Even though ABC mall in Dbayyeh is relatively small, I never find my way out easily specially that everything looks the same to me in the cosmetics and beauty section. However my friend pointed out to me the other day that whenever the floor becomes black, this means we are nearing the exit.

I’ve been going to ABC for years now and I never knew about that. I don’t think it applies however to the new entrances.

I’ve seen singers and celebrities posing for brands or bridal shops but not advertising their song at the same time.

After the collapse of the Achrafieh building, and rumors that the Jal el Dib bridge could collapse any second, the authorities decided to close down the bridge and widen the adjacent road.

This all sounds great but why did they block the entrance to the O&C Fresh Market? What’s the use of all those piles of concrete blocks separating cars coming from inside Jal el Dib and those coming from the highway?

I am lucky to have a brother and few cousins and friends in the U.S as I can easily order my electronics from there, because to be honest, you have to be either crazy or desperate to buy them from Lebanon.

There are few decent shops in Lebanon or sales people who can get you good deals on laptops and other electronics, but most of the time, you have a high chance of getting ripped off.

I was looking for a new laptop to replace my dying Toshiba, and the price range I was looking at was between 600-800$. After some thorough research, I had to choose between a 17-inch HP laptop and a 15-inch Lenovo Thinkpad E520.

I opted for the Lenovo as it was 200$ cheaper, is more reliable and had everything I needed in a laptop. It’s a core i5 2.4 GHZ 4GB DDR3 500GB HDD for only 617$.

When comparing the prices of laptops in Lebanon, there was at least a 200 to 300$ difference between most laptops I found online and the ones I found in shops. I understand there’s shipment fees and customs and taxes but that’s a bit too much.

I have to ask here why doesn’t the government lower its taxes on electronics in general and let Lebanese retail shops be more competitive and sell more? Most people I know want to buy their electronics from the U.S because they think products are either over-priced or not good in Lebanon.

BHV at City Mall have a really great deal on the Nespresso Essenza machine. The usual price is around LL350,000 but yesterday they started selling them for $160 which is a great price. It would make a great Christmas gift but they only had 4 left last night and I picked up 2 so if you want one HURRY.

If you’ve tried going to City Mall at night then you know what I’m talking about. Finding a parking spot is literally impossible and driving around looking for one is a waste of time. Instead I’ve got a tip for you, just don’t park in City Mall.

Instead park across from City Mall on the other side of the highway. There are PLENTY of parking spots available and then just use the cool multi-floored pedestrian bridge to get to the other side. The pedestrian bridge drops you right at the City Mall entrance. You save a lot of time this way and the bridge is actually pretty neat.

It looks like Mr.Loghat is providing them with the slogans. I hear he’s been “shoffing” at H&M a lot lately.

Via LeTaktouk

I was walking towards Crepaway Kaslik yesterday when I decided to go in and check the newly opened American Eagle Outfitters & H&M stores.

Both stores are pretty big and there’s a nice selection, but the thing that caught my attention were the price tags at American Eagle Outfitters, as all had 1 Lira added to them.

How exactly are we supposed to pay for that Lira? I still have 1 Lira coins back home, I am thinking of taking one and paying with it next time I visit.

H&M on the other hand decided to cut down its prices by 1 Lira to attract more customers.

Rej3it el Lira te7ke indeed!

Not sure if it relocated, but I just noticed yesterday that Bvlgari branch in Achrafieh closed.

The only time I visited this shop was to get my gf a bag, turns out it’s priced at 1350$ or something like that, so I thanked them and left.

One of the readers reminded me of the website pcandparts.com which has to be one of the oldest eCommerce websites in Lebanon. I think I got my first part from them back in 1998 and I remember passing by the guys house and picking it up from there (I think it was the Creative Labs Riva TNT). Since they have all the prices of all their items listed on the website I always used to use them as a price reference whenever I wanted to buy anything and they usually were the cheapest. Actually my favorite part about the website is how simple and straight forward it is. No fancy pictures or animations, just a long list of all the items they have in stock and their prices.

I’m glad they’re still around today and if you hadn’t heard of them before then now you do. Here is the link to their website [Link]