Yorch Place

There are several bad stuff due to the economic situation, but one good is the savings, every store, little or big, in any mall or shopping centre in town has sales, plus credit, plus other stuff, like free stuff.

I have seen discounts from 10% (which is common but not in christmas time) up to 80% in many different products, promotions from 3 months without interest up to 18 months without interests, even a department store has 48 months in credit plus 20% in electronic cash, in the supermarkets they are giving you back the tax, which means, if you paid with credit card, they give you the tax in cash. In Sears I saw a PMP (portable multimedia player) with 80% discount, from $6,500 pesos to $1,300 pesos. Also Blackberries with 30% in the bold and 50% in the pearl model.

The bad thing... I'm not rich, so I'm keeping my poor saving for me, because in January is tax time in Mexico, a lot of taxes have to be paid, plus the cable TV (which we pay annualy) and other expenses.

So bad, I could take advantage of all this discounts... well I did, with the christmas presents, 80% in my brothers present, 50% in my father and only my mom's I paid full.