First rule when shopping in Chinese markets: Once you have purchased something, don't talk to any other vendor about the purchase. They'll always tell you how off you were from the lowest price that they will go. This is specially frustrating if you have put your blood, sweat and limited Chinese into haggling and felt the rush of triumph at getting the lowest price ever. Well, it isn't and the going rate for the fake Prada purse you wanted was actually ten dollars less than you paid.
I hate that.
I hate it when you think you are getting a deal and then more information all of the sudden makes it the worst decision you ever made. I call this the Aida principle because the first time I went to NY, my friend and I bought Aida tickets for $47 a piece (which was a chunk of change for a college kid). We had heard that Broadway tickets were really expensive and we happily paid the $47 thinking how lucky we were. And then, fifteen minutes before the show we were sitting at the McDonald's next to the theater and some guy walks up and offers us two tickets to the show for FREE. And they were 10x better seats than the ones that we had bought.
After that, we should have scrapped the whole thing and taken a tour of the Statue of Liberty or something because all we could think about during the show was "Why did we waste $47?" I think I might of felt that way anyway because I think the plot of Aida is lame-o, but.... somehow you feel duped even though you were originally very excited to get that fake Prada for only $20.....
I think Alanis Morisette calls it ironic. I call it crummy and its happened to me twice this week.
3 comments:
Well if you hadn't bought the tickets, you probably wouldn't have been eating at McDonald's next to the theatre, and so never would've known about the free tickets. And I can't believe you didn't like it. I did as I recall - though thinking on it now, don't really remember the plot very well.
And, I'm liking this post a day thing because not only do I get to read something new from you and Bex daily, but there's a pretty good chance I'll at least get 2 comments daily because you guys are looking too!
Shelley. You're right, that's crummy. But not as crummy as paying $950 for a real Prada purse and then having a bucket of paint fall on the purse. Or spending the $110 on Orhestra seats and then getting a migraine so bad that you have to leave the show. That's worse than crummy, it's all-out bad luck. Which, thankfully, you don't have.
I am SO glad you are blogging every day now :) I love to read anything written by you . . . you are so talented!
And, by the way, I had two of those "crummy" experiences this week too! I guess irony is universal . . .
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