Getting the Bill for the School Supplies

by uncultured | April 2, 2008 at 03:34 pm | 88 views | add comment
Getting the Bill for the School Supplies by uncultured

This is a supplement to a video I have on YouTube, you can see that video here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=83edvBwXJKI

The store keeper at the local school supply store we went to writes up the bill. Off camera, the store keeper told me that - because I came to the store with local connections and knew the culture and language a bit - they charged me the actual price of the items. When World Vision comes into town and buys from the local school supply stores - they confessed - they usually jacked up the price.

It was kind of nice to know that - even though I'm nowhere near as big a scale as World Vision - I'm operating at a great cost efficiency :-)

Uploaded by uncultured | April 2, 2008 at 03:34 pm | 88 views | add comment

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