点评:Beautiful artisan rugs, for sure, but what I thought was a negotiation and purchase made in good-faith turned out to be unethical business practice by the merchant. My partner and I visited the shop and were shown many nice rugs but we weren't very interested, especially with the exorbitant prices they were asking for.
I stated that I understood the quality of the rugs but could not afford the prices. They continued to ask which of the rugs was our favorite and the maximum price I'd be willing to pay. I said I could not afford to pay more than $400 USD for a rug and they kept trying to get me to go higher. However, I politely and firmly said that my maximum budget was $400 USD (I seriously was not trying to negotiate). We were walking out of the shop when they said they would sell it to us for $400 USD. My partner was present when the merchant said "400 dollars" and shook on it. The unethical behavior occurred at the moment of payment when the merchant charged my credit card 4000 Moroccan Dirhams, which I did not realize. To negotiate in one currency and then switch payment to another to get more money at the last minute is clearly fraudulent and unethical business practice. The result was being charged almost 10% more than was expected and agreed on.
First entering this place they claimed there was no pressure to buy but then they aggressively try to get you buy something and don't even end up honoring the negotiated price. Very disappointing.
翻译:手工地毯确实很漂亮,但我以为是出于善意的谈判和购买,结果却发现商家的这种商业行为是不道德的。我和我的伴侣去了店里,他们展示了很多漂亮的地毯,但我们不太感兴趣,尤其是他们要价那么高。
我说我了解地毯的质量,但负担不起这些价格。他们继续问我最喜欢哪款地毯,以及我愿意支付的最高价格是多少。我说我负担不起超过400美元的地毯,他们一直试图让我提高价格。然而,我礼貌而坚定地说我的最高预算是400美元(我真的没有在讨价还价)。我们正要走出商店时,他们说可以以400美元的价格卖给我们。我的伴侣当时就在场,当时商家说了“400美元”,并和我握手。这种不道德的行为发生在付款时,商家从我的信用卡中扣除了4000摩洛哥迪拉姆,而我对此浑然不知。先用一种货币协商,然后在最后一刻换用另一种货币付款以获得更多钱,这显然是欺诈和不道德的商业行为。结果,他们的收费比预期和约定的价格高出了近10%。
刚进店时,他们声称没有强制购买,但后来却咄咄逼人地催你买东西,甚至最终都不遵守协商好的价格。非常令人失望。