When you walk along the streets, make sure you know where you are going. Seemingly friendly strangers will approach you, trying to show you the way but will often take you to carpet shops and try and pressure you into buying. Even in the Grand Bazaar, please be careful as the salespersons are easily agitated if you do not buy anything from them.
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This happened to us. We did buy a carpet at what seemed like a reasonable price, but were tricked by the salesman using an unfavourable exchange rate, meaning we paid about 10% more than we'd agreed.
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