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cruisemonkey wrote:

Nothing official... a but foreigner (all rich) in Vietnam = 2 tiered pricing. Negotiation is a fine art (may involve walking away).聽

I did ask her if it was because of my nationality (WLM馃��)

Jlgarbutt wrote:

... I ask why price of Sting is 2k higher than price shown on shelf..

At first she say don't understand.. so I point to shelf and suddenly in perfect vinglish she says the price is wrong..

Don't know about the UK, but in the US this would be a violation of the law on her part.聽 If the price is publicly posted it has to be honored.聽 Admittedly this is a fairly new legal concept even in the US, so such laws might be expected to exist in Vietnam in maybe another decade or two.聽 Don't be holding your breath.聽 聽

OceanBeach92107 wrote:

I put the water back on the shelf and turned to walk out of the store.

She started yelling "okay! okay! okay!"

Who knew she spoke English?

That's the key.聽 You have to be willing to walk away.

THIGV wrote:

OceanBeach92107 wrote:

I put the water back on the shelf and turned to walk out of the store.

She started yelling "okay! okay! okay!"

Who knew she spoke English?

That's the key.聽 You have to be willing to walk away.

Exactly!

Almost all the best deals I've gotten on purchases here have come only when they have been convinced I was done negotiating.

cruisemonkey wrote:

For several weeks recently I have been buying green, seedless grapes in Vung Tau (Phan Chu Trinh area) from my 'regular' fruit cart lady for 35,000/kg. Then, one day there was a different fruit cart lady... who wanted 70,000/kg (I'm sure the grapes were from the same vineyard - probably around Dalat). I said "Gamun but no gamun"... and walked away.

Not meaning to tell you what to do, but in a similar situation I would simply take the 35,000 and hold it out and stand there to let her know that I knew the actual price and then if she fails to work with me, then I start walking away.

Now she's got a reason to call out to me and get me to come back, because I've made her a counter-offer which is the going rate.

Your knowledge of the local price will probably get you the local price, if you really want that product

colinoscapee wrote:

In my mind it's a lot of work and effort to lug loads of bananas from hometown on her motorbike and trailer to only get 10,000 but I don't want to argue.

But does she, most just buy them from a wholesaler.

& poster to say they come from Da Lat & that doubles the price but if the truth is known they probably came from China or Laos聽 & have been dipped in all sorts of strange chemicals 1.... to make them look good & 2 to stop them rotting quickly.

colinoscapee wrote:

In my mind it's a lot of work and effort to lug loads of bananas from hometown on her motorbike and trailer to only get 10,000 but I don't want to argue.

But does she, most just buy them from a wholesaler.

My wife said it was from their hometown.聽 Of course I cannot prove or disprove.聽 Regardless the quality is excellent.

goodolboy wrote:

colinoscapee wrote:

In my mind it's a lot of work and effort to lug loads of bananas from hometown on her motorbike and trailer to only get 10,000 but I don't want to argue.

But does she, most just buy them from a wholesaler.

& poster to say they come from Da Lat & that doubles the price but if the truth is known they probably came from China or Laos聽 & have been dipped in all sorts of strange chemicals 1.... to make them look good & 2 to stop them rotting quickly.

Actually pretty easy to tell "China" bananas from local bananas, though I doubt China is the out of country source for that crop.

Dalat carrots are the dirty ones; China carrots are pristine clean.

SteinNebraska wrote:

colinoscapee wrote:

In my mind it's a lot of work and effort to lug loads of bananas from hometown on her motorbike and trailer to only get 10,000 but I don't want to argue.

But does she, most just buy them from a wholesaler.

My wife said it was from their hometown.聽 Of course I cannot prove or disprove.聽 Regardless the quality is excellent.

Its the formaldehyde that makes them taste so nice!

goodolboy wrote:

they come from Da Lat & that doubles the price but if the truth is known they probably came from China or Laos聽 & have been dipped in all sorts of strange chemicals 1.... to make them look good & 2 to stop them rotting quickly.

SteinNebraska wrote:

My wife said it was from their hometown.聽 Of course I cannot prove or disprove.

Rules of thumb (with exceptions of course):聽 fruits and veggies that are large, have good shape, nice appearance, and are ripened evenly are not to be bought if you want to eat healthy.聽 The reason?聽 If they're not from China, they're injected with chemicals by whosoever hands they passed before they are sold to you.

If your wife said the bananas were from her hometown, they're from her hometown.聽 There are many ways for her to decide that she could trust the seller:聽 the seller's knowledge of the town, the timing the fruits are sold, the look and taste of the fruits (fruits grown in one part of the country do not look or taste the same as from another part of the country), the seller's reputation, etc.聽

The thing is, most Vietnamese women can't tell you how they know in re buying good food because the knowledge comes so natural to them they never think of explaining it.

ThunderMan wrote:

Hey hey you are pulling us legs... Right? Because viets who sell their merchandise at inflated prices never give way to any foreigners or expats whether you walk away or tell them no to their calling price. So when you said the shop vendor yelled ok ok ok it's unbelievable. I am not sying you lied but maybe you heard wrong.

Meet the right viets they would tell you don't buy from such viets.
And thanks for sharing the ugly side of viet sellers who try to rip foreigners off. It's letting the truth out when they are denying it all

First of all, learn to use the quote function.

No one knows exactly who you're talking to.

Second, my story is word for word exactly true as it happened,

Why do you question my account and yet you praised me for bringing her behavior to people's attention?

Reactionary drivel...