Beware of Fellow Foreigners Peddling their (used) Wares
Beware of foreigners peddling their (used) wares! A Tsou aboriginal woman in Alishan wearing traditional clothes What foreigners don't know can cost them Newly arrived foreigners are at a significant disadvantage. They lack experience in their new home, they often lack language and cultural skills and they lack local knowledge generally. This is a recipe that can lead to being taken. What follows is a sort of a warning for expats to be wary of their fellow expat, when it comes to buying things or business dealings. A pagoda located near Shimen Dam in Taoyuan One phenomenon I've noticed over the years is the tendency for expats to overcharge for things they want to sell. I think there may be a few reasons for this. The first is probably that when expats sell up to go home, they want to "cash in" their material possessions that they accumulated during their stays in Taiwan for money to fund their trips home and to get started there. So, all manner o...