Shangai!

My father returned home this evening from Shangai. He was there for a business meet with few other senior officers of the company. When I saw my father coming out of the air port, I noticed a second bag with him.

Wondering what it could be I welcomed Daddy home with a warm smile. He huged me and broke the news to me. He said-“ I did not bring my cloths back! This is all that I shopped in Shangai and Hong Kong.”

My face went pale thinking how is it possible for anybody to shop in a foreign land so much that one has to let go of his cloths and buy an extra suitcase as well????
And while I was struggling with all this in my pea size brain my father started to narrate his experience in the Shangai market which runs as follows-

There are many men and women who walk around that market area selling things. The funny thing about them is that their only objective is to sell. At what price is secondary[that wass mostly determined by their moods]. One friend of my father sat in a shop and ended up buying 5 pieces of the same item. Minutes later he realized that he can buy one more of at a much cheaper prize. Traditionally that what is done. But this gentleman refused to lower the price of that same commodity.
To my father’s surprise , when that shopkeeper was asked to make the deal on the same price he still refused it. This person was now selling same thing for a higher praise!!!!!

Was it because the seller understood that his product has a good demand among this Indian group or was it just him I can’t say!! But something like this has never happened to me. But I must say this is a pure form of business.

I am filled with surprise and have lack of knowledge to be able to write more about this particular market that my father went to. This gives me a good reason to put an end to this now!!

I have to say that after LV[USA]Shangai market is the place I want to spend half of my total assets and get a taste of those luxury items.

A luxury good, broadly speaking, is any product that a buyer will pay a premium for, above and beyond its utility. Luxury is ... an inessential but desirable item or a state of extreme comfort or indulgence. What sets luxury brands apart is that they command a premium without clear functional advantages over their counterparts.... This makes the luxury market particularly interesting because it represents consumption at its most hedonistic and seemingly irrational. Purchasing [is done] for the personal pleasure it provides, despite the financial cost that I am ready to part with.