Jai Gurudev !!
Going all the way to China , our mind naturally thinks of doing shopping of the world famous , " Cheap & Best " China articles - especially electronic gadgets , though we were aware that we would be landing up buying fake items .
Xiu Tshui market is exclusively for all the foreign consumers , I think , because , hardly any chinese customers were seen there. Those young sales girls easily recognise us Indians and do not entertain us as much as the other foreigners. Their general opinion is that , we , Indians bargain to the lowest price.
Much of the shopping time gets wasted due to this bargaining game.And we get exhausted totally due to this bargaining . All the electronic gadgets sold were fake ones. People from Hyderabad had come in huge numbers to buy these items exclusively in lots. The handbags were very pretty and the prices were even prettierI mean costlier .
The toy items and gift articles were so tempting to buy , even we managed to bargain and picked few.We also purchased few fake mobiles like Samsung Galaxy II , watches , handbags etc..
Going all the way to China , our mind naturally thinks of doing shopping of the world famous , " Cheap & Best " China articles - especially electronic gadgets , though we were aware that we would be landing up buying fake items .
We started enquiring about the famous shopping place in Beijing and identified that " Xiu Tshui" market is one such place.
After gathering information about the way to Xiu Tshui market , we took the subway train and reached there , after visiting the Lama temple , only to find that that is something similar to Burma Bazaar of our place .
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| Xiu Tsui Market st Beijing |
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| HandBags Shop at Xiu Tsui |
Xiu Tshui market , as the name implictaes is not a market sort of place, but resembles the mall culture. It is a 9 floor building. Each floor equips many shops of items of one particular sorts , say 4 th floor is exculsively for electronic items like Mobiles, Laptops etc. Another foor is for leather articles, handbags & suitcases. In the nineth floor, there is a hotel . All the shops look alike and we miss out the way quite often due to this .
The shops look as glossy as the glittering items present in it. Decorative and bright lightings illuminate the whole place inside the building co. Added to this is the fascinating looks of the chinese sales girls , who dress themselves up so attractively and stand at the entrance of each shop and welcome the customers by calling out to them . They speak good English compartively to the other chinese . I remember one most commonly word used by all of them , that is, " Friend-a " in their conversation . Their complexion and the shiny and polished looks is something to be really admired at.
The shops look as glossy as the glittering items present in it. Decorative and bright lightings illuminate the whole place inside the building co. Added to this is the fascinating looks of the chinese sales girls , who dress themselves up so attractively and stand at the entrance of each shop and welcome the customers by calling out to them . They speak good English compartively to the other chinese . I remember one most commonly word used by all of them , that is, " Friend-a " in their conversation . Their complexion and the shiny and polished looks is something to be really admired at. 
Xiu Tshui market is exclusively for all the foreign consumers , I think , because , hardly any chinese customers were seen there. Those young sales girls easily recognise us Indians and do not entertain us as much as the other foreigners. Their general opinion is that , we , Indians bargain to the lowest price.
In general , we could see 90 percent of the shop keepers were only ladies , some were found pregnant , some with kids , yet they do the business with so much zeal and interest .
In the beginning of our shopping , we were shocked to hear the price of the items , marketed there. Later , we realised , the price tag shows about 10 times the actual price of the item. And one needs to do extensive bargaining with those girls, to shop effectively . I feel it was something like a game sort , very funny.
Much of the shopping time gets wasted due to this bargaining game.And we get exhausted totally due to this bargaining . All the electronic gadgets sold were fake ones. People from Hyderabad had come in huge numbers to buy these items exclusively in lots. The handbags were very pretty and the prices were even prettierI mean costlier .
The toy items and gift articles were so tempting to buy , even we managed to bargain and picked few.We also purchased few fake mobiles like Samsung Galaxy II , watches , handbags etc..
And when we left the Xiu Tshui market , we felt that the shopping experience was not regular and common , but a different one altogether ...
Love & smiles...
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