Last weekend, Kristy and I decided to go exploring around Arusha a bit. We left on Saturday morning to go to the used clothes market where most Arushans buy western clothing. There was as much clothing in the market as I have seen in any department store in the USA, with far more variety. The clothing was from all over Europe, Asia, and North America. As we looked through the clothing we found tags still on many of the articles from stores like Talbots, Anne Taylor, and J. Crew. We also found many things with price tags from Goodwill and the Salvation army.
Tanzanians have little concept of how much American dollars are worth and this was never more apparent than shopping in this market. Many times natives will mark up their prices for muzongos, knowing that we can afford higher prices than locals. But even when they attempt to over charge us, many times it is still a lot cheaper than anything we would pay in the U.S. Although I didn’t buy anything, Kristy bought two skirts. One had a price tag on it for $35 (American), she ended up paying Tsh 3000 (about $2. 50).
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