Shopping in Delhi’s Sarojini Nagar, Janpath Market: tricks that won’t fail you

Resham SengarResham Sengar/Times Travel Editor/TRAVEL TRENDS, DELHI/ Updated : Sep 4, 2018, 11:09 IST

Shopping in Delhi’s Sarojini Nagar, Janpath Market: tricks that won’t fail you

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If you know how much to spend on an item at Delhi’s best street markets – Janpath and Sarojini Nagar – you can save a lot of time and money, especially if you are newbie. Stay tuned to this space and keep reading to know a few sho … Read more

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There are two most worth it markets in Janpath: the Gujarati Market, and the sidewalk shops. The Gujarati Market is a paradise for picking artsy, vintage Kutch work items. While, all the visitors try their luck in bargaining, the vendors, who are not only skilled craftsmen but also good at selling, do not like too much bargaining. So, the key is not to go overboard while haggling for the desired thing.

Janpath shops stock merchandise such as attars, incense, Tibetan jewellery and souvenirs, silver and junk, Pashmina shawls, Lucknowi chikankari garments, jewellery boxes, footwear, bags, and cotton apparel. While, most of these fixed rate shops are meant to woo the foreign tourists, shoppers can still ask for a better price from the vendors.

Sarojini Nagar

The market also simply known as “Sarojini” by Delhites, is the go-to place for picking export surplus/rejected clothes at bargain-able prices. However, the strategies you use for bargaining are the real catch whilst shopping in Saroijini Nagar Market. Here, we give you some tried and tested savvy shopping techniques.

Make sure the time is right

Be it Sarojini or Janpath market, one of the best tricks you could use to land a good bargain is reaching at bohni time. This is a word that almost every street-market vendor swears by because it is the first earning of the day, and thus held sacred by the business class. Usually, customers have an upper hand during the bohni time i.e. 10 to 12 PM, as vendors are ready to accept the bargain price quoted to them.

Check the item before falling for it

Often, street-market shoppers come home after a shopping jaunt to find a weird stain or another defect on the purchased garment. So, to avoid committing similar mistakes, make sure you check for any glitches in the item.

Be one of the smart bargainers

Stay confident while quoting your price to give out impact that you are a honed shopper. Say that the item is available at a cheaper rate at an online shop. Using the local dialect while bargaining also works.

Stay poised even if you couldn’t strike a bargain

We know how tempting it could be to get the desired product, and equally disappointing to lose the bargain. Therefore, it would serve you best to mentally cut off from the object. It would be great if you and the vendor could find a middle ground, otherwise, let it go.

All these tips would ensure you to return home happy and psychologically satiated for having spent the money well.