"Alfred Molon" wrote in message
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> In article <4jv78vF9kg8tU1@individual.net>, tim says...
>
>> E.g. you pay more for a train ticket because you buy it
>> from an agent rather than direct from the station.
>
> Well, what would prevent you from buying the ticket from the station?
Inability to speak/read the language (I note that this is not
applicable to the OP though). Without this ability you might
not even be able to find the place where advanced tickets
are sold.
> Anyway, in China I've so far only used the plane. During the last trip
> we bought the tickets in the travel agencies located in the hotels we
> stayed and I think that they didn't overcharge us. That should be the
> case at least for the one in the Beijing Hilton, because the (Chinese)
> brother of my wife helped us, but I also think we payed the normal price
> elsewhere.
>
>> Or you pay more for a taxi because you 'have' to use
>> a regulated one rather than negotiate a cheaper
>> deal with a black cab, not that I'm recommending
>> using a black cab.
>
> Not sure why you would want to use a "black" cab, when all taxis in
> China are metered and the drivers are honest and won't cheat you.
If you are chinese thay are cheaper. (if you are foreign they
are more expensive).
tim
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> Alfred Molon
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