If from your trip to Sulawesi you want to bring back home some familiar clothes and shoes, then go to the Makassar Mall. Shops, cafes, and restaurants for any taste – this place is as good as European malls, it is spacious and has a wide range of goods. In Makassar, close to the city center, there is also the Somba Opu shopping mall. It is probably better to call this place a “shopping district”. There are dozens of small local shops, where you can buy gold and silver jewelry at a low price. It also has a lot of souvenir shops. Though, the district lives not only by the tourists. They also sell rare, extraordinary fabrics, and pieces, made by the local artists, and antique, and a lot of other things for all tastes. The prices at Somba Opu are so low, that even the majority of the local people stock up on goods here. If you buy anything in Sulawesi at a shop, where there is no cash register, don’t hesitate to wrangle. Even if there is a cash register, you may also try to wrangle. A shop assistant can easily meet you halfway. Smile, while talking to a shop assistant. Don’t show, how interested you are in this particular item, ask casually about it, demonstrating, that you are completely indifferent to it. When offering your price, don’t ever name the real amount, you are ready to pay. The price you name should be twice or 50 percent less. If you were able to make the deal, you should necessarily buy this thing. The refuse of a purchase may be taken
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