Hope you had a good christmas and wish you all a happy 2013.
This article says it all for me.
Many are students from the Far East who are studying in the UK – but who do not have student budgets to match.
Thai national Lalana Sermsukskulchai, 25, who is doing a masters degree at St Andrews University, bought a £1,000 Balenciaga handbag within a few minutes of entering Selfridges. She had queued from 6.30am until the store opened at 9am.
'I am going to buy up to five bags today,' she said. 'Things are much more expensive in Thailand and I wanted to experience the Boxing Day sales. I have seen it on the television before but I wanted to see what it was really like. Hopefully I won't get run over by people.'
- re: the mentality of greed a single man is up against in asia -- El Abogado -- 2012-12-27