The Carpet Salesman’s Dance: Tea, Haggling, and the Grand Bazaar’s Charm
The dance of the Turkish carpet salesman begins gently, with tea and flattery, before the rugs even come out. This piece follows that ritual through Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar, 4,000 stores strong, and shows what its labyrinth of shopfronts and haggling actually looks like.
The dance of the Turkish carpet salesman begins, gently at first. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the show. The welcome of a long-lost friend followed quickly by an oh-so-polite offer to join him for tea. Like that, a runner appears with a silver tray of tulip-shaped tea glasses with sweet apple tea (for tourists) or traditional Turkish tea (black and bitter).
As you take a seat in the store, the salesman unfurls his carpets with a flourish. A helper fetches more from somewhere out of sight. As the pile on the floor grows, the salesman helps you narrow down to the “right” choice. Don’t like that one? Out it goes. Like that pattern but don’t like the color? Here’s one in blue. These are genuine Turkish and not some cheap knock-off from somewhere else? Of course, sir! Only the best. Bigger than you had in mind?
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Vibrant mosaic glass lamps illuminate a shop in Istanbul’s historic Grand Bazaar. The colorful array of traditional Turkish lighting fixtures creates a dazzling display of handcrafted artistry. These distinctive lamps, combining colored glass with metalwork, represent one of many traditional crafts available in this centuries-old marketplace. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Never fear, he can wrap it up into a tiny package with an airplane-friendly carry handle. More than you wanted to pay? You’re in luck. He’ll do a very special price, just for you.
The seemingly endless rows of storefronts overflowing with a staggering variety of merchandise of Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar (or Kapali Carsi, in Turkish) and teeming activity makes for a dizzying assault on the senses and, potentially, on the wallet.
Istanbul has several bazaars, but the Grand Bazaar, also known as the Covered Bazaar, is by far the largest, oldest, and most famous. There’s plenty grand about the Grand Bazaar. There are 4,000 stores, give or take, 60 streets, 22 entrances, and about 20,000 people work there on any given day.
There’s a police station. There are restaurants. There are armies of tea servers hustling around delivering tea. And the Bazaar is spread over some of the prime real estate within the 5th-century walls protecting the heart of old Istanbul.
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Founded when Istanbul sat at an important three-way intersection of the Silk Route connecting Europe, Asia, and North Africa, the Bazaar was a place where weird and exotic wares could be bought from merchants importing goods from all directions of the known world.
ISTANBUL, Turkey — A quieter side street inside Istanbul’s historic Grand Bazaar, away from the bustle of the main commercial lanes. The bazaar’s roughly 60 covered streets branch and narrow as they move away from central arteries, their vaulted stone ceilings a legacy of the fire-prevention law of 1696 that replaced the market’s original wooden roofing with masonry. Many of the side lanes still bear the guild names assigned to them in the Ottoman era — Yorgancılar (quilt-makers), Fesçiler (fez-sellers), Takkeciler (skullcap-sellers) — mapping centuries of specialized trade onto the physical fabric of the market. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will TravelLicense this image at:DirectlyAlamy
Sultan Mehmed II, the conqueror of Constantinople, founded the bazaar’s first domed hall after 1453, but it was Sultan Mustafa II who, in 1696, ordered the market’s streets covered with masonry vaulting after a fire-prevention law, replacing the original wooden roofing. And in doing so, he had unwittingly invented the prototype of the modern shopping mall. In these days of online shopping and overnight shipping to your door, a geographically centralized marketplace like the Grand Bazaar seems a quaint throwback to old-fashioned commerce. But then, that’s precisely the Bazaar’s charm.
In the centuries since, it has been damaged and restored several times, one of the downsides of putting a major city on top of one of the two major fault lines that run through Turkey. The current version — modern isn’t quite the right word — resembles small, covered streets lined with tiny shopfronts, creating a labyrinth of subterranean corridors. Carved into the walls are tiny spaces for shops. Except in the very heart of the Bazaar, where rents are much higher, stores are often not much bigger than a single parking spot. Each shop has a street address, making it a little easier to find a specific store if you’ve been given a recommendation. It’s still very easy to get lost. But that’s a good thing — you never know what you might find. This is boutique shopping on a massive scale.
