Today we were out walking in Lujiazui, pushing our double decker pram with two screaming kids strapped in, screaming because neither wanted to be in there. Truth be told, Didi is really a bit too big now for the bottom seat and doesn't like it in there any more, but Jie Jie isn't a reliable enough long distance walker for us to have no pram, or only a single seater. So for local trips we recently bought a bike trailer which also can be pushed as a buggy, but I digress...
Coming out of the Shanghai World Financial Centre, where we had been to pick up some photos, a friendly happy man came racing up to us and asked if we wanted to buy a 'Rolex' for 100RMB, when we declined with barely a glance and kept walking he pulled out another Rolex and said 'Two for 100'. We looked at each other and nodded, but again declined with barely a glance and continued on our way.
With no positive feedback from us, at all, there were 'Four for 100', so bear in mind the cost of the watches that we didn't want anyway, had just gone from 100RMB to 25RMB each in less than 2 minutes! Still no interest, but we were now smiling.
We then crossed the road, and he crossed with us, and in the middle of the road he pulled out a 'his and hers' set... well, now the odds got better - all six for 100RMB!! Now, secretly, I have long harboured a his and hers watches set fantasy, all the way back to the Sale of the Century giftshop days! And these watches had black dials, with a diamond at each hour. And they are Rolexes.
I glanced at Mike and without further inspection, the man said "Two for 30" - to be honest I couldn't even be bothered pushing harder. So turned to him and had a look at the his and hers set, and then he pulled out a white face set, but I took the black ones, and he helped me put it on, then gave Mike his, and took his 30RMB or AUD$4.30.
We walked off quite chuffed with our new bargain matching watches, only to read the small print on the watch face... both are Rolex Oyster Perpetual Watches, and both are "Superlative Chrcnometer Offictally Certified"... but you have to get up close!! You even have to be quite observant to see it here - right?
