tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11526678.post4630058911477681803..comments2023-09-23T04:08:41.258-05:00Comments on billieblog: Toy ShoppingBillie Mercerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17826454938577230499noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11526678.post-65388989592337979982009-01-06T09:49:00.000-06:002009-01-06T09:49:00.000-06:00Bob, Midnight? I'm sure you are right but I had al...Bob, Midnight? I'm sure you are right but I had already walked about 5 miles yesterday and there wasn't anyway I could stay up until midnight. <BR/><BR/>I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thinks that toy prices are high in Mexico. Although they might be cheaper in other places than here in San Miguel. I don't know how the middle class, much less the poor, are able to give their children toys. I'm sure if I was a Mexican parent, I would have been out there in the mercado at midnight looking for a bargain.Billie Mercerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17826454938577230499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11526678.post-37840541886543850482009-01-06T08:23:00.000-06:002009-01-06T08:23:00.000-06:00I don't buy children's toys that often but when I ...I don't buy children's toys that often but when I do I just gasp at the overinflated prices. Even WalMart in Cancun has prices like you would expect from Nieman Marcus. I don't know how any child can even get a toy here. It must be a tremendous sacrifice for the parents. Witness Calypso's story of one family buying a Barbie doll on credit...the impetus for my starting Project Warm Hearts. (shameless plug on my part!)Islagringohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18181198510287530636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11526678.post-22970092725901994972009-01-06T08:04:00.000-06:002009-01-06T08:04:00.000-06:00Billie--I've gotten the impression this year that ...Billie--I've gotten the impression this year that giving toys to children on Three Kings Day is more important than seems probable. Last night, a friend whose husband needed emergency medical care asked me for a small loan to buy toys for her children. The day before, a friend who had lost his job approached me in tears, asking for help so he wouldn't disappoint his daughter.John Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17528813616267577733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11526678.post-49988567900198478352009-01-05T22:14:00.000-06:002009-01-05T22:14:00.000-06:00I have always been shocked at the toy prices in Me...I have always been shocked at the toy prices in Mexico when I've bought things for children because I know the US prices.<BR/>I bought a 5 speed mountain bike for one of my granddaughter's at Target for Christmas - cost $48 with a 5 year warranty! (It was on sale) The Barbie's and almost everything else are way overpriced in Mexico......sadly.Babshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609157345912932083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11526678.post-27324317509899249462009-01-05T20:49:00.000-06:002009-01-05T20:49:00.000-06:00Okay, Billie, but we aren't done yet. You need to ...Okay, Billie, but we aren't done yet. You need to go back out there around midnight..yes MIDNIGHT! There will still be a crowd but now the prices will be a lot cheaper because the vendors know that it is do or die time and the shoppers have been waiting all evening for the vendors to fold. See if I am not right about this. San Miguel seems to be a bit "upscale" but people are the same everywhere on Reyes Magos :)Bob Mrotekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15016079751197723749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11526678.post-81426865764750682092009-01-05T19:36:00.000-06:002009-01-05T19:36:00.000-06:00I must admit that the prices seem awfully high to ...I must admit that the prices seem awfully high to me as well. For the equal of $123 USD in Mazatlan you can find a new adult bike. Maybe not good enough for the hills, but would certainly be fine for the streets and malecon.<BR/><BR/>LarryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com