What’s on offer?
The Bazaar’s thousands of stores are brimming with merchandise, but this isn’t the place to go for flat-screen TVs or fresh produce — there are other bazaars and districts in the city for those. The array of goods is eclectic and tends toward traditional decorative and luxury goods. You’ll find plenty of tourist souvenirs, jewelry, glass mosaic lighting, tea sets and metalware, hookahs, leather goods, ornately painted ceramics, textiles, and even, if you’re so inclined, a whole “neighborhood” specializing in belly-dancing costumes. And there are, of course, lots of Turkish carpets.
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Shoppers pass through Gate 9, the Fesçiler Kapısı, one of 22 entrances to Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar, its stone lintel inscribed with the date 1461. The gates are so densely flanked by exterior shops selling shoes, bags, and sportswear that the entrances can be easy to miss, and beyond them the covered streets narrow into a labyrinthine interior of some 3,000 to 4,000 shops. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will TravelLicense this image at:DirectlyAlamy
As you’d expect, the most heavily trafficked sections of the Grand Bazaar cater mostly to tourist dollars. Like most shopping districts, the central promenade, Kalpakcilar Basi Caddesi (Street of the Goldsmiths) has the most touristy wares and the most inflated prices. It also has the most conventional-style jewelry stores with sparkling shop windows. But getting off Kalpakcilar Basi Caddesi makes things much more interesting as the stores get more diverse and the prices better. The most unique and eclectic stores are near the market’s outer boroughs. In these outlying “districts” of the bazaar, you can find some obscure little shops specializing in recycled metal goods or fabric by the yard.
While the segregations clearly aren’t strictly enforced, broadly speaking, there are distinct districts within the bazaar, some focusing on clothes, others on carpets, some on jewelry. There are an awful lot of tiny shops, but a surprising number of them sell much the same things.
There are, of course, dozens of Turkish rug and kilim stores. Some offer the typical low-end rugs you’d imagine, some are high-end boutiques that even have their own fancy, glossy brochures, some offer traditional Ottoman and antique-style kilims, others are much more modern and minimalist, while others are a hybrid of the two, taking the best patches from old, frayed rugs and patchworking them together to create something new and modern.
Given the space constraints, only a few choice rugs are on display hanging on the walls, but if you express interest the salesmen are only too happy to sit you down inside and lay out rug after rug from the stacks along the shop walls; some even have storage space elsewhere and other shops they can pull even more stock from. And that, after all, is the initial objective: to get you in the store so that they can weave their sales magic.
Carpet buying can be a complicated business. Prices vary by the kind of thread (silk, cotton, wool, or combinations), how detailed the stitching, the size, and all sorts of other variables. Most salesmen will tell you that their rugs are genuine Turkish of the highest quality, but the novice buyer really has no way to tell whether any of that’s true.
The thread might come from China or Afghanistan, even if the whole thing is woven in Turkey. And who knows whether it was really woven in Turkey? Certificates of Authenticity are, of course, readily offered, but again, how’s the novice to know? It’s very much a case of buyer beware. But even if you don’t plan to buy, there’s no reason not to have the experience of having them try to sell to you. Under the unwritten terms of engagement, entering a shop and accepting tea does not obligate you to buy — you’re agreeing to give the salesman a chance to show you his wares. So long as you’re prepared to stand firm, you shouldn’t come out any poorer — at least unintentionally.
ISTANBUL, Turkey — A close view of mosaic glass lamps on display in a shop inside Istanbul’s historic Grand Bazaar, their colored-glass panels and metalwork frames catching the light. These handcrafted fixtures are produced by artisans drawing on centuries of Turkish decorative tradition and are among the most sought-after souvenirs in the Kapalıçarşı. The bazaar’s 3,000 to 4,000 shops span roughly 60 covered streets, their vaulted ceilings — restored and repainted in a major 2016 – 2023 conservation program — forming an ornate backdrop for the goods displayed below. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will TravelLicense this image at:DirectlyAlamy
It’s my turn!
