When Loyalty Backfires: My Experience with a Market Vendor
I usually visit the market every Saturday mostly for perishables, while I get other grains that can last longer in bulk and only restock when the need arises. I am the type that loves maintaining good customer relationships. I can feel relaxed for years shopping with you as long as you give me peace. Bad enough, I usually overtrust these market men and women, especially my good customers, forgetting that everyone cannot be the same.
The truth is that I had a very good, reliable customer in my former place of residence before I relocated, and the woman proved to be a very honest soul many times. I could send her a list of items I needed, and she would deliver them to me with the correct cost of those items, including the ones she doesn't sell in her shop. All she does is step out and buy me those things, then give them to my mom to bring home. This was when I gave birth and couldn't move around for some months. But then, when I started coming out, this woman never cheated me for one day until I relocated; it was a nice experience with her while it lasted.
Moving down here, I met another customer who I felt would be like my former customer, and I trusted her so much. It's been three years since I started shopping in her shop, restocking my home monthly and buying things weekly, all from her shop. Yesterday, I decided to move to another shop to shop from. It was unlike me, because I already felt at home in her shop, but somehow my instincts told me to make a shift. Wow, what I discovered was so baffling.
The price differences were so big that I was speechless. It was hard for me to process that this woman has been cheating me badly. Like, imagine having a price difference of #1500 in one item; that's so much greediness on her part. I blame myself for trusting her that much. I blame myself for being lazy enough not to check price differences from time to time in other shops, but it's fine. We learn every day, right?.
I had a good experience shopping from another vendor yesterday, and I feel good that I wasn't cheated, at least this time.
I am still thinking if I should confront her or ghost her for life, but whatever, she loses me completely as a customer henceforth.
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No need to confront her, ghosting is better. Confronting her wouldn’t bring any positive result.
Oh..I think you are right
I can't imagine dragging words with her..it wouldn't yield anything positive
Thanks burl
What used to bother me about people like that is that, even after all the money, they still stay the same. But there’s no need to confront her or ghost her, just treat her like usual. And if she message you asking if your food has finished, let her know you still have more food.
Yea..all those cutting corners can never make them to be rich , funny enough but they don't realize that
I will see how it goes
That 1500 difference on one item is wild, your right to trust your instinct and switch, it hurts but you protected your pocket :)
I like how you set a boundary fast, its a clean cut when someone takes advantage.
My numbers brain would keep a tiny note of common pri;ces from two nearby shops, just to stay grounded and avoid surprises next time, even a rough range helps.
Losing one loyal buyer is costly for her, and honestly even my calculator would frown at that gap.
Lol...you know I will feel better knowing that I dash her money rather than discovering that she cheated me...
The boundary was needed
Thanks for engaging ❤️
Same here: if I dash a little, it is my choice, but chea't hurts because it breaks TRust.
Setting that boundary was perfect, it protects your money and your peace :)
If you jot a few usual prices in phone notes, quick checks get easier, right' Did you note the new shop price for next time?
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That's why I don't trust any vendor doesn't matter how good they are. I am quite sure that that won't sacrifice anything for us and so there is no reason to trust them blindly.
Yea..I am learning now Intishar
No more blind trust ..lol