A shopping tour to China attracts many tourists from all over the world. It will especially please people who want to buy quality goods for little money. It is no secret that China is famous throughout the world for its productivity and ingenuity. Here you can purchase exact copies of items from famous brands. For example, you wanted a watch from Switzerland, but not everyone can afford the original. So what should you do in this case?
A problem that China easily solved. During the shopping tour you can purchase an exact copy of a Swiss watch at an economical price. By the way, it will be very difficult to distinguish the original from the fake. Of course, the Chinese authorities are convincingly asking to stop selling counterfeits of well-known companies, and I must say many are listening... However, markets and shops in China are still bursting with an abundance of goods: bright colors, stylish designs , perhaps everyone should go on a shopping tour to China at least once.
Shub tour to China
Shub tour to China. Every woman sooner or later begins to experience an urgent need for a mink coat. Our delicate body is so structured that in a fur coat made of cheaper fur we will certainly freeze. Let me say right away that a fur coat tour to China is not a trip for the faint of heart. Everything described in the article was experienced through my own experience. It's not that I didn't like the fur coat. Everything is fine with the fur coat, hanging in the closet, waiting for the first snow. Rather, the bustle of traders, stupid and inappropriate remarks in broken Russian, and the dusty market left a lasting, unpleasant impression.
But about everything sequentially. So, you have found out that the prices for mink in the stores in your city are unacceptable, and your purchasing budget is very limited. That is, you definitely cannot afford a trip to Greece to buy a new fur coat, since such a trip will not justify itself financially. So, we're going to China.
For the request “fur coat tour to China”, the magical search engine Yandex returns about ten thousand pages. You can study the information to get an idea of which city and which travel company to go with. Read about the local currency and do not forget to copy the rates of the Central Bank of China, they will be useful to you. That's probably all.
The Internet won't help you anymore. Because it is better to choose a company organizing a trip after a personal conversation with representatives, and even better if you manage to talk directly with the person who accompanies the group on the trip. A lot depends on the accompanying person, so the success of your event depends on how ready he is to help you .
The leader of the group, for you, is a storehouse of useful information, from who is best to buy fur products from, to the addresses of restaurants where you can eat without compromising your health. However, you will learn all this if you are lucky with your leader. If not, you will have to explore everything yourself.
Fur mink tour in Urumqi
Over the past few years, the number of fur coat tours in Urumqi (China) has increased. This is because when you go on a fur coat tour to China, you will not only be able to buy a high-quality fur coat at an attractive price, but you will also be able to go on an excursion and get to know the country a little. Urumqi, like Beijing, is a famous trading city. There are many factories there that supply high-quality fur products to markets and stores, so everyone is very happy to receive buyers from other countries.
Anyone who wants to go on a fur coat tour needs to know where to buy high-quality mink coats, because if you don’t know Chinese, you can be deceived and given a fake, especially if you are not an expert. Firstly, you can visit the fur and leather market. There you can find good things, the quality of which will be above average, and the prices are not bad. For example, you can buy it for only $1,700. If you visit this place at the end of July, you can get into the season of discounts and sales and buy a mink coat much cheaper.
Also, while visiting Bendzyan, you can also purchase a fur product. There you will find both pure fur coats, that is, made from one material, and combined products made from several materials, for example, the fur coat itself is made from rabbit, and the collar is made from sable. You can buy such a fur coat, slightly longer than the knee, for $1,500 or more, it all depends on the quality of the material and the length of the product.
One of the most visited places in this city is the fur coat pavilion, located in the building materials and hardware market on the 3rd floor, store No. 3-01. The choice of furs there is small, however, they are all high quality and attractive. In addition, there you can find a mink coat from a well-known company at a lower cost. There is one drawback that people who have been there often point out: poor service, but everyone strives to buy furs in this store, since it has proven itself to be inexpensive and high-quality.
Fur tours to Urumqi are conducted by various travel companies. Many of them must take care in advance about where and how their clients will live for several days for which the tour is designed. Trips also cost differently. In order not to fall for the tricks of scammers who consider foreigners to be easy money for themselves, you need to know approximately what the fur coat of the material from which you want to purchase it feels like. Also, before going to the markets, without knowing the local language, write the names of the markets or stores where you are going to make a purchase in Chinese on paper and show this sign to the driver of the car. It is not advisable to walk to the place of purchase.
Shopping in China – Going for a fur coat
On average, the cost of a shopping tour to China ranges from three to seven thousand rubles, depending on the destination. The main cities people go to for shopping are Suifenhe, Fuyuan and Haihe. What about Beijing, you ask? Yes, of course, Beijing is a huge shopping center, there are large markets there, called pearl, silk and Yabolu markets. But going to Beijing solely for things is not profitable. It’s better to go on a sightseeing tour and buy something you need along the way. In Suifenhe, in addition to shopping, you will be offered an excursion and entertainment program .
Haihe is also quite far away, it is better to go there from the Primorsky Territory. You can buy a good fur coat in Fuyuan . This is the city we will talk about. This option is suitable for those who live near Khabarovsk, have limited time and do not want to spend about a week on such a trip. This Chinese city is located on the left bank of the Amur River, directly opposite Khabarovsk, just sixty kilometers away.
The comet-shaped river bus covers this distance in just over an hour. In general, the road is not very tiring. Taking into account the time it takes to clear customs and stay at a hotel, in just three hours you can start inspecting goods in local stores and shopping.
What can you say about the city itself? Unlike many Russian port cities, this small Chinese city has its own decent sea gate. There are few attractions here. A small Buddhist temple and a monument to Soviet soldiers who liberated the city from Japanese soldiers. The streets look like those in our military camps.
