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What You Are Offered

Photos taken during an exploration of purchasing experiences in Beijing. This gentleman approaches people exiting a large electronics market offering cheap software. No stall, just a 'come to my office a few minutes away'. The office turned out to be a one room apartment shared with his mother and involved following him at a brisk pace down side-streets and alleys. The selection of software all poor quality pirated material in a suitcase. Presumably he didn't sell this outside the market because his stock would be too easily confiscated during one of the semi-regular crackdowns or possibly from rival sellers who consider that their pitch.

Writing from Tokyo | February 18, 2006 | Permalink