Leisure, Shopping, Fur coats, Sharjah, Dubai, UAE.
It all started in September, when my husband asked not long before my next eighteenth birthday:
- What can I give you, my love? I did not persuade myself for a long time and agreed to another mink coat. Another, despite the fact that he already gave me a new Blackglama this year on the 19th anniversary of our wedding. But it was last winter, it turns out that the fur coat is already old ...
The option of a ShubTour to Kastoria was also considered. But having studied numerous forum threads, we came to the conclusion that the “rat race” with obligations (or without) to Mouzenidis Travel in Greece is unlikely to help you make an informed choice for your fluffy beauty. Also, the understanding that the overpayment for this purchase is equal to a week's vacation in some hot country convinced us to reconsider the place of choice for buying a fur coat. It was Dubai.
The next vacation in October, a child to load for the trip, two weeks in Sharjah and an increased budget for a fur coat and other girlish-rag joys were also financed by a dear spouse.
Of course, in the Capital, we specially visited more than one Fur Fair. Alas, we could not find anything for ourselves. A minimum of good fur, a maximum price, and of course for our Russian (Moscow) buyer and Russian seller ...“Tuck the sleeves too long! , too big - shade! , ...I assure you, this is not a sheared beaver - this is a sheared BG! etc. "
In general, even to see a real BG at Moscow fairs is Great Happiness! And to hear the price-Big Woe!
But these trips helped shape the desire to have a fur coat with sable trim.
Tour operator...Contacts of an excellent tour operator - through a personal (let it be advertising) Flight by Emirates Airlines is simply luxurious!
Selection of a flight from the operator with an arrival in Dubai at 7-15 am, with a departure at 17-30 pm. COMPLETE! ! ! 13 days of rest. No one has stolen a single hour of ours! Recommend.
First time in the UAE. Sharjah, Evan Hotel 4 *, 12 nights, breakfast included, the cost is about 80.000 rubles with a little. With visas for two with a daughter of 17 years. They settled right away, they didn’t ask for money, they immediately escorted us to breakfast.
The goal is rest + fur coat + shopping.
The hotel is budget, confident Treshka-3 * in the Egyptian ratio, the beach is 1 km from the hotel 5 (one owner) * is the same confident Egyptian Four. Everything is very modest: umbrellas, sun loungers, a bar for a fee, a shower, etc. , albeit with amenities.
To Dubai your own bus from our hotel, + one hour in Dubai traffic jams. There at 15:30 and back at 21:15. The final metro station is Banyas Square.
On the second day, the first study tour helped to look around, to navigate the Banyas (Nasser) Square area, get acquainted with the Dubai metro (by the way, it is very simple), get to the Dubai Mall, and see the Burj Khalifa tower.
We were not ready to get acquainted with the assortment of fur shops, because the kamaks did not allow passage like flies, and we ourselves had no idea where to “go”.
Special thanks to Babai 53 for the map of fur shops! She and the description of the shops made it easier to navigate the area. Barkers contrive, put pressure on pity: “Come at least just like that, don’t buy (or maybe you’ll suddenly buy it! ), Look, otherwise the owner will not be satisfied with my work, I work for him, a very bad worker will say, punish, fine. . help me, sister.. ! »
Purposefully left for a fur coat in Dubai from Sharjah the next day by taxi. The cost is 30 dirhams, the taxi driver immediately upon landing explained that he would take two “ends”, i. e. 60 dir. His daughter spoke to him in weak English, but it was not difficult to understand anyway.
Iiii ... , The first Mistake that SHOULD NOT be repeated! We were dropped off at Nasser Square right next to the swarming hive of fur coat barkers...
