点评:I booked the north Cyprus trip. It’s not until you arrive that you discover all trips have planned departures of 8am! With some holiday destinations starting at 6am! The gourmet meal option is totally misleading as you are paying for a basic evening meal. Which in the case of the 2 hotels we stayed at was a barely luke warm buffet served on even colder plates.
The hard sell described by others is more being hit over the head by a sledge hammer. I asked out of curiosity the cost of a lion Turkish rug. I was then taken away from the group into a separate room. After haggling we agreed £6200 for a rug. Then a smaller rug was produced and talking around me it was suggested that if I paid ££11K for both rugs it would be an excellent price. Next was the jewellers. Again I asked out of curiosity how an expanded ring worked. Same procedure. They bartered the ring I was taken in with down to £5.4K I explained I could not afford the ring, that I was spending, what monies I had, on the rug. Then quite bizarrely a gold bangle was produced and I was told if I bought the bangle the ring would be free. Price of the bangle £19K! At the leather outlet I decided to buy a jacket for my daughter. I was unaware that you are meant to barter a reduction of 30-40%. So agreed £700. ( which in reality is way over priced,)Then they insisted I bought a jacket for myself, that I could share with my other daughter. They continued to reduce the price to £420 which I was told such a price had never been offered before! I saw something similar for sale on eBay. £27 ono which went unsold.
I did manage to cancel the rug, because other than saying they paid all import duty they would not specify the amount which is 8% tax and 20% vat. Which would be £1,736.
翻译:我预订了北塞浦路斯之旅。直到抵达目的地才发现,所有行程的出发时间都是早上8点!有些度假胜地甚至早上6点就出发了!所谓的“美食套餐”完全是骗人的,实际上你付的钱只够吃一顿普通的晚餐。我们入住的两家酒店,晚餐都是温吞吞的自助餐,而且盘子还是冰凉的。
其他人说的“强买强卖”简直比登天还难受。我出于好奇问了问一张土耳其狮子地毯的价格。结果被带离了团队,单独去了一间房间。讨价还价之后,我们最终以6200英镑的价格成交。然后他们又拿出一张小一点的地毯,在我周围议论纷纷,说如果我花11000英镑买下这两张地毯,那价格就非常划算了。接下来是珠宝店。我又出于好奇问了问加宽戒指是怎么做的。结果还是一样。他们用5400英镑的价格和我讨价还价,我解释说我买不起这枚戒指,我所有的钱都花在地毯上了。然后,更离谱的是,他们拿出一个金手镯,告诉我如果我买下这个手镯,戒指就免费。手镯的价格是19000英镑!在皮具店,我决定给女儿买件夹克。我不知道应该能砍价30-40%。所以我同意700英镑成交(实际上这个价格太贵了)。然后他们坚持让我给自己也买一件夹克,这样我就可以和我另一个女儿一起穿了。他们继续降价,最终价格是420英镑,他们说这个价格以前从未有过!我在eBay上看到过类似的夹克,售价27英镑,而且还没卖出去。
我最终还是取消了地毯的订单,因为除了说他们已经支付了所有进口关税之外,他们拒绝透露具体金额,而实际上关税是8%的税和20%的增值税。那就是1736英镑。