So I went with my Canadien friend, Dave, to this electronics mall so that I could buy a memory card for my camera. If you've ever been to Bangkok, it's similar. There are probably thousands of stores that sell every type of electronic thing you could think of. The vendors are aggressive so they'll try to stop you to come to their shop. It's irritating after a while because they won't leave you alone, when you just want to look around.
The prices are pretty cheap for anything that's a knockoff, but any real, legit brand is almost always more expensive than in the US. I was looking at an Apple Macbook Air laptop, and the best price I could get from them was $2300. I think you could buy the same laptop for like $1900 in the US. I do get a kick out of low balling the vendors and seeing their reactions. The first price they give you is of course a sucker's price. I usually respond with "Ta que la" which means "that's too expensive." A lot of people were suprised to hear me say that, they didn't expect me to be able to speak a little chinese. One person then assumed i knew how to speak Chinese, and started going off. Anyway, I ended up buying a 8 GB flash card for $24 USD. I think the same thing in the states is like 40 or 50. So, it's a decent discount.
I'm going to meet my buddy Morris in an hour near Tianamen square. Should be a good time discussing the shit hole the markets are in right now. I hope I don't wake up tomorrow in my hostel, and have to pay like 600 yuan instead of the 60 I pay right now LOL.
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