mrksquare:



That's how I decided to empower my friend who is an electrician by given him the contract to wire my dad's one storey building when we were building. Of all artisans that worked in my site, he was the only one I gave money to buy his own material yet most of the materials he bought were of inferior quality.

Most artisans take delight in cutting corners so as to make huge gains.

After my friend delivered on the job, I severed ties with him completely. Till date I don't talk to him. in short, the experience taught me a great lesson. And which is never do business with someone you are familiar with.

Jaqenhghar:

Usually peoppe like that continue till she finds out.

tot:


Exactly.

OP, so you don't even realise the dishonesty in this? No wonder Nigerians keep getting looters and dishonest people as leaders. Crooks deserve crooks. Se fini.

micronut:
A local woman was to roof her house, she had sent for quotations from different carpenters for roofing sheets. She got many and went for the cheapest.

Then she asked the Carpenter with the cheapest workmanship where she can get the cheapest price of the roofing sheet.

Well, madam, Iginla Stores sell at good and affordable price, one of the best in Ile-Ife, and possibly Osun state – The Carpenter explained.

Not satisfied, the woman having mobilized how planks would get to the site and roofing is about to commence asked the Carpenter to follow her to town to check different prices.

Worried but not discouraged, the Carpenter took the woman around three building material shops in town and eventually the stopped at Iginla. The woman still believes it will be cheaper somewhere else, a bundle of iron sheets at Ile-Ife at N26,000 must be cheap else where.

May be Ibadan, Yes, Ibadan will be fine.

She called a friend where they sell roofing sheets in Ibadan.

Go to Ogunpa Market, She was told.

Oh. I know all those best places in that market, because you need to be wise make dem no scam you oo. If no because of my work today, I would have followed you ma. – The carpenter advised.

Haa, No ooo. You must follow me oo. Please, don’t be disturbed, I will give you your daily labor work. You know all these sellers are thieves, some of them make unimaginable gains, I would never be their mugu. You see those planks, and almost everything on my site, I source them myself. One needs to be wise you know. Lol – Madam narrated!

Then, they headed for Ibadan with a rented truck.

On arriving the busy market, the Carpenter having been used to many of the sellers was greeted and welcomed to the big warehouse.

Immediately, the sales boy ask, Egbon se gbele ni abi normal? (Is it high grade or normal?) The carpenter said gbele ni oo…. (We want high grade).

Well, we sell high grade at 25,000. Normal at N23,000.

The madam asked what is wrong with the Normal?

Nothing, just the different makers – The Sales guy explained.

No be to roof house make e no leak? Please give us the N23,000 per bundle. We are buying 20 bundles.

Meanwhile, All the roofing sheets categorized are same. The grading is in pricing to charge and not in quality of the material.

When an artisan goes to a shop to buy, he buys at customers price – Mostly the last price the business shops can offer. They are stakeholders especially as businesses put their small cut when selling.

When you are not an artisan, you buy at regular or normal market price. If they sell a lamp holder to an electrician at N150, the normal price may be N200 if you go as the owner.

But if owner follows artisans, to market to price and buy, most often, what you get is high grade price unsuspectingly. A lamp holder goes to 250, and any removal depends on artisans price hackling power. Many times, artisans allow sellers to make more gain, on the stubborn owner that follows them and they come back behind to collect the little gains.

Well, the madam transferred and paid, and while the carpenter assisted in carrying them out, he requested for the seller’s fone no openly so he can call next time In case he sees no customer .

Well, It is coded! He isn’t asking for phone no but account no. Lol

He got a paper and put his account no.

Before they reached Ikire, he got transferred.

N3000 on every bundle on 20 bundles.

That’s N60,000.

The bundle price was actually 20,000.

The woman thought she bought at a better price in Ibadan at N23,000 instead of N26,000 at Ife. Lol

The carpenter got home still got paid by the woman as daily labor money.

He narrated the ordeal!

Lessons:

1. There is a price we pay for trying not to be cheated when dealing with Nigerian Artisans. Being too wise can be costly too.

2. It's mere foolishness to think you can outsmart an artisan or any professional in their field.

If you don't trust an artisan and his/her price, go elsewhere. Never be tempted to try buy materials for yourself.

Worse still, you source for materials and they tell you you bought inferior ones to make you feel bad and exonerate themselves if whatever they did got spoilt fast - Oluwapelumi Awotedu.

Source: https://naijalocals.com.ng/the-price-you-pay-for-looking-for-cheap-things/

GidiWoodsMan:


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

PointZerom:
If you don't trust an artisan and his/her price, go elsewhere. Never be tempted to try buy materials for yourself".


I disagree with you on this. I buy almost everything by myself. All I needed from him is the type of material he wants and if I make my purchase and he rejects it I will tell him to use it like that or fvck out.

I am into building materials two of my senior brothers are into auto parts and electronics/electrical parts so it is almost impossible for any artisan to beat me in the game.

luckshine007:

Clipper of 3000 Naira the highest and best brand ���

Sunofgod:
Everything in naija na wayo...

PointZerom:
If you don't trust an artisan and his/her price, go elsewhere. Never be tempted to try buy materials for yourself".


I disagree with you on this. I buy almost everything by myself. All I needed from him is the type of material he wants and if I make my purchase and he rejects it I will tell him to use it like that or fvck out.

I am into building materials two of my senior brothers are into auto parts and electronics/electrical parts so it is almost impossible for any artisan to beat me in the game.

kikilove:
This story is actually true oh cause it happened to one of my friend but the electrician told the seller that he brought her here to make her own choice not cause she was stubborn

Ballack1:
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

FuckAllTheMODs:
Nonsense, nothing like the price you pay for blah blah blah...

If you know the right place to get the goods/products and how to go about it, then you're good to go and also if you get good workmen and ensure you monitor them when buying the goods/products.
I would have given you one important scope to use when going to the market to get materials for work with your workman but I don't want to spoil their biz.

It seems you don't know that some of these workmen use substandard goods/products to do work even when the owners of the works pay them well

MabraO:
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

realstars:
Its remains me when my boss ask me to buy camera head cleaner, he went with me and we play a sharp business with the sales boy and he know not.

bukatyne:


Except we are missing something, the woman still got a better deal of N23k/bundle at Ibadan instead of N26k/bundle from Ife.

luckshine007:
Most clients are too stingy, they want the best product but offering you the price of an inferior product, what do you want a workman that have not see job for like 2-3 months to do? Reject the offer hell no

maasoap:


But is it okay for artisan or any professional to cheat you out of your hard earned money? The truth is 99% of Nigeria artisans are greedy bastards

Ifakiland:
What's this one saying? So we should be giving artisans money to go buy materials for us abi? Ori e o pe kobo....artisans are the most dubious modafuka around....i make dem write Wat is needed and I go to the market myself....your job isn't to buy material fool, your job is to deliver your service and get the Bleep out my presence. Those dat wanna give artisans money to buy materials for dem good luck, your life your project.

Jaqenhghar:
Niggerians and their ten-ten naira sense. He has gotten 60k plus bonuses but he has lost a customer who will most likely refer him to another customer thereby strengthening his customer base. Gor him eating now is better. SMH

JUO:
who will give you the information in 2020? We have stopped giving out information for free in 2019

MISSCONGENIALITY:
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

Angeldada55:




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

ffo:

That is unfaithfulness and unrighteousness