He said that there had been no merchants in ancient times. He was wrong; he had never heard of the Silk Road.

他曾说古代没有商人，他错了，他没有听说过丝绸之路。

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There are no merchants charging too high, if he says 25 yuan, it is not easy to barge with him to less than 20.

在这里没有漫天要价的商人，假如他要价25元，砍价到20元就很不容易了。

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Merchants no longer had to carry gold and silver over long, dangerous journeys.

商人们不再需要在漫长而危险的旅途中携带金银。

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But India's diamond center is now desolate. Merchants in the once busy trading city say they have transacted virtually no business since last Christmas as orders dry up from Western buyers, who bought nearly 90 percent of their stones.

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Because initial deal sites had little to no relationships established with local merchants, and no way to gauge local supply and demand, many merchants were left struggling with either huge spikes in demand at extreme discounts or times with little demand when it was needed most.

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It is no wonder merchants are feeling frustration and anger that their stores are being considered as little more than showrooms by some shoppers -- showrooms displaying merchandise that, if the people wandering the aisles go home and buy from an online vendor, will provide not a cent in revenue to the owner of the real store.

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"As merchants, no one understands our customers' shopping and payment experience better than we do, and we're confident that together we can develop a technology solution that makes that experience more engaging, convenient and efficient, " said Mark Williams, president of financial services, Best Buy.

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