"Barganing in Cairo" Top 5 Page for this destination Money/Prices Tip by Diana75

Barganing in Egypt can be considered a "local custom" but in some case it really become a trap.

There is no tourist that doesn't know that he has to bargain every time he wants to buy something. In a certain way, bargaining became a duty.

It's true that most of the times the salesmen overprice just because is selling to tourists, but I think that almost all the tourists also expect to buy the things in Egypt for nothing, just because they are considering that is a cheap country.

I saw tourists bargaining even for a bracelet that costed USD 1- and I was wondering in what part of the world you pay as less as USD 1- for a bracelet.

It's probably hard appreciate the righ value of the products with such wide range, but it is also a matter of maintaining your common sense when bargaining.