Copy and Paste is Good At Times, But Only if All Others are Mentally Prepared
By theSids
@thesids (22180)
Bhubaneswar, India
March 25, 2012 1:10am CST
Hi lotters 
So there was this sect of people who had money and had just returned shopping in a Mall somewhere in the west! When they returned, they found that we had nothing like any of those malls where you can get almost anything of your choice. And that lead to a spree of opening up of Malls all across the country - as they had lots of money. One Organization also states that we will open a Mall almost every 1 kilometer
However one thing they forgot - We dont have the mentality and even the Govt. Rules that they have in the west. (I thought forgetting was only my forte 
)
So yesterday, while shopping at one of these Malls, I fount that one street vegetable vendor purchased all their Potatoes and Capsicums - and the customers of this Mall had to return without being able to get a hold on even one of those (potatoes or capsicums - I too did not get any too).
And today, this vendor was back on business - selling the items purchased from this Mall - potatoes @ 15.00 INR per Kilo(as against @8.00 INR - the purchase price at the Mall) and the capsicum @ 60.00 INR per kilo (as against the 28.00 INR - purchase price at the Mall). And the Mall has still not got any Capsicum or Potato in their stock by now. - For those who want to learn Money Making tips - I hope they read this twice
)
I always thought and believed if you are going to do a copy paste, you must realize that the Mental State and Thinking and even the other related Rules are not the same and so Copy Paste is NEVER a Good idea.
What would my fellow dear lotters say about this!
Cheers,
theSids.
So there was this sect of people who had money and had just returned shopping in a Mall somewhere in the west! When they returned, they found that we had nothing like any of those malls where you can get almost anything of your choice. And that lead to a spree of opening up of Malls all across the country - as they had lots of money. One Organization also states that we will open a Mall almost every 1 kilometer
However one thing they forgot - We dont have the mentality and even the Govt. Rules that they have in the west. (I thought forgetting was only my forte )
So yesterday, while shopping at one of these Malls, I fount that one street vegetable vendor purchased all their Potatoes and Capsicums - and the customers of this Mall had to return without being able to get a hold on even one of those (potatoes or capsicums - I too did not get any too).
And today, this vendor was back on business - selling the items purchased from this Mall - potatoes @ 15.00 INR per Kilo(as against @8.00 INR - the purchase price at the Mall) and the capsicum @ 60.00 INR per kilo (as against the 28.00 INR - purchase price at the Mall). And the Mall has still not got any Capsicum or Potato in their stock by now. - For those who want to learn Money Making tips - I hope they read this twice)
I always thought and believed if you are going to do a copy paste, you must realize that the Mental State and Thinking and even the other related Rules are not the same and so Copy Paste is NEVER a Good idea.
What would my fellow dear lotters say about this!
Cheers,
theSids.3 people like this
12 responses
@vandana7 (102698)
• India
26 Mar 12
While that is clever, it is a short time thing. The mall management would soon realize that and increase the prices a bit so that they get more profits and it does not remain profitable enough for the vegetable vendor. In fact, it is detrimental for our interests if we encourage vegetable vendor in doing this. Why?
Mall now knows how much people are willing to pay for those vegetables. So it would marginally reduce those prices. It would price capsicum at 50, and potatoes at 10. And mark up all vegetables proportionately. Vegetable vendor cannot buy more variety. When people find that mall has more variety and offers it at cheaper rate, vegetable vendor's fate is sealed for lifetime. Effectively, mall becomes monoplistic.
Out here, we have farmers selling their produce directly without middlemen. Reasonable rates if you can go to them on right days. :)
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
27 Mar 12
Hi Vandana
Yes, this is a short term thing as long as the malls supply doesnt get them the Potatoes and the Capsicums. This chain of Malls, doesnt seem to update their rules anytime as this practice of bulk sales has been continuing since the past several years. I had some problems at another counter of this mall when I was buying Soy Milk for me in 2009-10 and then this time it happened with these veggies.
The management knows that this is happening and still they allow this bulk sales. A few of their customers including my brother raised this issue and they were silent stating - there is no such rule in their rule books or guides
Yes, this is a short term thing as long as the malls supply doesnt get them the Potatoes and the Capsicums. This chain of Malls, doesnt seem to update their rules anytime as this practice of bulk sales has been continuing since the past several years. I had some problems at another counter of this mall when I was buying Soy Milk for me in 2009-10 and then this time it happened with these veggies.
The management knows that this is happening and still they allow this bulk sales. A few of their customers including my brother raised this issue and they were silent stating - there is no such rule in their rule books or guides
@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
25 Mar 12
Hi Bhai!
Here it is common for a vender to resell what they bought elsewhere. If you want to make sure the items you buy are new , you go to a store.
