…Let's Do Russian
So we’ve been here 3 ½ months now and bargaining in Chinese it’s pretty much down to perfection. It goes somewhere like this:
- Me: 这个要多少钱 - zhe ge
- Lady: Very good price for you, 300
- Me: 我不露有我住在北京 - wo bu luyou, wo zhu zai
- Lady: Special price for you because you speak good Chinese, 100
- Me: 我给你十 - Wo gei ni 10 (me/give/you/10)
- Lady: You are killing me, 80
- Me: OK 15
- Lady: 50
- Me: Here’s 20, do you want my 20 or not?
- Lady: Ok Ok 20. I swear I don’t make any money on this one.
- Me: Yeah right… So don’t sell it to me!
- Lady: Here’s my card… come back. Always good price for you.
So I've decided to challenge myself a little and go to the Russian market.
How thoughtful of them, they translated the Chinese Characters!!!
The only problem I had in this market was that they kept on speaking to me in Russian. I know I’m not the Asian type but... Russian ?!!
