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Xiangyang Market - the Shopping Paradise Hi eric, i just copied and paste here part of the above message i sent about this topic on november 25th, 2006. Nice shopping, Arthid. I took the subway line #2 and I got out at the "science and technology museum" (from my home are just two stops). Out from the train I went up one floor by the escalator, I went through the metro exit gate (the one you use the Shanghai transportation card or the ticket to get out), as soon as I passed the gate, two men and a women approached me saying bags, rolex, shoes......... then i thought " hehehe, ok, here I am as in the old xiang yang market". |
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Xiangyang Market - the Shopping Paradise Hi everybody, as planned yesterday night, thanks to your information about the location, this morning i went to the xin yang market. I took the subway line #2 and I got out at the "science and technology museum" (from my home are just two stops). Out from the train I went up one floor by the escalator, I went through the metro exit gate (the one you use the Shanghai transportation card or the ticket to get out), as soon as I passed the gate, two men and a women approached me saying bags, rolex, shoes......... then i thought " hehehe, ok, here I am as in the old xiang yang market". It took me few second, after a quick look around me, to find out an open gate and on the top of it a decorated description in English "Welcome to Xin Yang Market". I avoided the people approaching me asking to follow them, some of them told me "today the market is closed, i get you to some shop outside..........." i certainly denied the invitation and went straight into the market......... Surprise of the surprises, the market is worderful (at least for me) the environment is really new, clean, attractive, air-conditioned, the shops are well located and the goods are kept in good order, easy to see from outside through the glasses what's the stuff they sell inside each shop. Not many people there, compared to the crowded "xiang yang", and few tourists around. Just walking along the several corridors the sellers, sitting in front of their shops, nicely invited me to watch their stuff, no one came close grabbing my arm and forcing me to look at their products. This is very important for me!!! I needed a pair of shoes and I went to the shop B1-17, the first on my way. I got in and the seller, a nice young girl from Chongqin (Anhui) that i already knew from the old Xiang Yang (her name is Bin Bin), with her usual smile, invited me to avoid the "brand name" fake shoes like Timberland or Hugo Boss, she let me try a pair of shoes made in China (the brand name is Baseman) and since they fit very well my feet size 46, i bought them for 150RMB plus 8 pairs of winter socks. Totally the shoes plus the socks was 200RMB. I didn't spend much time in bargaining, probably because she knew me!!! Then I needed some sport clothes for jogging under the rain. Just passing by, I stopped to the shop B1-20 owned by Mr.Wang Cheng, after few minutes of negotiation I got one complete set Nike (jacket + pants) for 100RMB. I'm 187cm tall and 105Kg but, they had my size XXXL :-). My old wallet purchased two years ago at the "Xiang Yang market" was a little broken so, I stopped at the shop A2-17 and Sophie, a young good English speaking girl sold me two leather wallets, one for only cards and one for banknotes and coins, for totally 80RMB. She has two different qualities of wallets the one on show are made by plastic but, from some hidden compartmet she took off the one I bought. I spent 10 minutes to cut down the total price from 350RMB. Then my last purchase. I needed a bag for my laptop. The one I have (real) is too good to be used in dirty environments where i work everyday like local factories with machines, oil, grease and coolants so, I was looking for a bag "Swiss brand" (the one with the red cross). I saw several fakes around and the quality compared to the price was not good enough. I wanted one with the wheels in order to get a lot of stuff with my PC and avoid to carry the load by hands. I stopped at the shop A2-06, I saw the one I was looking for and the old lady there asked 850RMB for it. Too high, I can't spend so much for a bag even it is nice and good quality. Took me 20 minutes to get down to 400RMB but not less. I believed it was still high so, i went away looking for the same bag at a cheaper price. I went through all the shops selling bags, just few of them had the same quality one and the price was not lower than 500RMB. After one hour and half I came back to the shop A2-06 and I got my new PC bag for 400RMB. From there I got the subway entrance, I went down one floor with all purchased stuff in my new bag and got the first train back home. This is my experience for today, I didn't mean to advertise or to jeopardise any the shops there, I just wanted to share my impressions and feelings hoping this could help any of you in your next shopping time at the Xin Yang market. All the best, Arthid |
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Xiangyang Market - the Shopping Paradise Thank you to everybody and first of all to you Mr. Wang Jian Shuo!!! I was just looking, on the web, for the new location of the Xiang Yang Market in Pudong area since I live in Pucheng road. Tomorrow morning, Nov.26th, I'm going there to get some new stuff for the coming winter. I'll post my impressions after I come back. All the best, Arthid |