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  • #16
    Re: Travel question: Turkey

    Originally posted by St. Clown View Post
    Yup, and he said that if you go into a bazaar and start haggling with a shop owner over price, you should purchase the product if you come to an agreed upon number. It's considered a slap in the shopkeeper's face to not purchase the item at that point.
    I heard from someone who lives there that everything in the Grand Bazaar is bartered--no set prices. So I can see why some traditions and unwritten rules become important.

    The thought of walking through a business complex which began before Columbus' time and which has over 3,000 businesses representing so many cultural influences is pretty appealing. I was a dumb sucker at little county fairs as a kid though,(tried to knock over the cats for more years than I care to admit), so I'd be dead meat negotiating with a Turk.

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    • #17
      Re: Travel question: Turkey

      Originally posted by St. Clown View Post
      Yup, and he said that if you go into a bazaar and start haggling with a shop owner over price, you should purchase the product if you come to an agreed upon number. It's considered a slap in the shopkeeper's face to not purchase the item at that point.
      They took the time to haggle with you when they could have been haggling with somebody else during the time. They gotta pay the bills as well.
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      • #18
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        US Embassy in Ankara attacked by a suicide bomber today.

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        • #19
          Re: Travel question: Turkey

          If you want to see some REAL history, look up Catalhoyuk (or any of its dozen or so other spellings). One of the first ever gathering places of humans into a 'city', about 9500 years ago.
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          • #20
            Re: Travel question: Turkey

            Got back from this Turkey trip last week. Just a delightful trip. Saw some of but not all the things you guys suggested. Highly recommend it.

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