Too Many Options
In the afternoon, she stood in the middle of the market, in front of the locks shop. Wearing her blue jacket, grey jogger pants and white sports shoes. Holding in her hand a paper with a list of things to buy from the market. It is a new thing that she is trying. As she was trying to stop herself from buying things that she does not need. She is now trying to stick to a list. While, it does not seem to work perfectly. But, at least, she spends less time in the market right now.
Just in the front of the shop, there is this huge amount of locks. It has been almost five minutes that she is looking at the locks. They are all the same, except for their appearance. Too many colors to choose from, and each one has a different letters written on it. Some of them are not even in English! It feels like that if she did not look at each one of the locks, she will not make the perfect decision. Sometimes, it becomes like a riddle when one has too many options to choose from. She suddenly felt shy, from going back and forth in front of the same shop. Everyone around was busy, and seemingly in a hurry. She felt like the only one who was not able to choose something quickly, and it was like, all the eyes in the city were watching her. Jumping from one riddle to another, her mind was juggling so many unrealistic ideas and thoughts.
The shop owner noticed and approached her. He said: I see that you are still looking for a suitable lock. Then, he took two of the locks and told her that they are the best and they would go with almost all the colors. She immediately chose one. As she was walking away, she realized that it was not true. But, sometimes a limited number of choices is a blessing, and an instant choice, might not be a perfect one. But, it is probably better to choose, than be left with just options.
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😊 Going to market without a list is always troublesome - sometimes you spend on wants and soon realize the needs are still pointing their bazookas at you 🤩. Love how you relate 😂.
I'm annoying when it comes to going to market sometimes
😂😂😂 That's a good one.
I've to say that, we all been there. But, the "pretend to leave" thing, not everyone does that the same. Sometimes the storekeepers sense when someone is leaving for real, or if they're bluffing.
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😊 Shopkeeper sense here is different, and even if they know, they wouldn't want you to leave, especially if there's still a little gain on the price you're bargaining to. Every market I've visited has more than one local gadget store, so the only time they don't respond is when they truly make no gain, plus if they know you might find it at that price elsewhere.
Reminds me of the time I was actually broke and I went to a random close by shop to get mosquito coil - mosquito aren't my thing, and it's always been star wars between us😂. The shop owner, she was like, "It's 600, you this boy, you will see I'm not cheating you, go and price it somewhere else." She was serious and was frowning, so I left with an "okaaay oo, let me just check around". I went to a shop that sells at almost wholesale price and told them I wanted one - it was just 300. When I went back, she was speechless and didn't know what to say. The next time I went to her shop to get same item cos the other shop wasn't around, she sold it 400 to me which was still fair enough to me😂. There's competition here, and I love that.
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Hahaha.. That's funny. I guess, the lady in that store had a margin in her mind that she wants to stick to. Maybe, she changed her mind after what happened. LOL
Yeah, when one goes to local market and shops, they'd need to bargain a lot. Unlike, large stores, where they've the price labelled on everything before hand. In local markets, so many people are buying the same thing for a different amount of money.😂
😊 Yup, prices vary wildly here! My phone cord is 3k in school, 2k near home, and 1.5k in the market - and I haven't even started bargaining with the real market women 😁. Still figuring out how to use my mum's charm 😂. I avoid big stores when I know the price won't be in my favour, unlike when I was in Lagos cos big stores were better there.
Big stores is for rich people here
Yeah, it differs from a place to another. At some places, the local market has a lot of products that you cannot be sure about their quality.
Yes,
It's always a big drag to know which is better in terms of quality in a local market. Here we just pick gadgets by specific brands in well visited shops. We also ask but we do most of our findings before thinking of coming.
You can know some good quality foods with eyes and touch.( Most shops sell multiple products and your just left to check well and choose something)
It's best to choose very carefully where you invest your money; times of bankruptcy sometimes make us bolder when faced with necessity.
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