Buying clothes at the central market is very different from buying clothes in Switzerland. There are no clothes shops like H&M, C&A or any shop we have in Switzerland! In the Central Market in Kumasi there is only one street to buy clothes from and there is a junction in the middle. And if you stand on the junctions and walk left, you only find place which sell clothes for boys, but if you turn right, you will only find clothes for girls! Also many of the clothes you buy, are not from stores or shops, but by people how have a stand (usually a table) by the side of the road. So every morning they bring all their clothes to sell to their stand and take home all the clothes they did not sell at the end of the day. There are stores as well, but they are usually really small and filled to the top with clothes! And you can find almost everything on the market if you know where to look.
Also there are not fixed prices! Meaning the seller can charge you any price! But if you’re smart you will argue with the seller until you find a price you both agree on (this can take really long sometimes!). For example, I wanted to buy a soccer shirt. The man selling the shirt wanted to charge me 20 cedi (about 16 Sfr.), but I don’t want to pay so much, so after much talking we agreed on a price of 14 cedis (about 11 Sfr.)! But not all sellers want to drop their prices. With some it is easier to bargain with then others! Buying clothes always takes a long time.
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