#Person1#: Hey, Robert, that's a nice shirt you are wearing. Where did you get it?
#Person2#: thanks, I like it too. I bought it at the nearby department store.
#Person1#: that's nice. Do you know you can get one at the wholesale market near the zoo for a much lower price?
#Person2#: yeah, I know that. But at those places. the prices they ask you are ridiculously high, and if you don't bargain hard, you will get ripped-off.
#Person1#: true, learning how to haggle the price is one of the things people have to pick up when they come to China for the first time.
#Person2#: yeah, but personally, I hate bargaining. If I bargain, I might come to a lower price, but I will never know the true price of what I am buying ; and I always have the feeling that I am overcharged at th
#Person1#: yeah, I have the same feeling. Also there is another thing that bothers me the quality. Things in a department store are usually quality-guaranteed. But at a wholesale market, you never know whether w
#Person2#: that's why I like department stores more. Shopping at a wholesale market like the locals is one of the few things I am unable to grow accustomed to.
#Person1#: I understand. While it's always good to follow the local customs, I guess there are exceptions.
Robert thinks the prices in the wholesale market are usually high and he hates bargaining. #Person1# agrees with him and says the department store is more quality-guaranteed than the wholesale market.
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