After work Linda and I headed to the shops. The guys eventually met up with us, but not until after we did loads of damage. Although, truly, on a time/quantity basis, Colin kicked my butt. The deals to be had in Shanghai are like no other. Everyone is selling the same crap which is actually of ok quality. Not great, but really not bad considering you are paying less than $10 for just about everything. I didn't especially enjoy the price negotiations that day. I tend to prefer to shop around and get the best price. But that is not how it works there. Nothing has a price, you ask the price for everything and they give you a ridiculously inflated price. You can expect to get about 75% off. Of course, knowing this, I aimed
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