Hello my beautiful family, hope we are all doing great,I am here to share a story of how I felt disappointed on some Items I bought with my money.
I have made a lot of purchases that I wasn't satisfied with, and one of the items that mostly gave me discontent was my bridesmaid gown.
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Years ago, it happened that a good friend of mine was preparing for her wedding, and she considered me worthy to be among her bridesmaids (maids of honor). You knew what it meant—an opportunity to meet my own husband. Lol, this friend of mine bought clothes for us to saw because we would be on uniform that day but I was eager to look outstanding and more attractive so I would attract the most handsome and rich guy, I decided to order for a beautiful gown that has higher quality but same color online, you know the slogans of online marketers "pay before delivery", I paid huge amount and was waiting for delivery, after three days, the gown was delivered to me, I couldn't imagine what I saw, firstly, it wasn't my size as they gave me lesser size, the color was different, I quickly called them to refund my money since I didn't get exactly what I ordered for but they said they don't refund money to customer and ended their call, I ran to my tailor with the material my friend gave us since the wedding was remaining just two days and she charged me double of what I suppose to pay as it was an urgent work, it was a painful experience, but I was happy I attended the wedding.
Another experience I had was buying a tocumbo phone (a second-hand Android phone). Then, I was eager to use an Android phone, but I didn't have enough money. A friend of mine took me to a particular shop where they sell Tocumbo phones at a cheaper rate. They showed me a lot of phones, but I decided to pick one beautiful one. After using the phone for a while, I discovered that the battery doesn't last long, so I changed the battery. Within a short period, the charging point developed a fault, which I changed. Not quite long after, the phone's screen developed a fault. I didn't have options other than to change it again, so I sat down and began to calculate all I had spent on this phone. After calculating the huge amount I spent on changing those items plus the amount I spent on buying the phone, I discovered that It could get me a new phone and I would still have change. Since then, I have vowed never to patronize Tocumbo products again.
Another commodity I bought without being satisfied was fresh tomatoes, which I bought to prepare my Sunday stew. That was the day I discovered that some market women are not smiling. I went to the fresh tomato seller that faithful Saturday. The tomatoes she shaded on her table were so fresh, and that is what attracted me. I bought them after bargaining for the price with the seller for a while. On getting home, I was so disappointed. I discovered that the tomato seller used the fresh tomatoes to cover the spoilt one that was inside the rubber. I was very sad as I was making the stew for my brother-in-law, who would visit on Sunday. I didn't have any other option,I rushed back to the market, got another tomatoes for the stew. Since then,I can't buy tomatoes without checking the ones inside the rubber.
This post is in response to week 71, edition 3 of hive learner contests.
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