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two-tier pricing
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27 Jul 2006 Thu 12:30 am |
Is it just me or has anyone noticed that there seems to be a two-tier pricing system going on here in Turkey. I am becoming incresingly cynical and distrustful of anyone who tells me he is my friend, offers me help or who can come up with an outragious price for a simple job.Are we perceived by locals as rich,westerners coming over with buckets of money to lie in the sun all day? The decision to move away from your home,family and friends is not taken lightly and while the majority of locals are obliging and helpful, it is spoilt by the pushy, harrassing individuals who appear to be intent on one thing, to rip off and fleece anyone not clued in in the local scene.I f someone came up to me in the street in Ireland and told me I shouldn't be smoking or took off my accent they would soon be told where to go.It's not good enough to say this is the turkish way.
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29 Jul 2006 Sat 10:16 pm |
You can always play them at their own game. When I was on holiday one Turkish guy called to me and I ignored him, he called again and said "where are you going". I replied "I am going for a swim" when I was dressed to go to a restaurant. When I returned later, he called again and again I ignord him. He called again " where are you going" and I said "for a swim"! I left him laughing his head off................
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29 Jul 2006 Sat 10:44 pm |
Hi,
I have to admit mate, it is not just you, we, even turkish, all suffer from the same way of treatment. Unfortunately, some of the people working there don't know how to behave. I hope it will get better. I have read an article , don't remember where, it was written that the ministry of tourism set some regulations to prevent those kind of things like overpricing, pulling customer into the store, yelling on the street to get peoples' attention etc.
There are some people you can see walking around in policeman-like suit who works for local council. They are called "zabıta". They are there to make sure local traders, store owners etc. follow those regulations. If you have any problem that really annoys you, you can complaint them.
Take care
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29 Jul 2006 Sat 11:41 pm |
Do you think this just happens in the bigger resorts? We have been going to Turgutreis on the Bodrum peninsula for many years now and have never come across this sort of thing.
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30 Jul 2006 Sun 12:08 am |
It happened all the time when we were in Istanbul We decided that we were only buying things in shops where the people didn't shout at you all the time.. And we actually found a shop with bags, and we had a great time with the guy who worked there . He even helped us arranging a bus to Alanya!
But I have to admit, it's not easy to find a shop without people pulling you inside.. not in Istanbul, and not in Alanya..
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30 Jul 2006 Sun 12:46 am |
well,thats an education matter i think and pity there r so many undeucated sallers working in shops with good foreign languages,and i sahem from myself when i saw someone treating bad a guest for a few moneys
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