- You wanna buy, 10 euro?
- Yeah you wanna?
(eastern guitar music)
- (speaking foreign language)
And we are here in Istanbul and headed to the Grand Bazaar,
one of the oldest and largest covered markets in the world.
And a while ago, I was actually able to sell my headshots
for some money at a porn convention.
And since I promised our amazing crew some dessert today,
I figured, let's go and find out
if we can make some more money.
How do you say corn in Turkish?
- (speaking foreign language)
- Mish-tul?
(speaking foreign language)
- Okay, okay, okay.
- Dating back to the 15th century,
the Grand Bazaar continues to be a shopping mecca
for voyagers from around the globe.
- Inside of the Grand Bazaar there is 3,500 shops around.
It has also 21 entrances, and 66 streets.
- We can say this is the first mall in the world.
- [Aria] How long have you been selling at the Grand Bazaar?
- 21 years, at the morning I was going to school
and the afternoon, I came here.
- When I come here, I wanted to learn English.
- For my English, or for my other languages,
I didn't go any school.
- I learned the language from other people.
- Wow, so working here you learned--
- Yeah. English and other languages?
- Yeah, Grand Bazaar is like university.
- If you work six month here, it's almost same,
you know, four years if you do international trade school.
- We say every time if Grand Bazaar ends, what we gonna do?
This is like our home.
- So you've been selling here for a little bit.
- Yeah.
- I'm here today to try and sell as well.
- Really? - Yeah.
What do you think?
You like?
- Yes.
- I'm going to sell these.
- To who, to me?
- You think I can sell these here at the Grand Bazaar today?
- Uh huh, I don't think so.
- It's difficult I think.
- Ask me why should I buy the, for boys picture, you know?
- You'd be better to try this one in Netherlands
or something like that, you know?
(laughing)
- Maybe for both at time, it's more,
yeah, that is more stronger.
(Laughs)
- What is a good price?
- Don't get it too high.
- 20 lira, 20 lira, 40 lira
- 20 lira, 20 lira
- Price, 10 lira, brother.
- 10 lira?
- 10 lira.
- What are some tips, do you have any advice for selling?
- Say, "This is handmade."
- Say, "10 euro," it's like 60 lira in Turkey.
If you say to them 10 lira, you get a little bit profit.
- Wow depending on the currency you propose,
the more money you can make, ah 'cause that right, 'cause--
- That's the trick.
- You have to look them, if they have a good look,
or something like that, maybe it's kind of like,
heck, well they have money.
- They can't really convert in their head, right?
- Yeah.
- So 10 euro sounds--
- Yes, it's nothing my country,
if you say 6 lira, oh, it's too much in Turkey.
- (laughs) You don't have chance to sell
more than this I don't think so.
(eastern guitar music)
- Is it your first time at the Grand Bazaar?
- Yeah.
- Sorry to interrupt your sale, I'm interrupting
another guy's sale to make my sale.
I'm wondering if you would like
to buy one of these photos of me?
- How much?
- 10 euro.
- 10 euro, no, no.
- Why?
- For whatever you want, in your living room,
in your bedroom, the bathroom.
Headshots for sale!
The kitchen, the garage, in your car.
10 euro, great prices!
The patio, the den, the backyard.
Anyone interested?
- You buy a picture of an unknown guy
to put in your house, you know, it's--
- Yeah, it sounds strange a little bit.
- It sounds strange, but think about it.
Whenever you look at this photo, you'll remember
the beautiful trip you took to the Grand Bazaar.
- No.
- When you put this above you, you know,
near your bed, you go to bed,
you look up, you look at that.
- It doesn't matter if you don't like men,
it's about the experience.
You see this picture in the kitchen and you think,
"Wow, the memories of a beautiful day,
"a beautiful trip together to the Grand Bazaar."
(laughing)
- Seven euro, seven euro.
- No thank you, you are so sweet, but no thank you.
- Oh, you're very sweet for saying that,
thank you very much, I hope you have a great day.
- Ten.
- Okay.
- No.
- Never mind, thank you, no, no.
- Bye-bye.
- [Aria] As it turns out, trying to sell
headshots at the Grand Bazaar is a lot more
difficult than a porn convention.
And after hours with no luck, I'm very worried
that I won't be able to deliver
on that sweet victory dessert treat
I had promised my new friends.
- Excuse me, ma'am, thank you for speaking to me,
a very quick question, I was wondering if you'd like
to buy one of my headshot, 10 euro.
- Hmm, this one.
- You, you're gonna to buy one?
- Yeah, why not.
- You'll buy one, for 10 euro!
- Yeah.
(laughing)
- Are you serious?
- Yeah, why not, I will.
- You're so nice, why would you buy my photo?
- Because you're a very nice person.
And I think that you need a little bit of money.
(laughing)
- So if you are selling something,
you want to sell it, I will buy it.
I have 100, you have change?
- So she has 100 euro, and I have,
I actually have 80 US dollars.
I'll throw in some Turkish lira too.
Which one do you want?
- This one, of course.
- That is so nice of you, thank you so much!
I sold one, for 10 euro!
- 10 euro?
- For 10 euro.
- Oh my God, I have to see.
- So we have the footage.
- We have to see, you have to show me first.
- We'll show you the footage.
- Aria, big salesman.
- Today was a tale of constant rejection
before eventual triumph, and despite the rocky road,
I'm glad I got first-hand experience
of the beautiful chaos that is the Grand Bazaar.
But, most importantly, I'm thrilled that I'm able
to keep a promise I made to my new Turkish friends.
So should you ever find yourself in Istanbul,
be sure to make that trek through the Grand Bazaar.
Because in this bustling hub full of life and history,
you never know what you just might find.
(slow horn music)
- Mekhann, beautiful handmade products,
beautiful handmade headshots.
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