from my PanJiaYuan Flea Market adventure
Don’t Grab X Until Bargain’s Met: PJY Flea Market
spotted the two eye-catching instruments
back off after hearing the initial prices
the PiPa-like lute a.k.a. Ruan 阮 for 20,000 RMB
the surf-board-like GuZheng for 25,000 RMB
someone got hold of the GuZheng
bargain completed in minutes
4,000 RMB, deal
suddenly forming a crowd
people stopped by to look
as the buyer was counting his stacks of 100RMB bills
hey you!!
Your buddy has found his new home.
How much does it take to bring you home then
my stalking skill put into real use
following the seller as he sent the GuZheng away
wondering if we could bargain it down
he is quite a nice guy
got me to miss call him, so that
we can always call him back,
when we really feel like coming back for the lute
my dad put it at 3,000 RMB
but he was saying hey if we call him
it would be difficult to bargain it down
bargain rule #3 as mentioned in the previous post
even if it would kill you if
you fail to buy the item
pretend that you don’t really give much thought
and you can always get something else instead
we shall wait for him to call us then
and he really did two days after
the calls over international roaming
almost drained my credit
thank goodness we switched to payphone
at a local grocery store
the plan of the day totally switched
went down immediately after lunch
item and money changed hand
and he managed to persuade my dad to
get another small item
and it left us in a state of poverty
for the rest of the days to come in Beijing
counting on small notes to make end’s meet
it gave me loads vanity
while carrying it back to hotel on Metro
and hand-carried it all the way back home
gosh, I could not even play a single tune
such an attention seeker
almost afraid that I would get trouble
with the custom offices of both sides
even approached the custom officer to ask in advance
“Do I have to declare this?”
back home after the long journey
still figuring out a decent name for her
and should I be attending lesson and where?
saw a live performance
impromptu Opera singing in a park
wow… mesmerizing
although I did not have a single clue of
what’s the singing is all about
it’s supposed to sound like this
heavenly, if one day I could play this piece
