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What can you give an Egyptian in the market so that he gives a big discount? What is in short supply in Egypt?
What can you give an Egyptian in the market so that he gives a big discount? What is in short supply in Egypt?
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I once noticed that all the Egyptians are always short of money. Now, if you give money to an Egyptian, you can count on an appropriate discount)
And all these chocolates and cigarettes are no longer rolling ...
And all these chocolates and cigarettes are no longer rolling ...
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answered 3 years ago
I agree with alexfill for a million percent, give euros or dollars, there will be a better discount, they have enough of the rest of the junk.
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answered 3 years ago
Money is not always the best gift. Almost all Egyptians have children. All children love sweets. Chocolate in Egypt is quite expensive and of low quality. In my experience, no one has yet refused a present in the form of a chocolate bar. Ordinary sucking sweets such as barberry are also popular.
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answered 3 years ago
if you know this particular Egyptian, his tastes and habits, the presence or absence of a family, then, of course, you can bring cigarettes (there are both more expensive and worse), and sweets, and other baksheesh. We even brought vodka
but just to an unfamiliar seller ... you can get into trouble like that!
but just to an unfamiliar seller ... you can get into trouble like that!
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answered 3 years ago
As a rule, everyone has a shortage of money. The rest is as it were - if there is no personal relationship. Give him a bulk purchase - 5-10-20 kilos more - why not? And there will be a discount.
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answered 3 years ago
Maybe try bargaining? Then you don’t need to give anything, especially since the Arabs have a proverb “I went to the market and didn’t bargain, so I went in vain”
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answered 3 years ago
Regarding bargaining - it was back in 2004-2005. Then, for example, in Sharm, you could buy a quality product and ask for a discount. And the coolest souvenir for the Arabs was the dollar. Then we could still litter with dollars. Then it was 1:1 to the pound. They took our hryvnia for souvenirs with pleasure.
Knitwear, bed linen and towels were very good.
It was possible to buy high-quality leather bags and suitcases, but already expensive. After all, they also know the price of a good product.
And now there are practically no quality goods, they let you see one product, and slip a completely different one for sale.
Even the papyri are already Chinese, but once we brought real ones. And also good essential oils, which were no worse than branded perfumes.
Therefore, I don’t even know what good can be brought from there now.
Except fruit.
Knitwear, bed linen and towels were very good.
It was possible to buy high-quality leather bags and suitcases, but already expensive. After all, they also know the price of a good product.
And now there are practically no quality goods, they let you see one product, and slip a completely different one for sale.
Even the papyri are already Chinese, but once we brought real ones. And also good essential oils, which were no worse than branded perfumes.
Therefore, I don’t even know what good can be brought from there now.
Except fruit.
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answered 3 years ago
We once had a stick of excellent "Moscow" sausage lying around in a vacuum. Before leaving home, they realized that somewhere it was necessary to put her. So why not take it home?
What was our surprise when the seller in the hotel shop gladly exchanged it for us for a whole mountain of strawberries and mangoes.
True, we kept silent that pork sausage))
What was our surprise when the seller in the hotel shop gladly exchanged it for us for a whole mountain of strawberries and mangoes.
True, we kept silent that pork sausage))
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answered 3 years ago
But will it not turn out that the gift will exceed the discount in value?
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answered 3 years ago
super.mila2905: "I don't even know what good things can be brought from there now" - camel carpet, leather ottoman, oriental-style curtains, hookah, dombra musical instrument, sand painting in a vase
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answered 3 years ago
Oh, and a stuffed crocodile. Where would it be without him.)))
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answered 3 years ago
It seems to me that many tourists overestimate the quality of Egyptian trash. As for me, the only thing standing there is a mango. The rest of the whole locker is sold either on aliexpress or in our stores.
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answered 3 years ago
Still, I would take pharmaceuticals to the interesting. The same vitamin complexes of excellent quality, and for mere pennies.
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answered 3 years ago
as for me, the only worthwhile thing they got from God is the sea. and everything they do lately with their hands...
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answered 3 years ago
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Have you already brought all this?
I somehow don't really need a camel carpet and a leather ottoman. And it’s better to buy a hookah from us (at one time they were taken from Egypt and Turkey). And there were plenty of sand paintings, as well as papyri, oils, figurines of cats, handmade porcelain and glass dishes, beetles and turtles.
And also wooden vases and rosary beads of the type made of precious stones from Tunisia, eggs made of pink stone (I forgot the name) on a stand, etc.
So now I'm taking only mangoes.
Yes, last year, as it turned out, in the pocket of a beach bag, she brought two shells.
Have you already brought all this?
I somehow don't really need a camel carpet and a leather ottoman. And it’s better to buy a hookah from us (at one time they were taken from Egypt and Turkey). And there were plenty of sand paintings, as well as papyri, oils, figurines of cats, handmade porcelain and glass dishes, beetles and turtles.
And also wooden vases and rosary beads of the type made of precious stones from Tunisia, eggs made of pink stone (I forgot the name) on a stand, etc.
So now I'm taking only mangoes.
Yes, last year, as it turned out, in the pocket of a beach bag, she brought two shells.
