The Oriental Carpet Buyer

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Entries from March 2008

Beyond the Bophorus of SoHo goes online!

April 19th, 2008 · No Comments

My friend Ismael, owner of SoHo’s Beyond the Bosphorus carpet store has finally decided that it is about time to get a web site and can now be found at BeyondtheBosphorus.com . His web site needs a little work still, but I guess it’s a start, right?

We have officially formed a partnership, whereby Carpet on […]

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Tags: carpet websites · cleaning · salesmen · stores

Did anyone say Black Hat SEO?

April 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Sorry I have been away from my computer for so long - it has been over a week now that I have been on the road - but not to worry, I have plenty of stories to share with my readers. Anyway, just to get back into the rhythm, I thought I would share with […]

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The non-cliché carpet salesmen in Australia

April 8th, 2008 · No Comments

This is a great episode of The Chasers War on Everything (an Australian show) where they go to visit Oriental carpet dealers who ARE NOT having clearance sales and ask them to put signs up saying that they are. The best part is when one of the owners says that he does not wish to […]

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Tags: salesmen · stores · videos

Cut the BS part 2: When a rug is MADE IN CHINA, don’t lie about it

April 7th, 2008 · No Comments

As usual, I was inspired by something my son said the other day to write this. I needed to pick out carpets for a trip to upstate New York and he came along with me to visit some of Manhattan’s whole sellers. We walk into one and as I look around he stops next to […]

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Tags: BS · judging value · stores