Clear straight lines, no artistic deviations. Standard houses. Almost everywhere there is construction of new buildings, installation of lanterns, traffic lights and other improvements. The center presents a chain of shops with funny names in the Russian style . There is also a market in the city center, which attracts all visitors, hotels and eateries. There are enough fur shops here to choose what you like. There is a huge selection on the market, but I would not recommend buying a fur coat there.
Be carefull ! There is a very high probability of purchasing a fake, or simply a low-quality product. There are many tricks. Enterprising Chinese traders purchase old fur coats, clean them, change the lining and then re-offer them to customers as a new product.
Where to buy a mink coat in Beijing? Purchase Features
Fur coats from Beijing are not at all bad, as some people think of them, but when buying such things, you need to familiarize yourself with their quality in person so as not to get a “pig in a poke.”
The notorious Chinese quality, which has become a kind of “talk of the town” and an integral part of jokes, is nevertheless an extremely flexible concept. It is not an unknown fact that leading fashion design houses are building factories in China, where luxury clothing and shoes are produced, and on the night shift, employees of the same production sew exactly the same analogues, but at affordable prices. By the way, Chinese quality “for itself”, within the country, is at one of the highest levels in the whole world.
Headlonging off on a fur coat shopping tour in Beijing without studying all the nuances is a bad option. And you need to choose the right manner of behavior with traders. And, if the price segment, say, in Russia, is four to five thousand dollars for such things, then in China you can find a similar product two or even three times cheaper. You just need to know how to search and bargain.
You need to know the places. Various thematic forums will help! They are full of messages from “experienced” tourist buyers. If we summarize some of the reviews, the overall result is as follows:
- There are many, many shopping centers in Beijing where you can buy great things at prices significantly lower than ours.
- Beijing is nothing less than a fur coat paradise. Forum members recommend not to rush into a purchase and devote at least three to four days to shopping, justifying this by the fact that, literally around the corner, the cost of the same thing can be an order of magnitude less.
- To buy a mink coat in Beijing, it is recommended to go shopping in the stores at Yabao LU.
- For example: a chic “Finnish mink”, mid-thigh length, with a hood, can be bargained in stores on Yabao LU for a price of approximately $1,100.
- For those who are interested in whether it is possible to buy a mink coat at fur factories in or near Beijing, since they are, of course, cheaper there, we would like to warn you that you will only be allowed to buy them if you want to make a wholesale order (from 100 pieces ). Well, if you want to buy just a few pieces (for yourself and your family), then this can only be done in stores at the Yabaolu market.
Some reviews and advice from experienced fur coat tour participants. You definitely need to bargain with merchants. The original price may be inflated by 50% or more. From the practice of tourists, they should go to Beijing for mink and other fur, and not to any other Chinese city. When choosing a product, you definitely need to pay attention to the quality and make sure that you don’t inadvertently deceive (by packing the wrong fur coat). There have been cases. Let's be vigilant!
A little about prices. Buying on your own in a fur coat tour without intermediaries will be very affordable. For example, we can give the following figures: short mink coat - $600 - $1000. Knee length - $1500 - $1800, floor length a little more expensive - about $2000.
According to reviews, things are of the highest quality, not inferior to analogues from Italian or Greek manufacturers.
Buying a very decent, beautiful beaver fur coat in Beijing will cost “mere pennies” - $200 - $500. And this is not the limit! And the cost of a raccoon is even lower.
Yabaolu - fur coat street
What is Yabaolu? This is a huge shopping area in the northern part of the Chinese city of Beijing. It is popular for its wide selection and low prices, so much so that many people travel to China just to visit Yabaolu. Here you can meet shopping lovers from all over the world.
There are several ways to get to Yabaolu - it is located only thirty kilometers from Beijing airport, which can be easily covered by car. This market is amazing, occupying an entire area.
The market consists of two parts: Old Yabaolu and New Yabaolu. At every agu here there are boutiques, shopping centers, shops of all kinds, in which everything is crammed with goods produced in Chinese factories.
Interesting fact: Yabaolu is called “Russian street”. Almost every merchant you meet can speak Russian, the product takes into account the tastes and needs of Russian customers, and on all store signs without exception, the hieroglyphs of the name are duplicated with a Russian translation.
There are a lot of different products here. But mostly people come here to buy inexpensive fur coats, because Old Yabaolu offers a huge selection of this product. True, there is mainly wholesale trade here, and it is primarily intended for wholesale buyers from Russia and Eastern Europe.
Here, where shops stretch over an entire block, you can find almost anything, because local merchants try to ensure that the assortment of goods that their store offers includes exclusive items from leading Chinese factories.
So the fur coat you like cannot be bought at retail in every store. The reason for this is the serious attitude of the Chinese towards their competitors. So you won’t buy a new product or an exclusive item at retail - you never know, what if you are going to take the fur coat to a competitor’s factory. Even if you persuade the seller, the retail price may turn out to be unreasonably high, and purchasing the same fur coat in Russia will be much cheaper.
To find out what this or that store offers, you will have to go inside every time - local sellers have a habit of tightly curtaining the entrance to the store so that competitors do not see the selection of their goods. This is how a simple trip for a fur coat turns into an exciting adventure full of pleasant surprises. Chinese designers and fashion designers present original and high-quality models of fur clothing; in China they love and know how to work with fur, and you will gasp in admiration more than once while looking at a wonderful fur coat somewhere in a dark shop in Yabaolu.