Here it is common for a vender to resell what they bought elsewhere. If you want to make sure the items you buy are new , you go to a store. @thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
27 Mar 12
Hi behen
Of course, the retail outlets here do sell directly to customers not the re-sellers. However the vegetable vendors, the packaged milk resellers do buy things in bulk from these Malls and other big shops (as they are cheaper there) and then re-sell them at whooping prices (as in this particular case, the prices were almost double)
Of course, the retail outlets here do sell directly to customers not the re-sellers. However the vegetable vendors, the packaged milk resellers do buy things in bulk from these Malls and other big shops (as they are cheaper there) and then re-sell them at whooping prices (as in this particular case, the prices were almost double)1 person likes this
@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
27 Mar 12
My G-d! That doesn't happen here with vendors. The place where prices are way high for the basics is a " convenient" store. It is mini market usually at a gas station or it is closer than the supermarket. The vendors here usually buy look a likes of the posh items like purses and jewelry and sell it for a lesser price.
@writersedge (22563)
• United States
25 Mar 12
During our ice storm, someone wanted to buy all the bread and milk from a store near us. They said, "NO, I have customers who need this. " Otherwise, that person would have doubled or tripled the cost of everything because no one else would have had milk or bread because of the ice storm. I'm glad the store said, "No." Here there is a rule that you can only buy so much of something on sale. There will be a posting with a limit like "Only one case per customer." Or "Three offers of three cans each (9) to a customer."
Without the rules, that can become a real problem. You are experiencing the problem. Greedy people will buy and resell. If they have to, they should resell in their own area and it shouldn't be all of any one food. Like I live 24 miles away from things and poor people have a hard time driving that. If I bought some food and resold it higher where I live because of my time and gas, that is one thing, but to buy all the food and resell in the same place for much higher is greedy and unfair.
I hope some laws are rules are made in your area to stop the buying of all of any one food. That's just wrong.
It is good that you tell us what's going on so we have some idea since we don't live there.
@writersedge (22563)
• United States
27 Mar 12
Thank you. I'm very proud of our small store owners during the ice storm of 98.
Maybe you can start a letter writing campaign concerning resellers to your government. Other people must be upset by this. That's what we do here. We get a lot of people to write to complain. A reseller who only buys what poor people in an area need and only all reasonable costs so that poor people won't have to drive far is one thing. Buy and resell all of everything and resell in the same area, that's another.
Good luck and let me know what you decide to do.
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
27 Mar 12
Hi writers
Exactly my view and thoughts. We must have rules that should deny Bulk Purchases from counters which are for the society and people not re-sellers. Unfortunately the government (in this regard to the Malls which are mostly Privately owned) doesnt make any rules. And neither do these malls. The malls should have some rules and deny such purchases.
Thanks for sharing the information that there are laws and even people at your place who think more about others and not just themselves.
Exactly my view and thoughts. We must have rules that should deny Bulk Purchases from counters which are for the society and people not re-sellers. Unfortunately the government (in this regard to the Malls which are mostly Privately owned) doesnt make any rules. And neither do these malls. The malls should have some rules and deny such purchases.
Thanks for sharing the information that there are laws and even people at your place who think more about others and not just themselves.1 person likes this
@ifa225 (14468)
• Indonesia
27 Mar 12
Hi Sid,
you can buy potatoes here..it always available
back to the topic, i guess Indonesia just like India too, there is a mall for every kilometers 
and a tall apartment beside it.
but slowly, i guess the copy paste is working in here. i get even surprised that there is so many rich people who can buy those expensive things in the mall while there is so many poor people too who can't afford to buy a rice everyday 
back to the topic, i guess Indonesia just like India too, there is a mall for every kilometers and a tall apartment beside it.
but slowly, i guess the copy paste is working in here. i get even surprised that there is so many rich people who can buy those expensive things in the mall while there is so many poor people too who can't afford to buy a rice everyday
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
27 Mar 12
Hi ifa
Over the past several months I dont know anything beyond potatoes - I love them and even after so many long years of my association and romance with them, they still taste yummy
(I know 300 dishes to make from these potatoes today)
When you say - while there is so many poor people too who can't afford to buy a rice everyday - it does remind me of some local politico saying - The day is not far when there would be only rich and poor - as everything the policies do are just creating the divides larger.
Unfortunately this is where the world is heading to. No one cares about the poor and those who do dont have enough to reach
Over the past several months I dont know anything beyond potatoes - I love them and even after so many long years of my association and romance with them, they still taste yummy (I know 300 dishes to make from these potatoes today)
When you say - while there is so many poor people too who can't afford to buy a rice everyday - it does remind me of some local politico saying - The day is not far when there would be only rich and poor - as everything the policies do are just creating the divides larger.
Unfortunately this is where the world is heading to. No one cares about the poor and those who do dont have enough to reach
@viju0410 (2286)
• India
26 Mar 12
hi,
are u sure, the mall management is not aware of this vendor? how can they sell everything to 1 single vendor and leave their customers unhappy/ empty handed? May be they are getting certain % from the vendor and that could be another reason for the high cost.
Here everything is easily available and those who sell door to door only charge Rs.2/- or Rs.3/- extra from the market price.
have a nice time.
Viju
ps: how is your health?
