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The Great Wall of Whiner
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Depends on where you are, but I'd plan on having at least $3,000 US dollars.
First-timers often get overcharged or 'cheated' when buying items. Not always, but it is common. I say 'cheated' because most everything here is negotiable, including salary. |
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Mike E
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| Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 8:14 pm Post subject: |
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| I'd be glad to be able to plan on having that much... if it were anywhere near possible for me. |
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Mike E
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| Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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| What you said makes me think, though, that a very helpful thing for a newbie would be a list of reasonable prices in the area, to help him spot unfair laowai prices. |
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7969
Joined: 26 Mar 2003
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Location: Coastal Guangdong
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| Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 12:15 am Post subject: |
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| Mike E wrote: |
| I'd be glad to be able to plan on having that much... if it were anywhere near possible for me. |
It'a all relative. One person feels safer with $4000, another feels fine with $1000. In the end it's up to you. Personally I'd rather have more than less. |
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The Great Wall of Whiner
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| Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 1:01 am Post subject: |
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| Mike E wrote: |
| What you said makes me think, though, that a very helpful thing for a newbie would be a list of reasonable prices in the area, to help him spot unfair laowai prices. |
We do not know the area he/she will be in. |
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Mike E
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| Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 1:39 am Post subject: |
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7969 (may I call you 79?), i would rather have more than less as well... i just meant that i don't presently have anywhere near $3,000 to either carry or not carry.
great wall, i know that sort of thing would vary by region. i will be in zhongshan. i think it'd be rock solid information to find out, for instance, what in that area is a reasonable/fair amount for a cabbie to charge per km. |
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7969
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| Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 1:44 am Post subject: |
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| if you have accommodation already set up you certainly won't need $3000. Most people advocate having a few grand on hand in case the job goes pear shaped, you leave and have/want to go home. For the first month at a job with accommodation provided (university/college job) $500-1000 will do. |
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choudoufu
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| Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 2:22 am Post subject: |
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| Mike E wrote: |
| .. i just meant that i don't presently have anywhere near $3,000 to either carry or not carry.... |
just how much do you have to either carry or not carry, minus
cost of airfare?
will it be enough to return you to your home country when things
turn out not as expected?
enough to get you through when your credit card issuer declines
a cash advance in china?
what is your plan b? plan c? |
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Mike E
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| Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 3:47 am Post subject: |
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My funds are down in the range that 7969 just said "will do." I'm currently charging all the expenses that I can charge, and that will include the airfare, until I get to the school.
Whether any of those things you just mentioned -- for instance, the need to seek a cash advance -- are real possibilities is part of | |
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