Chinese New Year is coming. Stores are filling up with gift boxes of all sorts. This one caught my eye: Price? Nearly US$70. There were loose ones available for about US$10 each. The skins of these applease are intact. The characters have been imprinted on the apples presumably by putting stickers on them while they [...]
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Expensive Apples from Japan
Posted in Food, Taiwan Shopping on January 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s hard being a consumer in Taipei
Posted in Culture, Taiwan Shopping on December 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sales in the US are mostly a straightforward affair. Typically, there’s the original price and then some percentage off. Getting a good deal is a matter of balancing availability (get the item you want before it’s gone as well as when you need it) versus price (waiting for it to go on sale). Sometimes there’s [...]
Really? A recession?
Posted in Taiwan Shopping on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Recently we discovered that one of the SOGO department stores (there are 3 big ones all within walking distance of each other) near here has a two story lobby area at the top with big windows, a Japanese garden, and restaurants. The biggest bonus is a view of an MRT station and it’s accompanying trains [...]
