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Re: The Price You Pay For Looking For Cheap Things -an Experience by Jaqenhghar: 11:03pm On Jan 06, 2020 |
mrksquare:Na wa. Thats his loss |
Re: The Price You Pay For Looking For Cheap Things -an Experience by SmartyPants(m): 11:07pm On Jan 06, 2020 |
Jaqenhghar: That's conjecture. Supposing he is wise and stops, your assertion will not be true. |
Re: The Price You Pay For Looking For Cheap Things -an Experience by Nobody: 11:32pm On Jan 06, 2020 |
tot: This behaviour is the norm in Nigeria, people don't see anything wrong with what the artisan did because that's how they deal in their professional & private lives, they would gouge even their own blood relatives to make an extra thousand or two...in Nigeria, corruption has been coded into the DNA of citizens 1 Like |
Re: The Price You Pay For Looking For Cheap Things -an Experience by adanny01(m): 11:41pm On Jan 06, 2020 |
micronut: I make serious research, estimates and calculations before I call an artisan. Most cases, they cut cap for me and beg me to reconsider and add a little money because they eventually make too little. I oblige and they respect me for paying more than we agreed. The only problem is, it makes me slow. Also, lack of experience will cause one to lose money, so I know when to trust an artisan. 1 Like |
Re: The Price You Pay For Looking For Cheap Things -an Experience by tot(f): 11:43pm On Jan 06, 2020 |
GidiWoodsMan: Very scary. I read pages 1 and 2, and no one had pointed out the dishonesty until the comment I quoted. 2 Likes |
Re: The Price You Pay For Looking For Cheap Things -an Experience by tck2000(m): 11:48pm On Jan 06, 2020 |
PointZerom: |
Re: The Price You Pay For Looking For Cheap Things -an Experience by Carlmax(m): 1:20am On Jan 07, 2020 |
I am a real bullshitter at the market, I don't buy @ the first store that I price and I clearly let you know I am looking around for the best price. Nobody should leave a negotiation happy, so if a seller stands on a price for "too long" I simply walk out, I can't displease myself to please you. 3 Likes |
Re: The Price You Pay For Looking For Cheap Things -an Experience by MabraO: 2:15am On Jan 07, 2020 |
I pity people who carry workmen to go and buy material. The go barb u abollo All I do is tell them to give me the list of wot they want nd I go buy it for them 1 Like |
Re: The Price You Pay For Looking For Cheap Things -an Experience by LordBuchi(m): 3:22am On Jan 07, 2020 |
I thought it's only Igbos in the East that do wayo? Nawa ooo, never know it can happen in Ibadan. |
Re: The Price You Pay For Looking For Cheap Things -an Experience by pek(m): 4:13am On Jan 07, 2020 |
luckshine007:Read and comprehend. 1 Like |
Re: The Price You Pay For Looking For Cheap Things -an Experience by ezenna191(m): 4:46am On Jan 07, 2020 |
I have long known the saying " cheapest is dearest. 1 Like |
Re: The Price You Pay For Looking For Cheap Things -an Experience by oriewanbe: 6:25am On Jan 07, 2020 |
Sunofgod:Yeah, that is how I bought a London used tecno Android phone that does not have data usage control in the setting . All the apps we're just consuming my data. Some other things stated on the phone like the RAM and ROM were lies. |
Re: The Price You Pay For Looking For Cheap Things -an Experience by Angeldada55(m): 6:49am On Jan 07, 2020 |
PointZerom: I laff in Arabic *Kikikikiki* Habibi, come to computer village first ; let's see how smart you are !!! Na pipu like you dey buy " iPhone *fugu* pro max E get pesin wey dem no fi cheat for this Naija ? Iffa talk now, pesin go say I no know anything... Mtcheeew 1 Like |
Re: The Price You Pay For Looking For Cheap Things -an Experience by Ballack1(m): 7:05am On Jan 07, 2020 |
Some customers take your gentility and sincerity for stupidity .some customers don't worth the stress.No matter how smart you claim to be ,if an artisan wish to dupe you he will..I'm an artisan |
Re: The Price You Pay For Looking For Cheap Things -an Experience by hapiness44(f): 7:12am On Jan 07, 2020 |
My husband will give you the pros and cons of each material and suggest the best for you no matter the price difference then you make your choice. He is also a carpenter and makes unique furnitures https://www.nairaland.com/4545349/sister/2 1 Like |
