It being a 10-yuan store, most items on sale are dirty cheap as they always are but the thing is, there are definitely no tearful clerks running around mourning parting company with their beloved goods whatsoever. And neither the shop is relocating anytime soon because locals have been hearing the same sales message for a year.
Just tricky vendors doing anything to elicit a sale.
Speaking of tricky vendors, I once had a funny conversation with an artful vendor down Panjiayuan at the fake antiques market.
“How much is this?” I asked, pointing to a piece of china on the floor.
“Do you really want it?” replied the vendor, sizing me up.
“Well, what if I really want it?” I said mechanically, but couldn’t help wondering what earnestness has got to do with it.
“If you’re sincere and really want it,” he said, “I ask 200 kuai. If you are just a casual inquirer, I ask 800.”
That means if I buy it, I can have it for 200. If I don’t buy it, he can keep for 800. Well, I decided to remain a casual inquirer that time.
Anyways, here are media examples of “rock bottom”:
1. Even before Dubai’s financial crisis, the sheikdom’s growing economic woes had begun rippling out across the Arab world, forcing workers like Tamimi back to their home countries, where jobs are scarce and wages often rock bottom. That is eating away at the money many Middle East families depend on, sent home from relatives who work in Persian Gulf countries and emirates such as Dubai.
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