Hassle

Turkey just doesn't get it.

But it's so incredibly simple. I want to buy a bag. You want to sell me a bag. I want to LEISURELY look at your selection. I find a bag. I wonder if I can afford to buy it so I look for a price tag. It's £10. Great, I'll buy it. I hand over some money and I leave the shop with my bag.

No.

For the most part in Turkey I don't get to set foot in your store because you think if I'm left to my own devices then I definitely will not buy a bag. You have to follow me around because my eyes will deceive me and I will not find a bag on my own. You don't price your bags because you want to price the bag on the ridiculous notion that I have all the money in the world and if you price your bag, then there is a chance that I would have paid more for it and that stops you sleeping at night. So you base the price on how much I want the item. I don't know, Turkey, (and Lord knows I hate to generalise this way but I must) where you learned this as a selling tactic. Seriously. And the extreme leftys will tell you it's because you're so poor and desperate. But I don't think it's as simple as that. I have seen a lot of big cars in Turkey and not so many old bangers. I can't imagine your rents are too high. There are a lot of tourists come through here. You would make many many sales. If only you would LISTEN.

This post has just became a rant. I didn't really mean it to be. It was just extra prevalent in Side. There was a lot of shops there, and I did want to buy a bag. And I just was given no peace to do so, so I didn't. And neither did any of the other 30-odd folk on our bus who probably would have bought something if they were allowed to browse.

Rant over.