Since Jane’s in town, I decided to bring her to our infamous Chinatown.
Surprisingly, loads of shop were open. However, the street wasn’t packed at all.
Behind certain stalls along Petaling Street, there lies a small corner for mineral and crystal trade. It has been there for many years. I remember Mum used to bring me there to check our some crystals.
Jane wanted to get something for her Mum, so we ended up at a stall.
The stall owner immediately lifted a necklace for us to see.
“How much?”, I asked.
“RM90”, he replied.
I was O_O
“Any discount?”
“Sure, I give you RM80!”, he replied again.
Once again, I was O_O. I could get a better one from a shopping centre!
Thank god Jane didnt want it.
Then we proceeded to other stalls. Jane saw a small handbag. It’s just a bag with black and white pictures of old
Hollywood celebrities.
“How much?”, I asked.
“RM150”, the stall keeper replied.
This time, I was.
O_O
“eh, Can you please give me local’s price ah? Not guai lou‘s (westerner’s) price!”
She immediately said, “eh, it’s damn cheap already you know. If guai lou ask, I’ll tell them RM250. It’s the only stall that sells this kind of bag here!”
Just as much I wanted to reply, “eh please, I rather get Jane to buy a MNG bag than your bag”, Jane said she doesn’t want the bag anymore.
We left Petaling Street empty handed.
It’s crazy at the prices they charge at Petaling St nowadays. I was back in KL last winter break and I remembered my bro wanted to get a pair of sunglasses. That stall owner wanted Rm30, and my bro asked for rm10. The stall owner was like “Sai Lou Zai, no one sells rm10 anymore. If you don’t like it, go somewhere else to get it lar”…lol..we left empty handed
It’s crazy at the prices they charge at Petaling St nowadays. I was back in KL last winter break and I remembered my bro wanted to get a pair of sunglasses. That stall owner wanted Rm30, and my bro asked for rm10. The stall owner was like “Sai Lou Zai, no one sells rm10 anymore. If you don’t like it, go somewhere else to get it lar”…lol..we left empty handed
daylight robbery! Chinese New Year prices!!
hurhur!
crazy! i think our “chinatown” is overrated la. you DON’T get cheap stuffs from there. bleh.
how’s jane liking msia?
shiying: kekek i guess nowadays the traders in petaling street prefer to do business with tourist rather than locals. tourist rather pay than haggle the price!
applegal: hehehe yeah . dont bother to shop @ petaling street!
ferker: yeah lor. even fake jerseys cost a bomb
i think chinatown is only good for a walk and snacks….
cut throat meh?? haha
pikey: yea yea yea, the snacks are reasonably cheap. we had the famous air mata kuching as well 😀
darren: yeah lor. do they have chinatown in miri ? 😀
don’t think so, but it’s only once a year they’ll have a baazar before chinese new year 🙂
hmmm … simple dun buy from them … thats the only thing we can do!
haha.i went there before xmas to do some shopping and I came home empty handed too! bah! I think only certain things are worth buying eg. those fake watches which look so called real which is worth rm10? practically the rest aren’t worth buying….
stick to ur mng’s and topshop etc……lol