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Old Aug 13, 2005 | 6:05 pm
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Originally Posted by moondog
I don't want to take the wind out of your sales, but, as I posted in the following thread, many merchants are aware that the travel books advise a 25% target and set their prices accordingly:

http://flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=458276
Some stuff I got there I got well below 25%, probably 10-15%.

My theory on that place is that the same 3-5 families control all the stalls there which is how if they don't have a jacket in your size, they just run and get one and return in 5 minutes, but that's just my thoughts.
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