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A rug trade experience
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08 Aug 2008 Fri 12:16 pm |
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I loved this!!! Hehe no wonder traders are so persuasive - their methods clearly work - patience and persistance DO sometimes pay off 
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08 Aug 2008 Fri 12:19 pm |
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Great story! It reminded me of constant traps in Istanbul I must be pretty resistant though as the total number of rugs I´ve bought so far is ZERO 
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08 Aug 2008 Fri 04:48 pm |
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That´s exactly how we ended up buying a beautiful silk carpet in India having had no intention to buy one whatsoever.I won´t get fooled again!
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08 Aug 2008 Fri 05:23 pm |
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Quoting Daydreamer: Great story! It reminded me of constant traps in Istanbul I must be pretty resistant though as the total number of rugs I´ve bought so far is ZERO |
Well, I´m a big, big fool than. I bought not only an expensive carpet but - I later found out - also a much too expensive nargileh in Istanbul. And in several other countries I fell for these tourist traps as well. The only good deal I ever made comparing prices at home was buying a djembe in The Gambia, and maybe even then I paid too much for local prices.
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09 Aug 2008 Sat 09:15 am |
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That´s exactly how we ended up buying a beautiful silk carpet in India having had no intention to buy one whatsoever.I won´t get fooled again!
So does that mean that Indians have the same selling methods? 
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09 Aug 2008 Sat 09:26 am |
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That´s exactly how we ended up buying a beautiful silk carpet in India having had no intention to buy one whatsoever.I won´t get fooled again!
So does that mean that Indians have the same selling methods?
Global marketing and global sales - that´s what we´ve come to
Fortunately Polish sellers are unlikely to change their methods - it is them who do you a favour selling something
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09 Aug 2008 Sat 09:28 am |
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That´s exactly how we ended up buying a beautiful silk carpet in India having had no intention to buy one whatsoever.I won´t get fooled again!
So does that mean that Indians have the same selling methods?
Everywhere they have the same methods, including offering tea: Delhi, Jaypur, The Gambia, Columbo on Sri Lanka, Cairo, Luxor etc. Though I never experienced it in Amsterdam... Probable ´we´, the Dutch, are too stingy to offer tea....
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09 Aug 2008 Sat 09:38 am |
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Though I never experienced it in Amsterdam... Probable ´we´, the Dutch, are too stingy to offer tea....
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09 Aug 2008 Sat 11:34 am |
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That´s exactly how we ended up buying a beautiful silk carpet in India having had no intention to buy one whatsoever.I won´t get fooled again!
So does that mean that Indians have the same selling methods?
Everywhere they have the same methods, including offering tea: Delhi, Jaypur, The Gambia, Columbo on Sri Lanka, Cairo, Luxor etc. Though I never experienced it in Amsterdam... Probable ´we´, the Dutch, are too stingy to offer tea....
You´re right Trudy-I think they´ve all read the same book!
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