Comments on: Eric D’s Efficiency Tips #2: Congratulations, Century Mart! http://www.sinopenn.com/2008/01/14/congratulations-century-mart/ Not the Answer to Life, the Universe, nor Everything (but a damn good start!) Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:33:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Eric D http://www.sinopenn.com/2008/01/14/congratulations-century-mart/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Eric D Fri, 23 May 2008 00:26:00 +0000 http://www.sinopenn.com/?p=81#comment-5 Yep. They're a bit crazy that way. I don't have the time of day for those kind. The Century mart over here by Beixinjing has no conveyor belts, and barely enough room for half a basket's worth of stuff. Yep. They’re a bit crazy that way. I don’t have the time of day for those kind. The Century mart over here by Beixinjing has no conveyor belts, and barely enough room for half a basket’s worth of stuff.

]]> By: Lawrence http://www.sinopenn.com/2008/01/14/congratulations-century-mart/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Lawrence Thu, 22 May 2008 18:26:00 +0000 http://www.sinopenn.com/?p=81#comment-3 I on the other hand got stopped by the cashier from spending >200 kuai when I went to the Century Mart next to the photo store on Xie Tu.<br/><br/>*Its 2hrs free parking if you spend more than 60rmb, so its a mandatory shop every time I get camera equipment.<br/><br/>She _insisted_ I split it into 2 receipts so I could save the 5RMB, probably cost me more than that for the charges on my foreign credit card, but hey, one *has* to listen to the crazy ladies doing the registers. She wouldn't take no for an answer, "what, am I crazy to pass up 5rmb off", was pretty much what she said.<br/><br/>On the other hand, at least its better than Carrefour. Carrefour has no belts on the checkouts, so I end up having to push a trolley worth of crap toward the cashier so she can reach it all, then I get one bag for about 20 kilo's of stuff, and I have to plead for another one so it doesn't break by the time I get downstairs.<br/><br/>Sigh....<br/><br/>Lawrence / http://www.computersolutions.cn I on the other hand got stopped by the cashier from spending >200 kuai when I went to the Century Mart next to the photo store on Xie Tu.

*Its 2hrs free parking if you spend more than 60rmb, so its a mandatory shop every time I get camera equipment.

She _insisted_ I split it into 2 receipts so I could save the 5RMB, probably cost me more than that for the charges on my foreign credit card, but hey, one *has* to listen to the crazy ladies doing the registers. She wouldn’t take no for an answer, “what, am I crazy to pass up 5rmb off”, was pretty much what she said.

On the other hand, at least its better than Carrefour. Carrefour has no belts on the checkouts, so I end up having to push a trolley worth of crap toward the cashier so she can reach it all, then I get one bag for about 20 kilo’s of stuff, and I have to plead for another one so it doesn’t break by the time I get downstairs.

Sigh….

Lawrence / http://www.computersolutions.cn

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