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Originally Posted by Zarathustra 
LOL it's called tourism. Tourists are charged higher prices everywhere. When you don't know how to speak the local language and are from a foreign country, locals will try to make money off of you. And you were surprised!?
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Originally Posted by Cowboy89
You're right though, if I were him I wouldn't have been so surprised.
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And I wasn't surprised. The difference is in France, Dubai, Finland, Japan, etc I walked into a store and paid the advertised price the same as a local would. In contrast in Africa, one day we bought a coke and the guy told us 500 shilling and when we said "but that sign says 300" he came back with a "no no, this is the refridgerated price". We just paid the 500 because it wasn't worth arguing further as we were freaking hot and the difference was minor. The same thing doesn't happen here. Someone from Tanzania, or Brazil, or Hong Kong will pay the same 1.85 from Macs for a bottle of pop as you or I will.
This is the minor part of my comment though, as Cowboy points out the guy who lives there and employs a number of locals gets shafted on prices. he even said he sends his wife to the mechanics if one of the Landcruisers needs a repair because she'll get a better price. That I find interesting and when you think about it, is a form of racism.