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answered 3 years ago
super.mila2905 I don't understand this desire for minimalism. If you come to a distant country once every couple of years and it is likely that you will never return there again, it would be completely stupid not to bring a piece of decor from there in order to equip your apartment in ethnic style. Going to the home decor store in your city is useless. Here's an example: why would you buy a metal statuette of Buddha in your city for $20, when in Thailand you can buy 4 such statuettes for this price? - So it turns out that you fly there, swim in the sea and at the same time do shopping to equip an apartment - two birds with one stone. And buying something in Aliexpress is quite likely to get a pig in a poke, and even with an extra charge for delivery. I'm not a Krakhobor, I'm an ethnographer, like Vitaly Sundakov
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answered 3 years ago
super.mila2905 I also don't understand why you need to regularly fly to the same place on a package tour, and explore the sights exclusively with a guide. It's not interesting. It is much better to buy air tickets yourself, rent apartments, rent a car and have complete freedom to travel around the country. For example, the famous temple of Sebek in Kom Ombo is not included at all in any of the standard tours of Hurghada tour operators. So it's better to rent a hotel in the vicinity and have a lot of time to visit this.
I haven't been to Egypt yet. So I would like to go there for a longer time to explore the country from A to Z, so that later there would be no need to return there. There are still so many countries in the world that you need to visit before you retire. Wouldn't you, Mila, want to visit Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, Serbia or Finland? A mango is sold in any supermarket. This is no longer a particularly exotic fruit, such as durian or pitahaya.
I haven't been to Egypt yet. So I would like to go there for a longer time to explore the country from A to Z, so that later there would be no need to return there. There are still so many countries in the world that you need to visit before you retire. Wouldn't you, Mila, want to visit Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, Serbia or Finland? A mango is sold in any supermarket. This is no longer a particularly exotic fruit, such as durian or pitahaya.
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answered 3 years ago
gorbunov.misa
I think you will not be able to study Egypt from A to Z even ten times. Like any other country. To do this, you need to study its history, language, understand and accept the culture.
This country just fascinated me. That was many years ago, things are different now.
I think you will not be able to study Egypt from A to Z even ten times. Like any other country. To do this, you need to study its history, language, understand and accept the culture.
This country just fascinated me. That was many years ago, things are different now.
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answered 3 years ago
Of course, it is better (and cheaper) to rent an apartment, rent a car and travel freely around the country.
Moreover, now there are so many opportunities.
But sometimes, for example, after traveling by car in winter Europe, you want to fly to bask in the magnificent warm sea. Just swim, lie on the beach, do not go on any excursions, do not look for shops
And in Egypt, all the same, the one who has ever visited this country returns.
As in any other, which fascinated, sunk into the soul.
Moreover, now there are so many opportunities.
But sometimes, for example, after traveling by car in winter Europe, you want to fly to bask in the magnificent warm sea. Just swim, lie on the beach, do not go on any excursions, do not look for shops
And in Egypt, all the same, the one who has ever visited this country returns.
As in any other, which fascinated, sunk into the soul.
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answered 3 years ago
And don't worry about the mango.
It's not exotic. I just love it. And you can't buy them in our supermarkets!!!
As for the exotics you mentioned, well, somehow it’s not for me.
It's not exotic. I just love it. And you can't buy them in our supermarkets!!!
As for the exotics you mentioned, well, somehow it’s not for me.
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answered 3 years ago
Yes, when you are in Egypt, visit El Gouna. I think you will like it.
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answered 3 years ago
gorbunov.misa, the secret of Egypt's popularity is its cheapness, that's all. If you want to go to Egypt and not return, plan for three weeks. This is enough to drive without haste and along the entire Nile from Alexandria to the border with Sudan, and see the desert with oases, and the Sinai Monastery, and lie on the sea for four days.
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“I think you won’t be able to study Egypt from A to Z even ten times” 10000% agree and support
Maybe I do not have such a love to study Egypt so thoroughly, although I have been to many popular tourist historical and unique natural places.
My favorite country to study is Turkey, I have been there hundreds of times, lived there for several years and every time I come I discover something new from historical and natural places.
It is impossible to explore these countries in 100 years, and even in one visit it is simply ridiculous
Maybe I do not have such a love to study Egypt so thoroughly, although I have been to many popular tourist historical and unique natural places.
My favorite country to study is Turkey, I have been there hundreds of times, lived there for several years and every time I come I discover something new from historical and natural places.
It is impossible to explore these countries in 100 years, and even in one visit it is simply ridiculous
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answered 3 years ago
“And mangoes are sold in any supermarket” buying mangoes in Egypt and bringing them home in your luggage is more like entertainment for me and my friends, an adventure in transporting mangoes
First you choose a mango, then you think where to put it in your luggage or hand luggage, then you think they will let you in or maybe the rules have changed, then will the mango survive the flight normally)))) and this makes the mango even sweeter
“It’s stupid not to bring a decor item from there” At first, Egyptian merchants bought these items on Alik, invested in the price of delivery from Alik + their interest and sell there, they will swear that everything is 100% made in Egypt. Unlike products from natural))) Shanghai leopards and Mexican tushkans, if this is an Egyptian Mango (not imported), then this Mango is definitely from Egypt
First you choose a mango, then you think where to put it in your luggage or hand luggage, then you think they will let you in or maybe the rules have changed, then will the mango survive the flight normally)))) and this makes the mango even sweeter
“It’s stupid not to bring a decor item from there” At first, Egyptian merchants bought these items on Alik, invested in the price of delivery from Alik + their interest and sell there, they will swear that everything is 100% made in Egypt. Unlike products from natural))) Shanghai leopards and Mexican tushkans, if this is an Egyptian Mango (not imported), then this Mango is definitely from Egypt
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