Cannot let it go
Really cant give up writing a diary. Probabily i got too many memories here that i dont wanna give up.
Went to SZ for body massage and shopping during the weekend. Thanks to my friend, it's a nice trip. We stayed in the 5-stars hotel with a special discount and we also had the 5-star service for the body massage. It's really enjoyable and I would definitly go often in the future.
We then went shopping on the other day in LoWu. My god, I learnt a great lesson in negatiation. And seems that i am a born-negotiator. hoho~~ I bought a watch which original price is $320...I finally get it at $80. Also, I bought two handbags which originally priced at over $400. Finally I got them at $120 and $150. Surprisingly, the material and designs are in good quality! If you wanna buy the similar handbag in HK, even you try to find that in Sham Shu Po, it will be more than $200. Even the shop keepers said I am very good at bargainning. hahaha~ that's the HK girl! Anyway, because of the limited time, I cant finish my whole plan(include buying some accessaories and a jacket.) For the jacket, the cheapest I can find in HK with average quality is around $300. However, I am confidence that I can get it at half priced in SZ even with a better material. So......hehe looking forwards to the fight next time!
There are some techi shared with you all in the bargaining process. First, you need to make sure that the shop keeper is talkative! (that's she is willing to bargain) I saw some of them are very lazy that they even dont wanna serve you. For that kind of keeper, you can jsut walk away and save your energy. Second, their bargaining preformance are more or less the same. Thue you can know what they are going to say if you know them well. Usually they will first tell you the original price(this is of course for the tourist only) Then if you say it's too expensive, they will give you a discount. However, the price will still be high. You may try to start bargining or jsut walk away. When they see you going, they will ask you a question," what price do you prefer?" Then you better becareful. If you asked for a higher price, you lose the game. If your asking price is too low, they know that you know nothing. They will still give you the higher price and pretend their goods are in better quality. To prevent this, you can collect more information in the other shop or compare the quality to those you found in the big shopping mall. So, you can now ask for a low but reasonable price. Usuaully they will then ask you to pay more and my stragey is,"I only have $100 in my pocket. sell it or not." When you stand strongly, they will finally give in. Or in another way, sometimes you finally bargain to a acceptable price but you still think it might be a bit high. You may test it by reducing the price by $10. If they stand strong and even resist selling when you walk out of the shop, you know it's already the bottom line. That's my way to bargian, hope it's helpful the girls~
P.S. Girls, please make sure that you have enough energy for the walk and the bargaining process. althought I have been shopped for 3 hours...it nearly killed me.