Imagine a picture when from a taxi with numbers of a neighboring emirate to them, Sami, two not yet tanned Beautiful Lady get out with already prepared bags “ala the death of a shuttle”. Well, obviously not for souvenir plates / magnets, the girls came here! No, the bag was of course worthy-travel, but by its size and promising emptiness it was clear even to the last idiot that it was prepared for a voluminous fur coat. Of course, we couldn’t sneak in unnoticed, with obvious and deep signs of fur coat on our faces, as it was yesterday, no matter how hard we tried. The passage to the Sheikh Latif Building was reliably blocked by Russian-speaking and unscrupulous people from our Middle East, and our breakthrough was doomed. They attack like those annoying flies! We fought back as best we could, but one stubborn one clung to us, like a burr to the tail, and dragged around forced and meaningless for us stores like: “Day by day”. They took him to starvation, lagged behind.
Expecting another onslaught of Kamaks guarding the street, we flew out of the gift shop like a bullet and darted like two frightened Lani before a predator's throw. Probably, the kamaks, entangling with their sticky nets the vagrant Noodles like us, are not yet very accustomed to such rapid turns of events on their hunt, and certainly did not expect such agility from us, so they did not dare to pursue ...
Meanwhile, fast and slender legs carried the beautiful Doe to Twin Towers by the shortest route! ! (thanks again to Babai 53 for all possible escape routes)
Girls have to learn everything at once, and therefore, even on the outskirts of the TT, having assessed the already well-known environment of unfamiliar kamaks, having calculated a gap in their not very close-knit ranks, they were able to sneak into the inside of the shopping center without loss or delay ...
The target was stores selling quality BlackGlam.
Earlier, back in Moscow, a circle of shops was determined that must be visited, studied fur, not unknown to me, price marketing and model range.
Although I already clearly knew all the criteria for my product: not long 65-70 cm, hood / sable collar or English collar, not a cross (because it already exists), a belt. , size 44, budget 5-6 $, which could significantly simplify the choice and reduce the search time, as it seemed to me earlier.
Of course we started with Chrisos. Excellent quality fur BG, there are with sables, there are also sables. mostly classic. Unfortunately, I couldn't find anything there. The prices seemed not cheap, although the owner (probably) was ready to bargain and was inferior in price. The impression about the store and about the owner were very positive. For a long fur coat with a sable cobra that caught my eye, the final price was 8500...
I will unite Avanti and Manzari because
impressions from visits and fittings in these stores were about the same and not the best. I don't remember everything I watched, I remember only moments. At the request to show products from BG in one of the stores, they brought me a fur coat, which was probably a second cousin from BG, the prices also went off scale from the planned budget, but we were assured of good discounts, they tried to put on a larger fur coat, after my indignation about the size mismatch, they offered " pull tighter. " Everything was somehow unnecessarily intrusive and stressful in these stores. I didn’t find my size again, there was nothing to bargain about! There was absolutely no desire to stay longer in these stores.
There were some other stores that did not even deserve time to get acquainted with the assortment, prices and reviews. In short, they offered cheap junk for a high price.
In Naumi, the owner offered me a fur coat in my image and size.
Short BG with a hood trim sable. There was just something about this coat that didn't suit me. Didn't sit down. Although he offered the price, seeing my doubts, the final one was $ 4600, trying to sincerely convince me. But still it didn't stick! Left this option as a spare. Although the owner is well done, he did not push and did not press. The impression of the store is also very good.
I also looked at something nice long with a sable in Nicholas Furs, but the price tag ...
The thought of sorting through the heap of endless fur shops, looking for my size, the desired quality of fur, model, style that suits me and kill another day or more for it ...became more and more Menacing! A visit to Brashi and Ego frightened with its non-childish prices, they never reached them.
The more I walked and measured, the less chance I had to solve this issue for myself within the planned budget, without much straining and not killing myself.
And here is Mosino!
I left a visit to them for dessert or for the last ...I wrote to them repeatedly before the trip, voiced all my wishes, informed Nicholas about the day of my visit and the time. I will not hide, I received warm responses! They assured me that they would definitely be able to find a suitable fur coat for me.
