Hi friends! Hope you are excellent in health and spirit and wealth! Must have done a lot of shopping in the festivals and planning to do a lot more for the up coming ones. I must narrate a small experience that i underwent this friday(18/10/2013) and may benefit you without any cost.
As this friday is Laxmi Puja in Bengal ,hence it is a holiday. Nothing to do we, I and Moinak (my friend), just went out to check in a newly built Mall (Lake Mall) in Rash Behari. After checking out from a lot of items in Big Bazar, we just bought a few apparels and moved on. We entered "Citi Mart ". As we were browsing through "Shorts" as i had to buy a 3-qtr, my eyes fell on something familiar. O! This is the same 3-qtr i was wearing. Absolutely 100 % match- Size,quality, design,style,logo,brand and colour. But not the PRICE. The 3-qtr i was wearing , i had bought from a nearby shop ,had cost me around Rs. 375/- or so i remember. But here the price tag was Rs. 895/- without any discount!!!!! Amazing!. I do not know what to call it. Be it Citi Mart or Big Bazar or any Brand, the prices are so vulgar.
Prior to this experience, whenever i had visited the malls and shopped i thought i have bought a good quality things as i have footed bills like Rs.1500/- for a shirt or a T-shirt, Rs.1800-2500 for Jeans and Rs.3000-4000/- for shoes. But never known that what we are buying could be obtained in less that half those price only if we care to look around. With the experience i am feeling unsure. Because the price is obviously not as per cost. It has been inflated. My belief in market is shattered the way few God-men have raped the beliefs of millions of devotes. Caution! Tread with care! " A rupee saved is a rupee earned"
This is high time that a regulator for consumer market should be set up. A strong, capable watch-dog is needed to save us from our exploitators. Also, every price tag must display full breakage of the cost of item and the profit margin! We must demand. " Jago grahak Jago"
WELL SAID YAAAAAAAR
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