Best Buys and Bargains in Paris: (Yes, they do exist!) [Paperback]

Jeanne Feldman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 15, 2000

If you were French, *Where would you shop?*How would you act to get the best service?*What would you do to save time and money?Find out, in BEST BUYS AND BARGAINS IN PARISPlus shopping tips, gift ideas and more.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Jeanne Feldman, American, began her career in the film industry in Los Angeles. In 1991 she moved to Paris where she developed her interest in inter cultural relations and best buy shopping.Jeanne joined Inter Cultural Management Associates a management consultant firm, in June of 1999 where she now works various on multi-cultural projects.

Product Details

• Paperback: 172 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse (August 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595125220
• ISBN-13: 978-0595125227
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,509,329 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

40 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Makes you want to go to Paris (and shop with the author)!, March 22, 2001

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Lawrence U. Fike, Jr. (Yakima, WA USA - Philosophy Instructor) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best Buys and Bargains in Paris: (Yes, they do exist!) (Paperback)

This is a fun and useful book that has fed my many fantasies of traveling to Paris. When Jeanne Feldman writes of shopping for clothing in the "Fourteenth Arrondissement," you want to be there and see just what exactly the "Fourteenth Arrondissement" has to offer! Did you know that you can get a tax refund if you spend x number of dollars in a Parisian store? Feldman explains how this works, and much, much more.

Paris is normally thought of as an expensive place to live -- and of course it can be -- but the author shows you how to circumnavigate this popularly conception of Paris. It may make an expatriate of you, as it apparently has of her.

The book is divided into convenient chapters, so that whether you are eyeballing food, clothing, perfumes, supermarkets, wine, flea markets or more, she will send you to the right places once you read the right chapters. Because her prose is to the point, you won't be bogged down with unnecessary details. The book will fit conveniently into your day-pack or handbag.

A satisfied consumer, Larry Fike )

22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I am not a shopper, March 29, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Best Buys and Bargains in Paris: (Yes, they do exist!) (Paperback)

I am not a shopper. My best friend put my feeling about shopping into words once, saying, "I regard time spent shopping as time that I am dead." Even so, I found the guide highly entertaining, very funny, and enlightening about cultural differences and similarities. I can see that it could be an invaluable guide for demon shoppers as well as phobic shoppers like me. I also like that it is so unapologetically idiosyncratic. Jeanne Feldman's personality comes through in the narrative -- very practical about getting a good deal and very astute in making observations about American and French ethos in the Agora.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Paris Shopping, September 10, 2007

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Paris Lover "Marilyn" (Orange County, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best Buys and Bargains in Paris: (Yes, they do exist!) (Paperback)

I didn't use this book at all. I found it disappointing. Instead of grouped by district it was grouped by category so if you were in a certain area it was hard to tell which stores were in that district.