Re: The Price You Pay For Looking For Cheap Things -an Experience by MISSCONGENIALITY(f): 7:40am On Jan 07, 2020 |
kikilove:it true but not in all cases. If you know the market very well you can get your things yourself without even the assistant of an artisan. All you need is to know the brand or make you want. If hi want to be more sure, start by going for market research if the market is close. Go round the market and find out how much the different grates cost. Avoid all those artisans that tell you things like, plank is expensive here, I will get it for you cheaper at the other market. The job of an artisan is to tell you what you need and the quantity not to go and buy for you. Except you meet one that you know is not an artisan and an agent who will collect agent fee from you behind your back. 2 Likes |
Re: The Price You Pay For Looking For Cheap Things -an Experience by MISSCONGENIALITY(f): 7:46am On Jan 07, 2020 |
Ballack1:but is that how it supposed to be. How can you say someone following you to the market to buy things for his own work is making the artisan stupid. The only time you should blame a customer is if you work and he doesn't pay you or pays you less than what you two agreed on. Some artisans are so wicked that they will steal from you more than what you are even paying them. And when they meet someone who already know their trick they begin to do a substandard job or waste the materials out of bitterness. 1 Like |
Re: The Price You Pay For Looking For Cheap Things -an Experience by ffo(m): 7:47am On Jan 07, 2020 |
FuckAllTheMODs:Why withholding information from us when we are all here to learn. |
Re: The Price You Pay For Looking For Cheap Things -an Experience by MISSCONGENIALITY(f): 7:49am On Jan 07, 2020 |
MabraO:Thats all. How can one give money to work men to buy materials for them. |
Re: The Price You Pay For Looking For Cheap Things -an Experience by ffo(m): 7:50am On Jan 07, 2020 |
realstars:That is unfaithfulness and unrighteousness 2 Likes |
Re: The Price You Pay For Looking For Cheap Things -an Experience by MISSCONGENIALITY(f): 8:02am On Jan 07, 2020 |
bukatyne:Maybe the artisan didn't get enough as he would have gotten if the woman got it from ife. And the woman will still pay him. Na this kind artisan dey thief materials for site go sell. Thieves calling themselves artisans. That's why many of them don't progress. 4 Likes |
Re: The Price You Pay For Looking For Cheap Things -an Experience by MISSCONGENIALITY(f): 8:08am On Jan 07, 2020 |
luckshine007:it's better to reject the work of its poor than you steal and then think that when the owner discovers he will ever call or recommend you to anyone. I sew clothes and I reject clothes all the time if the price is not good enough. I tell them that it's better for me to seat here in my shop and sleep that to collect clothes just because I've not seen clothes for weeks and then sew nonsense because the person wasn't able to pay enough. A bad work will send away more clients and even intending clients. But a good work, will always bring better clients because they come with confidence that you can do the work if their price is okay for you. As an artisan, sometimes it's better not work at all than to do one bad job just because u u want to punish the owner for not paying you very well. 4 Likes |
Re: The Price You Pay For Looking For Cheap Things -an Experience by MISSCONGENIALITY(f): 8:10am On Jan 07, 2020 |
maasoap:Saying they arebhust greedy is an understatement. They are thieves. 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: The Price You Pay For Looking For Cheap Things -an Experience by MISSCONGENIALITY(f): 8:11am On Jan 07, 2020 |
Ifakiland:Truth |
Re: The Price You Pay For Looking For Cheap Things -an Experience by NoToPile: 8:17am On Jan 07, 2020 |