The irrepressible hubbub of the Grand Bazaar is key to its appeal and much of that bustle is from its determined shopkeepers luring customers. Standing out front of each of the stores is at least one salesman — never women — whose job it is to get you inside to look at his wares and have a chance to perform.
Haggling for a better price is an essential and expected part of the buying and selling that goes on in the Grand Bazaar. Nothing has price tags, after all, so everything is up for negotiation. But the experience itself is more than half the fun. But first, they need to get your attention above the constant din. They routinely try English first, followed by German.
Persistent rather than pushy, it’s all remarkably good-natured and often inventive. Mostly, it’s variations on the usual: “sir, would you like to look at my shop?” or “it’s my turn to try to sell you something,” but every now and then there’s a more creative approach. I’ve heard: “are you a tourist? or a terrorist?”, “the shortcut is through my shop,” “sir, you want to spend some money? Yes, make the lady happy,” and even a nonsensical “shishkebab” (it was a clothes store). And, of course, flattery is a staple. You can’t accuse them of not trying.
Photos of the Grand Bazaar
Here are some of the shots I’ve taken at the Grand Bazaar.
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Shoppers move along a main street inside Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar beneath an arched ceiling of hand-painted ornamental designs. The masonry vaulting overhead dates to a 1696 fire law under Sultan Mustafa II, replacing the market’s original wooden roofing with brick and stone — the structural change that gave the bazaar its Turkish name, Kapalıçarşı, meaning “Covered Market.” Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will TravelLicense this image at:DirectlyAlamyISTANBUL, Turkey — A shopper studies rows of mosaic glass lamps clustered floor to ceiling in a shop inside Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar. Each fixture is hand-assembled from cut stained glass fitted into a bronze frame, a craft that has flourished in the bazaar’s covered lanes since Ottoman times, and lamp stalls remain among the market’s most-visited attractions, drawing crowds within its 3,000 to 4,000 shops. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will TravelLicense this image at:DirectlyAlamyISTANBUL, Turkey — Vibrant mosaic glass lamps crowd the shelves of a shop inside Istanbul’s historic Grand Bazaar. Handcrafted from colored glass set into metalwork frames, the lamps are among the most recognizable products in the Kapalıçarşı and a continuation of decorative traditions that have filled the market’s roughly 60 covered streets for centuries. The bazaar’s origins date to the Cevahir Bedesten built by Sultan Mehmed II between c.1455 and 1461, and the complex today encompasses some 3,000 to 4,000 shops drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors each day. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will TravelLicense this image at:DirectlyAlamyISTANBUL, Turkey — Vibrant cashmere and silk scarves create a dense, colorful display in a textile merchant’s stall inside Istanbul’s historic Grand Bazaar. Textiles have been central to the market since its founding: the Sandal Bedesten, a second domed hall added in 1520 under Sultan Süleyman I, was built specifically to trade valuable woven goods, and the lanes of the Kapalıçarşı still carry guild names such as Yorgancılar (quilt-makers) and Zenneciler (women’s clothiers) that reflect centuries of fabric commerce. The bazaar’s trade-named streets and the craftsmanship of its merchants represent a living thread of that Ottoman commercial tradition. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will TravelLicense this image at:DirectlyAlamyISTANBUL, Turkey — Teardrop-shaped mosaic glass lamps glow in close-up detail, their metal frames fitted with hand-cut pieces of colored glass in geometric star patterns. Turkish lamp-making of this kind blends Ottoman metalworking traditions with glasswork techniques long practiced in Istanbul’s covered markets, producing one of the Grand Bazaar’s best-known souvenirs. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will TravelLicense this image at:DirectlyAlamyISTANBUL, Turkey — Colorful beads curtain the entrance to a tea house deep inside Istanbul’s historic Grand Bazaar. Tea has long been central to commercial life in the bazaar, where shopkeepers traditionally offer glasses of çay to browsers and potential buyers alike — a ritual tied to the guild ethic that prized hospitality and fair dealing over aggressive salesmanship. The market encompasses some 3,000 to 4,000 shops across roughly 60 covered streets, all sheltered beneath vaulted ceilings whose ornamental painting was substantially restored in a 2016 – 2023 conservation program. