Comments on: Stories from Egypt: Visiting the Carpet School http://www.spiritquesttours.com/blog/stories-from-egypt-visiting-the-carpet-school/ News from Spirit Quest Tours: The official blog of "Julie the Cruise Director" Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:29:07 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Richard http://www.spiritquesttours.com/blog/stories-from-egypt-visiting-the-carpet-school/comment-page-1/#comment-198 Richard Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:23:47 +0000 http://spiritquesttours.com/blog/?p=138#comment-198 OH my. Nice rendition of the experience. However, as is typical in Egypt, they will get you pricewise. Persistence is the key. The quality of the carpets isn't as good as commercially traded carpets -- especially the silk ones. They tell tall tales about the value of the carpet out of Egypt. People in our group walked out with the same silk carpet. One paid $1400 the other paid $250. How you say? Make your offer and walk out of the store and sit in the bus. They typically run into the bus after you and offer to sell it at the price you offered. OH my. Nice rendition of the experience. However, as is typical in Egypt, they will get you pricewise. Persistence is the key. The quality of the carpets isn’t as good as commercially traded carpets — especially the silk ones. They tell tall tales about the value of the carpet out of Egypt. People in our group walked out with the same silk carpet. One paid $1400 the other paid $250. How you say? Make your offer and walk out of the store and sit in the bus. They typically run into the bus after you and offer to sell it at the price you offered.

]]> By: vickie http://www.spiritquesttours.com/blog/stories-from-egypt-visiting-the-carpet-school/comment-page-1/#comment-59 vickie Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:44:09 +0000 http://spiritquesttours.com/blog/?p=138#comment-59 Hey Halle, This did a good job of capturing the bargin process at the carpet school. I do remember the rugs that were done from someone's own ideas and how large they were. The one I remember the most was the one with all the fish. Hey Halle,
This did a good job of capturing the bargin process at the carpet school.

I do remember the rugs that were done from someone’s own ideas and how large they were. The one I remember the most was the one with all the fish.

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