Sometimes you see two or three prices on goods. What are they? Maybe euros and pounds sterling. If one is crossed out the other one is the discount price. In England, in some shops like Office World, one price may be with VAT, the other without it.
In London cafés the price may be for eat in and take away. What's really annoying is if the price is market for eat in when you queue up to buy food to take away.
Ah, says the sales person. This price is in dollars, this one is British sterling pounds, and the last is in the money used in our country.
In Singapore, one price is in American dollars, the other in Singapore dollars, with the capital S in front of the dollars, S$.
Three Prices In Morocco
I was on honeymoon in Morocco looking at the rugs and racks of souvenir leather pouffes. A salesman reached his 'best price' and would not reduced it. He showed me three prices marked on the leather pouffe I wanted. The highest price, he said was for Americans, the second price was for British tourists, the third, last price was for local people. He argued that once we reached the last price he could not go any lower.
Afterwards I wondered whether he had two sets of bags, with two sets of triple prices.
Author, Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.
In London cafés the price may be for eat in and take away. What's really annoying is if the price is market for eat in when you queue up to buy food to take away.
Ah, says the sales person. This price is in dollars, this one is British sterling pounds, and the last is in the money used in our country.
In Singapore, one price is in American dollars, the other in Singapore dollars, with the capital S in front of the dollars, S$.
Three Prices In Morocco
I was on honeymoon in Morocco looking at the rugs and racks of souvenir leather pouffes. A salesman reached his 'best price' and would not reduced it. He showed me three prices marked on the leather pouffe I wanted. The highest price, he said was for Americans, the second price was for British tourists, the third, last price was for local people. He argued that once we reached the last price he could not go any lower.
Afterwards I wondered whether he had two sets of bags, with two sets of triple prices.
Author, Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.
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