Egyptian Business Methods

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, Cal. · Jun 24, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 24.

Egyptian Business Methods.

THE business methods of the followers of Mahomet are strange to Europeans, or at least to Americans. A particularly honest tradesman asked me whether I wanted to bargain for a few things that I was buying, or whether I wanted the last price. For curiosity I said I would bargain; and behold, the price immediately rose fully five times. It appears that they feel no scruples in making all they possibly can. Five, or even ten, times the value of small articles is quite satisfactory to the merchant. Americans are regarded as individuals who have more gold than brains, and many are fleeced to a ridiculous extent.—Boston Transcript.