Monday, August 29, 2005

More fun at Walmart

So I had one of my aunts ask me the question about my trip to the Shenzhen Walmart. She asked,
"Do they sell the same things they do here in the US???"


The answer to the question is both yes and no. The store had 4 floors and categorized the merchandise by floor.
First floor which is the "supermarket/grocery store" was nothing like a American Walmart as it had all the fresh Chinese food that spoils, the meat department had a wall of aquariums filled with still living sea animals, fish, etc.
Second floor resembled a Walmart layout with their handy aisle by aisle product line-up. There was the perfume section of the floor, jewelery section, sporting goods and electronics. The following sections weren't all of the same floor but I figured giving you a floor by floor listing would be tedious and just a little too anal retentive.
Then there was the electronics department that has the most beautiful 50+" flat panel, HDTV, HiDef, 1080p, etc Television on sale for only 28,000 yuan on their entry level product and up for more bells and whistles. (Roughly 8 yuan = $1 US dollar)

The one purchase that I will be making with my first paycheck is a second chair for the apartment.
I'd love a mini-couch/loveseat to sit on something beside a wood chair or my bed but I laugh everytime I think of someone trying to get it through the gated door and make the 90 degree turn into my apartment.

David Burgess

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