But what of honest customers who just want good quality and take the carpenters there to choose the best so just pay on the spot and load into the vehicles but they still collide with the sellers to rip of the customer. It happened to my mum once. This man was the trusted carpenter, handled all the carpentry work of the house from foundation down to roofing, whatever he recommended as good was what she bought, she just pays the seller. So it got to the doors level as usual they went to pako together and he stated the one that was okay, price was haggle they all negotiated together and they agreed on a particular amount and she paid, and the doors was loaded about 20 doors or more. The next day, she now remembered she wanted to buy a key for the house she's presently staying( she stayed with one of my cousins living in the area the project was) she bought the keyset and then just out of curiosity prices the same door from the same seller and low and behold the asking price for each door was about 3- 4000 naira lower than the amount they bought the guy didn't recognize her she now introduced herself the guy was shocked to the marrow then the elders there were now like that's what we always warn them about blabla. She just called the carpenter and told him thank you for purchasing at xyz price loool. This was like 8 years ago. Meanwhile my cousin that introduced him to mum told her that she shouldn't use him again because he had changed that she noticed it when she recommended him for another roofing project around but because he roofed her place 2 years before that she still trusted him so she withdrew him from the job and future contracts. This is someone that because he does a good job he charges slightly higher than others but peeps still don't mind. He lost his customers in that area. The point still is at the end of the day, nature still has a way of collecting it back. Few months later he fell from scaffolding and broke his legs, that was the beginning of his problems he never recovered since then and the said house has been completed since. Personally I would never take any artisan to buy anything, lots of them are rogues. 4 Likes |
Re: The Price You Pay For Looking For Cheap Things -an Experience by MISSCONGENIALITY(f): 8:17am On Jan 07, 2020 |
Jaqenhghar:That's the moral lesson most people are pretending not to learn from this topic. 2 Likes |
Re: The Price You Pay For Looking For Cheap Things -an Experience by MISSCONGENIALITY(f): 8:20am On Jan 07, 2020 |
JUO:People dealing in the materials have better information. If one decides to visit the market, by the time to ask 4 or 5 people about a product and their price, you will deduct from their answer which product is better, cheaper or durable. Artisans don't sell these things neither do they produce them. See this one o 2 Likes |
Re: The Price You Pay For Looking For Cheap Things -an Experience by NoToPile: 8:24am On Jan 07, 2020 |
MISSCONGENIALITY: Exactly, this method is what works for me oo. I won't even carry money to pay at that point, will just ask around and come back later to purchase. 1 Like |
Re: The Price You Pay For Looking For Cheap Things -an Experience by PointZerom: 8:26am On Jan 07, 2020 |
Angeldada55: You think that everyone is as mumu as .. 90% of the phones I have used I didn't buy them here in Nigeria.. In fact I have four phones now in my wardrobe..all given to me by friends and relatives that came home from Europe and America this Christmas. I repeat, No artisan can beat me in this game. |
Re: The Price You Pay For Looking For Cheap Things -an Experience by inspector1(m): 8:37am On Jan 07, 2020 |
[quote author=Rapmoney post=85564279]Sometimes, the price you pay for pursuing cheap things is greater than what you pay to get things at their normal prices. I'd rather buy a shirt for 7k that has good quality than buy an inferior one that goes for 1.5k. The reason is that the one that goes for 1.5k may not last more than two months. EXACTLY, IN MY OWN CASE I BOUGHT A USED KIA CERATO MANUAL 2012 FOR #650K, AFTER MY MECHANIC HAD VERIFY THE CAR AND HE WAS SATISFIED. DO U KNOW THAT THE VEHICLE ENGINE KNOCKED IN LESS THAN 2 HOURS OF PURCHASE AND THE PRICE OF A TOKUNBO ENGINE COST #450K? THE CAR IS PARKED SINCE THEN..... 3 Likes |
Re: The Price You Pay For Looking For Cheap Things -an Experience by realstars: 9:07am On Jan 07, 2020 |
ffo:Thank you, but that money was of help to me at that time. |
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