They made their way to Sheikh Latif Building like experienced partisan scouts, they didn’t want to bring a “tail” and endure a possible and long-awaited choice and the moment of purchase because of this. We agreed in advance how we would act if they cling again, into loose. “So just don’t give up now! »: We firmly decided! It almost happened, but the clinging kamak was deceived and "thrown off the tail" by separating from her daughter on the stairs by the elevator and "running up" (according to the worked out scheme) in different directions. The meeting place No. 14 was known in advance.
Nicholas met very warmly, in a friendly way, learned by correspondence (I have a photo there).
Unfortunately short and planned as a purchase in my size 44, the choice was almost minimal, nothing in sables, only long ones. And in general, I can’t say that the store is packed with a huge number of fur coats, I expected to see more. But BGs hang like a blueprint, in one fur! Didn't look at the other. People came / left, someone was constantly trying on something, and the seller was only one girl. There were also Russians. Then he himself chose the only fur coat that, according to him, should have been suitable exclusively for me. She was waiting for me! Everything went perfectly! The daughter, who carefully monitored the entire model range being tried on in all stores, remarked affirmatively: “This one is the best! ". But it was completely different from the planned fur coat ...Long 110 cm gorgeous BG, sable English. collar/hood.
The fur is as solid, solid and so thick that the mezdra is almost not visible, even though it is sewn in dissolution, white and softly tender from the inside, the sable is simply chic, not at all the one we saw in Moscow! Yes, a classic, but the model looked and sat down just Kick-Ass! Sold for 9.5. In Avanti, a similar one with fur much inferior in quality was 11.5 with an auction of 8.5 would have given. After a little calculation, he explained for a long time, explained that there were only two of them, he sold the same size more without bidding and discounts, they went in fascinated, they didn’t ask for discounts, they bought, they say, I didn’t offer ...but I’m ready to give you for ...(I will not name the amount)! . He talked a lot about the miracle fur of this fur coat, demonstrating its quality, assured that a fur coat sewn into dissolution is more expensive to work with and the patterns are selected and the product sits elegantly and looks expensive.
I believe you! - I said. Having put it on for the second, or twenty-second time, I told Nikos that I would not take it off and go in it.
I would buy for this money what I offered (I noted for myself), but maybe all the same for ...(I won’t voice it) ...and we will all be very pleased with the meeting, deal, acquaintance? ! I asked cheerfully but confidently. Alas, and yes, it was strongly beaten out because of the planned budget ...
There were no other auctions! I am almost sure that Nikos, like me, was just as pleased with the ease and ease of such an acquaintance and business! I didn’t want to feel where he had the bottom of the pricing of this product, although maybe for a couple of hundred more he could scratch his tongue, in the sense of haggling, for the sake of sports interest. But there was no such desire.
I'm just delighted with a chic fur coat and probably a very generous discount, to be more precise, from a very reasonable and attractive price for which I bought this fluffy beauty.
With pleasure, I gave Nick a specially brought Russian souvenir, for such occasions...
I'm sure he's already familiar with our traditions...
We said goodbye as close and warm friends, even kissed goodbye! May my husband not be offended for this! The daughter captured the events in the photo. Nicholas kissed her on the forehead paternally.
Impressions about the store and its owner ...well, I'm sure you yourself have already understood!
I was lucky to find something that I really liked and within my means. At the same time, do not stagger yourself and your loved ones in a multi-day search for unprecedented and fabulously cheap fur happiness, do without many hours of exhausting bargaining with acting out scenes and dramatic pictures and enjoy the precious time saved for a relaxing and long-awaited vacation!
Separately about the trip and excursions:
The metro is very cool, and unusual, you definitely need to “ride” and always in the first Golden Carriage.
About the fact that women are not allowed to share wagons with Arab men, this rule applies only to local Arab women, and Our Sister feels comfortable everywhere, as they say, “and without soap. ” For fun, we also drove in the women's carriage, the incident happened with only one Ukrainian couple when the husband and wife ran in a hurry into the Ladies' carriage, so instantly an Arab appeared from somewhere and screamed, drove the Muzhik out of this carriage to the "male half" of the train. Only that Ukrainian Lady was indignant loudest of all, how is it so, her husband is being taken away and why it was, she had to explain to her comrades, “why should Volodya Trynkin shave his mustache ... ”
Another incident we have witnessed. Two of our young compatriots dressed "ala Turkish star" or even worse "not an Egyptian dream come true ...
