know myself. I know I pay a relatively low price… for a white woman!

@barbara – Even Hawai has this bargaining thing? I didn’t know! This isn’t common at all in Europe.

@khengsiong – No, we had free plastic bags everywhere. I didn’t always take them because I had a backpack with me most of the time though.

@Bluefish – Thank you! I’ll put it in my trophy room tomrrow

@LucyVet – You’right: it’s part of the experience but when you’re not used to it… here comes the culture shock! Thanks for visiting by the way.

@Scarlet – Really? Florida too? I guess I lived in the only two countries where bargaining isn’t common: France and Canada!

@Seraphine – Well, the experience is quite fun. At least for the first hour or so. Salespersons aren’t that pushy in other places in Beijing… it’s just the Silk Market I think.

@Annie – Oh man, I did shop, I had to buy a suitcase to carry all the stuffs I bought!

@nhuong – Oh, I was glad I spoke Chinese, I’d be dead by now otherwise! I can’t even imagine of going there as an innocent white girl… I’d be broke

@shionge – Next time, I’ll go with you. You’ll protect me, won’t ya?

@Max Coutinho – See, I didn’t even know about the Vuitton clothes: I left Europe too long ago it seems! Trust me, the Silk Market is a strange experience. I wish you could see it… it’s unique!

Girl, Louis Vuitton does also clothes now (and some interesting ones too)! I confess I am not too keen on their bags, though.

Anyway, it was a pleasant read this article: I have an issue with haggling too…but I am starting to learn! Tell me, do they sell those fine silk Chinese clothes at the Silk Market?

As far as I am concerned you did a good deal with that LV’s t-shirt!

Loved this article, girl!!

Cheers

I pretend that I was from Cambodia and not America so I could get a better price. I also speak a little bit of Chinese, so that helped too.

I didn’t like walking with my other friends who were white American, so they stood out in the crowd. The shop keepers kept yelling at them everywhere they went.