Leo nimekasirika yangu yote…
Av been handling a major steam system installation locally. All parts had been imported but ka kawaida u find some few missing parts and we have to buy locally…
As a norm I usually pick up the parts from Ken’s metal enterprise road but since some cannot be found there or they are run out I send my guys to look around.
First time my guys come back with the parts albeit the cost is almost 120% more than the actual price. Naulizwa maswali they show me the receipt. This happens around 5 times nikaamua hii mambo apana ingieni Gari tuende. We find the parts at Ken’s metal but out of curiosity nikamwambia let’s go mahali mnatoanga zikikosa some building called
Afri house company called afritech General merchants.
Kuingia ndani noticed well fed shiny eyes na masimu Kubwa Kubwa sitted. Gave them my item list wakanipatia quotation for the items, niliskia hasira imepanda. The total price for all the items was almost 82k na huku kwingine ilikua 37k. Canceled the items had already bought nikapatiana the item list and told them to adjust the prices coz that was not close to even the market price.
Price adjusted slightly nikalipa since items were needed urgently. Nikatoa receipt ya the other place and showed them while comparing them to the prices they gave drama ikaanza.
There were some customers hapo with gigantic lists wote wakasimama, shiny eye zikatoka Zote uko ndani mbio Ati kijana kama umenunua vitu toka uende. Watchie ndo huyo, Vijana zangu wakakuja…
To cut a long story short nilifuatwa na Gari mbili upto mombasa road then decided to stop. Kumbe they were customers asking where I bought the parts. The guy has been in business miaka mingi but daylight robbery ndo niliona…
Kwanza one of the guys had a quotation of around 200k
Hii watu iko next to the numerous ASL wholesale outlets karibu na Bridge ukienda city stadium…
Shenzi kabisa!
wewe ni mgeni nairobi au unafungua duka yako next? unaenda kuleta utiaji kwa kitunguu ya wenyewe si utapigwa paipu renj ya kichwa halafu tuseme god loved you more?
wewe ni gunu sana,hapana peleka ujinga kwa duka ya mtu,kuna mtu alikulazimisha kununua huko?my friend this is a free market economy biashara huenda on a 'willing buyer willing seller"
Wewe inakaa uko na duka endelea tu vivyo hivyo tuone kama hutafuata nakumatt! And people often think they are very smart fooling the customer… as if the customer never eventually finds out! Ni sawa, na wewe utalipa goodwill na spectacular rents hadi utii. Na deadstock duka yako itakuwa order of business. You are not that smart! Kuna Mungu.
Hawa watu wa hizi tabia ndio hu-invest hizo pesa mbaya kwa nyumba inabomoka ama ina bomolewa. It’s because they are used to shortcuts everywhere. Ama pesa yote unapeleka Aga Khan hsptl. Na hujiulizi WHY??!!
Ama mtoto bright anaanguka exam zote and you can’t tell why na umelipa fee ya mwaka. And of course hata wewe ukiwa na project, unanyolewa same standard…simiti huelewi inaisha aje. Don’t steal from sheep!
Tulifunzwa there used to be govt. trade agents zamani who would go around checking pricing enzi za duka na general shop… anyway, they were probably compromised years ago.
Hata supermarket unaingia, everything costs the same price:
Sabuni=123
Unga=125
Bulb=119
Sukari=124
Bar soap=120
Mafuta=140
That pricing is very suspect… who sets it? Na kwa shelf hakuna pricing. Na sio kila mtu ananunua gazeti aone ile page ya prices and discounts kwa ad ya supermarket. You end up spending above 3k whether you like it or not. Rogue state.