Or so it seemed until we didn't buy anything. The sellers around the pyramids, as around all the tourist attractions, have developed many innovative techniques for getting you to buy from them. Some have a brother living in Texas. Others engage you in conversation, give you a gift and then ask for a gift in return - invariably money. There was an etiquitte to it though; only one at a time would try to sell you things as opposed to China where it was a free-for-all.