Udo
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SOUVENIR VENDOR'S PRICES ?
[Size=2]Most of us that travel Baja frequent souvenir shops regularly (as well as liquor stores).
When we visit the shops, we invariably see something we can't live without. HOWEVER, the shops hardly ever price an item and you have
to ask for the price. The clerk then picks up the item in questiion and looks at the bottom where there is a label with some letters on it or some
other code. I am assuming that this is their cost.
Then the clerk blurts out the price, and then one begins the negotiation process.
Has any Nomads ever figured out what the price code is on the marked items [/size]
[Edited on 6-10-2010 by Udo]
[Edited on 6-10-2010 by Udo]
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DENNIS
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The prices differ on the authentic Mexican curios depending on what part of China they're made in. 
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Udo
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Thank you, DENNIS!
Even here in the U.S. the Latino markets are also selling Mexican curios and tableware made in China. Won't be long before they start manufacturing
the cast aluminun lime squeezers used all over Mexico/
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BillP
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Udo
Won't be long before they start manufacturing the cast aluminun lime squeezers used all over Mexico/ |
Noooooooo! Not the sacred limon squeezer! That would be blasphemy! The limon Gods would be very angry. 
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Alan
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Lots of different vendor codes out there. All you need is a 10 letter word or phrase that doesn't have duplicate letters.
IE,
BLACK HORSE
1234567890
AKO = $3.57
You just need to figure out the Spanish phrase 
In Memory of E-57
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bajabound2005
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I have a spoon rest I picked up at Ross Dress 4 Less. On the bottom it says "Talavera" and under that "made in China"....go figure.
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