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
27 Mar 12
Hi Viju
These are the thoughts of my brother who was eagerly waiting for me to cook capsicum mushrooms on Sunday. He says that this is a regular thing which happens at this outlet of this chain here. And this vendor has specific days when he gets into the mall, brings in whatever they wont be getting in the next 2-3 days and sell it off at a much higher price.
I believe that the Vendor has a great calculation and always does his study of the things and dates when they update the stocks at this Mall. A 2/- or 3/- hike is understandable and even acceptable to many but the double!
And unfortunately people today have more money which they can spare to buy them... keeps the vendor going good in his business.
But for that treat of Capsicum Mushroom, I am feeling better healthwise. I am at my dad's place and my dear nephew who is having his vacations is keeping things (BP) low and below normal I guess... He needs me to cook some chicken for him tomorrow...
These are the thoughts of my brother who was eagerly waiting for me to cook capsicum mushrooms on Sunday. He says that this is a regular thing which happens at this outlet of this chain here. And this vendor has specific days when he gets into the mall, brings in whatever they wont be getting in the next 2-3 days and sell it off at a much higher price.
I believe that the Vendor has a great calculation and always does his study of the things and dates when they update the stocks at this Mall. A 2/- or 3/- hike is understandable and even acceptable to many but the double!
And unfortunately people today have more money which they can spare to buy them... keeps the vendor going good in his business.
But for that treat of Capsicum Mushroom, I am feeling better healthwise. I am at my dad's place and my dear nephew who is having his vacations is keeping things (BP) low and below normal I guess... He needs me to cook some chicken for him tomorrow...
@GardenGerty (169585)
• United States
26 Mar 12
Not to be too picky about terms, but it sounds like a "supermarket" like we have. In fact it sounds like a lot of them opened up, but the vegetable vendors are smarter. They should perhaps have jobs as financial advisers. I would say hurray for them.
Here in the west many people claim that the big malls and supermarkets and "Wal Marts" put the little local business out of business. It does not have to be that way, at least according to your story.
Here in the west many people claim that the big malls and supermarkets and "Wal Marts" put the little local business out of business. It does not have to be that way, at least according to your story.
@SomeCowgirl (32189)
• United States
25 Mar 12
Well if I am reading this right it sounds like this guy is actually getting himself some business. If he takes the fruits and vegetables from one mall and buys them all up, then goes back and places them in his own stall and raises the price, he wins. If there is no other place to buy these things for miles, people are forced to spend their money on his outrageous prices. It's not exactly fair but he wins out in the end as he gets the profits and the business. Now he should turn around one day, find the same fruits and vegetables at another place farther away, come back and make them cheaper then they are at the mall. that would really confuse the people!
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
31 Mar 12
Hi SomeCowgirl
It is not that one has to go for miles to find another but we here many opt for the "easy to access" one. Though this chain (of the mall) has 5 other malls within 5 kilometers, still, unfortunately, such things happen. And people still go to such nearby vendors when they find themselves in similar situations.
And vendors here are firmly believe that if they can sell and make profits on one day, the other days are all the same. They never reduce their prices
It is not that one has to go for miles to find another but we here many opt for the "easy to access" one. Though this chain (of the mall) has 5 other malls within 5 kilometers, still, unfortunately, such things happen. And people still go to such nearby vendors when they find themselves in similar situations.
And vendors here are firmly believe that if they can sell and make profits on one day, the other days are all the same. They never reduce their prices
@Porcospino (31365)
• Denmark
26 Mar 12
I think that vendor found a clever way to make some money. It would not be possible to do the same thing in my country, because the shops have rules about that. Every customer is only allowed to buy a certain number of each thing. The rule is meant to prevent the exact situation that you describe, because some of the people who own small shops would like to buy a lot of things in the big malls and re-sell them. The big malls don't want that, so they limit the number of things that each customer is allowed to buy. Of course there are people who try to cheat and buy more than they are allowed to buy. Sometimes the people who owns small shops send their children to the mall one by one. Each child is a new customer, so the shop owner can buy a lot more than the rule says.
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
28 Mar 12
Supply and demand seems to be the moral of this story...oh...and someone buying it all and selling it for double. That is certainly the way of the world sometimes. At least for business owners.
Sometimes here, they will limit people to a certain amount when something is on sale. That keeps someone from buying everything up and gives a chance for others to have some too. I think that if there wasn't a limit, vendors and such would be doing much the same thing on a much more common basis.
Take care
@mtrguanlao (5522)
• Philippines
26 Mar 12
Hi buddy!
I think that's how the system goes. In our country,it's alright for a certain person to buy anything he wants for as long as he has the money to pay for it. The store would even want that since their products are sold at once. They don't care anymore what their buyer is going to do with the items their customer bought from them. That's the system of a business,I think.
Take care buddy!
I think that's how the system goes. In our country,it's alright for a certain person to buy anything he wants for as long as he has the money to pay for it. The store would even want that since their products are sold at once. They don't care anymore what their buyer is going to do with the items their customer bought from them. That's the system of a business,I think.
Take care buddy!