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will TravelLicense this image at:DirectlyAlamyISTANBUL, Turkey — Silver and enamel tea sets and glassware crowd a shop display inside the Grand Bazaar, or Kapalıçarşı. Ornate tea service is central to Turkish hospitality, and the market’s trade-named lanes, some tracing back to guilds founded around the 15th-century Cevahir Bedesten, still specialize in metalwork and jewelry. The bazaar remains one of the world’s largest and oldest continuously operating covered markets. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will TravelLicense this image at:DirectlyAlamyISTANBUL, Turkey — Santa Claus mannequins crowd a shop window at the edge of Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar, a handwritten sign warning “please don’t touch.” The Kapalıçarşı traces its origins to the Cevahir Bedesten, a domed hall built under Sultan Mehmed II around 1455 to 1461, whose rents were endowed to maintain the converted Hagia Sophia mosque nearby. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will TravelLicense this image at:DirectlyAlamyISTANBUL, Turkey — Ornately engraved brass lamps, including several styled after the “Aladdin” oil lamp, crowd a metalwork shop in the Grand Bazaar. The pierced and chased brasswork reflects a Turkish decorative tradition rooted in Ottoman craft workshops once housed in the market’s hans, and such lamps remain among the bazaar’s most recognizable souvenirs today. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will TravelLicense this image at:DirectlyAlamyISTANBUL, Turkey — Stacks of hand-painted ceramic bowls in floral and geometric patterns fill a shop display in the Grand Bazaar. The designs draw on the Iznik ceramic tradition, which flourished under Ottoman imperial patronage from the 15th century onward and produced some of the empire’s most recognized decorative pottery. Ceramics rank among the bazaar’s significant craft sectors, sold alongside textiles, metalwork and jewelry across thousands of shops. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will TravelLicense this image at:DirectlyAlamyISTANBUL, Turkey — Bolts of patterned fabric fill a shop stacked floor to ceiling in the Grand Bazaar, where most stalls are barely larger than a parking space. Textile trading has anchored the market since Sultan Süleyman I added the Sandal Bedesten in 1520 to sell valuable woven goods, and cloth merchants remain among its most active traders today. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will TravelLicense this image at:DirectlyAlamyISTANBUL, Turkey — Beaded pendants inlaid with turquoise and coral fragments crowd a jeweler’s display in the Grand Bazaar, evidence of a metalworking tradition that runs through the market’s history. The bazaar’s founders concentrated high-value trade in the Cevahir Bedesten, a lockable domed hall reserved for jewels, precious metals and arms. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will TravelLicense this image at:DirectlyAlamyISTANBUL, Turkey — A merchant stands beneath a stone-vaulted ceiling amid shelves of mosaic glass lamps in Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar, the masonry vault a legacy of the fire-prevention law that replaced the market’s original wooden roofs under Sultan Mustafa II. Lamp shops such as this one continue an Ottoman decorative craft, and the bazaar itself has occupied the same covered streets since Sultan Mehmed II founded its first domed hall after 1453. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will TravelLicense this image at:DirectlyAlamyISTANBUL, Turkey — Shoppers move through a covered street of Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar beneath vaulted ceilings painted with ornate geometric patterns. The masonry vaulting replaced earlier timber roofing after fire-prevention laws under Sultan Mustafa II in 1696, and the market’s hand-painted kalem işi ceiling decoration, covering some 27,000 square feet (about 2,500 sq m), underwent restoration completed around 2019. The bazaar holds roughly 3,000 to 4,000 shops. