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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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