Note from your friend in the shoe biz: Truthfully, dude, Nike Shox really do cost, like, 40 bucks American...WHOLESALE. I am almost sure the Materials don't cost that let alone the little Chinese kids labor that are putting them together, but still, pretty good deal!!!! I'd say it was a GOOD bargain! Hey, write me sometime, world traveler. -Luralei
See, that's about what I figured. Not an unbelieveable deal but a good one.
And I pretty much figured the guy didn't have much to do with the construction.
12:40 PM
"Listen,listen,listen,myfrennmyfrenn.This is good price. What is your last price? BEST price. You tell me BEST price."
"Well, I could really only pay... as I said... 40 US. At most."
"My friend. I pay 40 for materials. These are Nike Shox. You cannot...you are not tourist. You are crew. Tourist...Belgians, Americans... like you, but tourist... they come here pay one hundred euro. I give you special price, because you go back to ship, you tell friends, you let them know I give you deal."
"You paid 40 for the materials?"
"Yes, I pay 40."
"You made these Nike Shox?"
"I make... These not plastic shoes. These real shoes. Outside, in bazzar, you get plastic shoes. You want, you have, you pay 40. Maybe 20. These no fake."
"But you make them."
"My frennnnnnnn. [taking my hand to shake] Come on. What is best price?"
"40. Really. I was only going to pay $25."
"$25! These are Nike Shox!"
"I don't need Nike Shox. I'm buying them because I need good trainers and they're cheap."
"No cheap! Cheap price, $80. I give you better, I tell you $60. What is final price. BEST price."
"40."
There was a LOT of that during my day in Kusadasi. The amazing thing is, while you can buy a lot of cheap imitations, you can also buy a lot of cheap REAL stuff... the stuff cranked out by the same factories that make the real stuff that throw out a couple thousand extra for their friends in the bazaar. I got the shoes for $42, by the way. It was the worst bargaining I did all day... but I was just warming up. Many gifts were bought this day... so much amazing local stuff to see and so many amazing artists.
Then on to Rhodes, then Santorini, then at midnight last night into Piraeus, the port of Athens. We just left there, it's about 9:20 am. Mainly we were dropping all passengers and a ot of crew off to begin our one month Porsche charter. A month in Malljorca and Ibiza toting various groups of Porsche people around, with no regular duties and not a lot to do at all.
Yawn.
By the way, in case I didn't already mention this, Naples Italy should pretty much be off your list of "places to visit in the Med" or... really places to visit if you're near Naples.
Anyway, I've been up most of the night, so I'm going to go get ready for boat drill and an all day nap.
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Close this window Jump to comment formNote from your friend in the shoe biz:
Truthfully, dude, Nike Shox really do cost, like, 40 bucks American...WHOLESALE. I am almost sure the Materials don't cost that let alone the little Chinese kids labor that are putting them together, but still, pretty good deal!!!! I'd say it was a GOOD bargain!
Hey, write me sometime, world traveler.
-Luralei
3:03 AM
See, that's about what I figured. Not an unbelieveable deal but a good one.
And I pretty much figured the guy didn't have much to do with the construction.
12:40 PM