Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Quote: | Originally posted by Osprey
David, are there two prices at stores, banks, gas stations, markets, two prices for beer and spuds and TVs and cars and etc? You another one who
thinks he begins to get cheated just after he crosses the U.S. border from north to south? Et tu, Daveeed!
I suppose you would want a Mexican cementero, handyman, auto mechanic to charge the same to some almost starving Mexican neighbor as he would ask of
any foreigner if you really hold that in your heart enough to air it here.
WTF?, over.
[Edited on 5-5-2014 by Osprey]
[Edited on 5-5-2014 by Osprey] |
You confuse my observation as being some kind of approval for the two price system, it isn't. I am just surprised you seem unaware of its existence,
that's all. It happens all over the world, I bet.
In Bahia de los Angeles maybe 12 years ago, I was charged a price for a tire repair... the next customer (a Mexican) inquired the shop owner how much
for a tire repair and the owner (in Spanish) quoted him a lower price for the same thing. It is just a fact of life, I didn't feel insulted. Now, if I
lived there instead of being a tourist on a vacation, I would have a chat with him perhaps? |
New vistors to baja almost always feel they are being cheated at every turn. In the late 90's I would bring fishermen to the resorts who would want to
save a bit by shopping for beers at the tiendas. They often felt they were being robbed because they were being americans, charged a different price
than the mexicans. When we would go to a restaurant he would lean over the table, wink at me, and knowlingly inform me that there was a different menu
for the others. All this without really without any proof. "It just stands to reason". For a long time visitor it can really be embarassing. For one
thing it spoils the mood as you sit down to eat. What a way to eat - with an air of suspicion.
The whole thing is very unhealthy really. You visit a country where you feel you are surrounded by enemies. There may even be a strain of racism in
all this. Can you spell Don Sterling?
[Edited on 5-5-2014 by Skipjack Joe] |