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will TravelLicense this image at:DirectlyAlamyISTANBUL, Turkey — Tightly packed rows of mosaic glass lamps catch the light in red, blue, amber and green inside a shop in Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar. Each pendant is individually assembled from hand-cut stained glass fitted into a bronze frame, continuing an Ottoman decorative tradition that has made the bazaar’s lamp shops a draw for the hundreds of thousands who pass through its covered streets daily. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will TravelLicense this image at:DirectlyAlamyISTANBUL, Turkey — Crowds pack a covered corridor of Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar beneath signage for shops, a police post, and public restrooms. Sultan Mustafa II mandated masonry vaulting over the market’s streets in 1696, replacing earlier timber roofing and giving rise to the Turkish name Kapalıçarşı, “Covered Market.” The bazaar, founded after the 1453 Ottoman conquest, now comprises some 3,000 to 4,000 shops across roughly 60 streets. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will TravelLicense this image at:DirectlyAlamyISTANBUL, Turkey — Rows of hand-painted ceramic water pipes, or narghile, line a shop shelf in Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar alongside boxed flavored tobacco. The decorative smoking pipes descend from Ottoman coffeehouse culture and remain a widely sold souvenir in a market whose roughly 3,000 to 4,000 shops span goods from textiles and jewelry to spices and ceramics. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will TravelLicense this image at:DirectlyAlamyISTANBUL, Turkey — Teardrop-shaped mosaic lamps with hand-cut glass and metal frames hang in tight clusters at a lamp stall in the Grand Bazaar. Craftsmen assemble each shade from individually fitted panes of stained glass set into a bronze armature, a technique tied to Ottoman decorative metalwork traditions. The Kapalıçarşı holds an estimated 3,000 to 4,000 shops along some 60 covered streets, and lamp vendors rank among its most photographed traders. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will TravelLicense this image at:DirectlyAlamyISTANBUL, Turkey — Shoppers and merchants fill one of the wider central streets in Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar, its arched ceiling painted in Ottoman-style motifs. The covered lanes replaced earlier timber roofing after Sultan Mustafa II ordered masonry vaulting in 1696 to curb fire risk, giving the market its name, Kapalıçarşı, “Covered Market.” Streets narrow and grow quieter toward the bazaar’s outer edges, away from this touristic core. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will TravelLicense this image at:DirectlyAlamyISTANBUL, Turkey — Embroidered bags, beaded purses and boots hang from a stall wall inside the Grand Bazaar. Textile trading has anchored the market since the Sandal Bedesten was added in 1520 to sell fine woven cloth, and such handcrafted goods remain a mainstay of the bazaar’s roughly 3,000 to 4,000 shops today. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will TravelLicense this image at:DirectlyAlamyISTANBUL, Turkey — Rows of mosaic glass lamps in reds, blues and golds crowd a shop ceiling inside the Grand Bazaar, each globe hand-assembled from cut colored glass set into a metal frame. The craft draws on Ottoman decorative traditions and sits within a market whose commercial roots reach back to Sultan Mehmed II’s 15th-century bedesten halls. Lamp and lantern shops rank among the bazaar’s most photographed interiors. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will TravelLicense this image at:DirectlyAlamyISTANBUL, Turkey — Shoppers examine brass lanterns and antique wares while haggling with a merchant inside the Grand Bazaar, or Kapalıçarşı, one of the world’s oldest continuously operating covered markets. Bargaining has long been part of the bazaar’s commerce, though the Ottoman guild system that once governed it actually set ceiling prices to curb aggressive profiteering. The market traces its origins to two domed halls built after Mehmed II’s 1453 conquest of Constantinople. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will TravelLicense this image at:DirectlyAlamyISTANBUL, Turkey — Rows of hammered copper and brass coffee cezves crowd a metalwork stall in the Grand Bazaar, reflecting a metalworking trade that has operated in the market for centuries. Traditional Turkish coffee pots like these were long produced in workshops housed within the bazaar’s hans, multi-storey caravanserai courtyards, under a guild system that assigned specific crafts to specific streets. