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Shopping In Dubai's Gold Souk? |
Dubai, the most sought-after tourist destination in the UAE, has the reputation for being the ‘city of gold’, although 90% of its gold is absolutely importes,
Out of the city’s 600 gold shops, half of them are located in the Gold Souk and are principally owned by Indians and Iranians
Prices can change overnight so they are not often displayed in seek windows, something is very weird seems to me, however, im getting mad how indians sales man fooling foreign tourists, by giving
| Answer: I reconcile with you 100% and they can't fool me neither:)) From own experience: 1) If tourists can get fooled - they will (not in the Gold Souq only) 2) These people have a traffic license and prices for gold/jewelliers are not Government controlled. It's a free barter. Know the actuall gold price and have an idea about production costs in Asia, you certain the right price. "Dumb" tourists are getting fooled at every traveller destinations and that's worldwide. It's almost the same with selling faked brands. Dubai Police is chasing verboten traders. NOT because they are selling faked products which easily can be found in |
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A salesman at Latest Jewellery in Dubai's old gold souk said: "Sales were dull in May because the gold price is just too high. We are offering discounts but