” with deep-necked blouses and open-cut skirts at the hips, were noisily and shamefully dropped out of a common subway car by a female controller (probably a Filipina).
Another case was when an aged married couple traveling in the Golden Carriage presented the controller with tickets for a regular carriage. They were fined: either 150 dir. , or $ 150, they photographed the retina of the eye and somehow explained that the unpaid fine would still be collected when crossing the border, when returning home at Dubai airport. Please note that this is a serious offence. For reference, the fare in the Golden Carriage is about twice as high as in the usual one!
Dubai Mall is a must visit! I want to mention that separately in the local Aquarium (very chic) the entrance is paid, the queue is kilometer long, we took a survey of Dubai, it already includes an excursion with a visit to this aquarium - all the savings!
Abu Dhabi is a very informative and interesting trip!
To visit the Mosque, I bought myself a Hijab on the way, inexpensively (700 rubles for ours) and elegant! We got very colorful pictures. There were no naked and sloppy tourists among us, so the entrance was not limited to anyone. But I’ll still give you advice: In order to avoid misunderstanding and unnecessary difficulties, you must be very respectful of the customs and laws of the country and the people you are visiting! Yes, on a trip to Abu Dhabi, I advise you to buy chic and inexpensive fresh dates, and if you want to bring or take them to your loved ones, it is better to stock up on plastic containers, because they are poured into bags. Great hotel from the UAE!
In Sharjah, Blue Souk or the gold market deserves our attention.
Gold Souk in Dubai didn't impress me at all! Everything is somehow shabby, old, tents, you can’t call it otherwise, they didn’t beckon and lure, even with an abundance of products and a huge selection of everything, everything, everything.
One continuous hustle and bustle and of course Heat! Don't ice! .
We didn’t get to New Gold Souk, we didn’t reach it, we don’t regret it.
Prices, as it turned out later in Sharjah, for gold are cheaper by $ 2-3 per gram, they vary in the region of $ 41 per gram for 18 carats (750), but this is only metal, in the product in the region of $ 50-52. I bought myself an interesting 21 carat necklace for $ 55 per 1g. and for my daughter an 18 carat ring for $50 per 1g. They are not traded much, only $100 lost from $1300. In general, the Blue Souk (or Trains) in Sharjah seemed to us much more attractive, modern and comfortable for making any gold purchases.
That's just go to the Blue Souk from Dubai for one gold-nonsense!
Otherwise, all Mauls are the same, it is problematic to find something in them, but you can. Residents of large metropolitan areas will not be surprised by such stores. For the most part, there are those that we have, I recognized these same stores in Paris. Although we managed to pick up something this time, and the child was not left without purchases.
In Dubai or Sharjah, you can also find a professional photographer from $250 to $400. For example, in Egypt, such a service would cost $100.
If my information helps someone, I will only be happy about it.
Thanks to Alexander for the information provided to all the people, I just want to confirm it! Great store, great people!
Special thanks for the advice and the information provided and the map of fur coat shops Babai 53. And if the Brothers give me a luxurious fur coat or award a literary prize on my next trip to Dubai or Greece with a visit to Kastoria, I will be just as incredibly happy!
PS : In order to avoid not receiving answers to possible burning questions asked by members of the forum, I will try to answer here and right away:
- I didn’t look at other furs, colors, models, prices and I’m unlikely to be able to advise or suggest, because I searched, chose and was only interested in my question in a very narrow range.
- Advertising or not advertising, I myself have not decided yet, decide for me ...
- A professional photo session, paid for by Mosino or her husband ...There must be some kind of intrigue in this ...!
- Yes, if you think that Dubai is not the right place to wear a fur coat to the beach...I assure you, it is not!
I ask you not to throw spears and stones at me. I'm just like all of us!