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will TravelLicense this image at:DirectlyAlamyISTANBUL, Turkey — A framed calligraphic depiction of a Whirling Dervish hangs in an art shop within Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar, its swirling robe rendered entirely in Arabic script. The Whirling Dervishes practice the Sema ceremony of the Mevlevi Sufi order, founded in Konya and linked to the 13th-century poet Rumi, and remain a recurring subject for calligraphers and artists trading in the bazaar’s shops. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will TravelLicense this image at:DirectlyAlamyISTANBUL, Turkey — Turquoise beads, tasseled pendants, and nazar amulets crowd a jewelry display in the Grand Bazaar, where the evil-eye charm remains among the most popular souvenirs sold. The bazaar’s original hall, the Cevahir Bedesten, was built under Sultan Mehmed II around 1455-1461 as a secure vault for jewels and precious metals, a specialization the surrounding market has retained for centuries. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will TravelLicense this image at:DirectlyAlamyISTANBUL, Turkey — Beaded necklaces and pendants crowd a jewelry stall in the Grand Bazaar, or Kapalıçarşı, one of the world’s oldest continuously operating covered markets. Streets here still carry guild names such as Kuyumcular (jewellers), a trade dating to the market’s 15th-century origins under Sultan Mehmed II. Ottoman guild rules once fixed craftsman numbers and prices, shaping the dense specialization still visible today. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will TravelLicense this image at:DirectlyAlamyISTANBUL, Turkey — Cashmere and silk scarves are stacked in colorful rows at a shop in Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar. Textile trading has defined the market since Sultan Süleyman I added the Sandal Bedesten in 1520 to sell valuable woven goods, sandal being a prized cloth described variously as a Bursa silk-cotton blend or a fine Indian fabric. The display reflects a luxury textile trade that has shaped the bazaar’s identity for five centuries. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will TravelLicense this image at:DirectlyAlamyISTANBUL, Turkey — Mosaic glass lamps in globe and geometric patterns crowd the ceiling of a Grand Bazaar shop, their stained-glass panels set into hand-worked metal frames. The lamps are among the bazaar’s most sought-after goods, sold within a market that spans roughly 3,000 to 4,000 shops along some 60 covered streets in Istanbul’s Fatih district and draws hundreds of thousands of visitors a day. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will TravelLicense this image at:DirectlyAlamyISTANBUL, Turkey — Rows of teardrop-shaped mosaic glass lamps hang above a shop lane in the Grand Bazaar, their colored panes throwing patterned light across the passage. Ornamental lighting has become one of the market’s most sought-after crafts, sold alongside jewelry and textiles among the bazaar’s many trade-specific districts. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will TravelLicense this image at:DirectlyAlamyISTANBUL, Turkey — Rows of ornate silver-toned pendants, set with turquoise, carnelian and lapis beads, crowd a jeweler’s display in the Grand Bazaar. Filigree metalwork like this continues a trade rooted in the market’s origins, when the Cevahir Bedesten, the bazaar’s oldest domed hall, was reserved exclusively for jewels, precious metals and arms after 1520. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will TravelLicense this image at:DirectlyAlamyISTANBUL, Turkey — Shoppers move beneath a painted stone vault along one of the covered streets of Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar. The masonry vaulting dates to a law issued under Sultan Mustafa II in 1696, ordering wooden roofing replaced with fireproof stone after repeated blazes — the origin of the market’s Turkish name, Kapalıçarşı, “Covered Market.” Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will TravelLicense this image at:DirectlyAlamy
Getting a bargain at the Grand Bazaar
Bargaining is an expected part of buying in the Grand Bazaar. Don’t take the first price as the last word.
But what constitutes a good price is an entirely subjective thing, and it’s probably not worth getting hung up too much on whether you’ve gotten the best price you could possibly have gotten (unless this is your business, of course…). Here’s a useful guide to bargaining in the Grand Bazaar.
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