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Fifty Dirhams Robbery
"Sir do you have fifty dirhams coin?" A question often asked by the cashier girl at Lulu hyper apparently to even out the change due to shortage of coins??? Then if you don't, they give you those cheap candies as your change. Daylight robbery anyone? I mean, if they can't give a .50 change, they should count it off as a discount or give you a .50 voucher. Giving you the candy is clearly forcing you to buy an item that you don't need.
Okay .50 is peanuts to you but imagine doing this to a thousand other shoppers in a day? Man, it can very well pay off someone's salary there!
So next time you shop there, do this. If your bill is for example QAR.100.50, & the cashier asks for .50 & they can't produce your .50 change, pay only QAR.100 & don't accept the candy as your change. This is grand-scale robbery!
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Comments
azilana7037 said
i emphatize with what you feel, ron_ona ...But if you insist that you don't want those candies, they cant force you to...I always refuse to accept it...so they have no choice but to give you your exact change...
azilana7037 said
There's a funny story about it... ...Indian supermarket(along airport road) always give out candies/gums for the 50 dirhams change.
One day, my officemate went to the store earlier that day and went the 2nd time at lunchtime with us and still have that gum/candy in his pocket. So when the cashier gave another candy, my friend pulled out the candy/gum from his pockets, gave it to the cashier to make it even...
We all laughed...coz the cashier stared at us confused and ACCEPTED the candy anyway....lol
maybe that could work...
heero_yuy2 said
some of you should try the chewing gum fer awhile ...Heck! I can also choose what gum I wanna pick up fer a change!
"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
tatess said
ang Lulu talga,no.1 na hold-uper ng ...50 dirhams.kaya i make it sure na lagi ako me coins sa purse .pero minsan talaga pagwala ka sa mood nakakainis na sila tapos wala na ko coins at bibigyan ka ng basooka,kainis.Kaya nga minsan para iwas hod-up ,card na lang gamit ko lalo na at bad mood ako, for sure kasi makakatikim sila ng katarayan ko.
countrylady13 said
50dirhams ...bugs me,yes not much money but they do it in carefore,Q if i went in for bread,and was 50 dirhams short WOULD THEY GIVE ME THE BREAD, NOOOOOOO so get some change in the tills plz
ron_ona said
Most Indian shopkeepers... ......have been converting candies & gums into currency! The only way to stop this is to speak up & avoid being taken for a ride. Refuse the candies & demand for your change. Ibibigay naman nila yun pero yun lang kung nakakaisa sila.
corleone said
what!!!!!!!!! i thought ...what!!!!!!!!! i thought those were complimentary!
i've been robbed!! :(
so thats why they used to give me packs of polo or chiclets.
greentea said
they practice it too in ...Al Meera... tama ung sbi ni Azi, gagawin ko din un iipunin ko ung mga pinangsusukli nila sakin na candy o gums at un ang 50 dirhams change ko pra sa knila
heero_yuy2 said
Re:azi ...I almost did that to the store owner...but I finished the candy out before I hand it to him for a spare coin exchange. LOL
"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
Saudiresident said
The best solution ...The best solution
Mandilulur said
I got a really nice ...I got a really nice chocolate bar once and considered it a fair deal. Yum! I usually won't buy candy for myself but when offered ...
Mandi
Passion said
lagi kong iniiwan... ...ang kendi/chocolates kapag wala silang maibigay na .50 dirhams sa akin..
but after reading this post, i guess i have to think twice now and demand for my .50 dirhams, oo nga naman pagkulang tayo ng .50 dirhams hindi sila papayag at kailangan natin na ibigay ang exact total amount, pero pag sila ok lang na bigyan tayo ng kendi... hmmm... not fair huh!
azilana7037 said
came home from Shoprite ...and the cashier gave me those bazook gums...I declined and said "I want my exact change".
He gave me gummy bears instead...the cash registers have no coins :-P
mallrat said
passion....unfair talaga. ....i always bring my coin purse with me....
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.i need these coins not only in the supermarkets, but mostly in taxi fares.
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nadt said
lol Azi, i like your friends ...lol Azi, i like your friends style, dont get mad, get even...
queenct said
i always demand for a change.. ...ako rin hiningi ko talaga ang coins...
azilana7037 said
nadt, the use candies/gum for currency ...why can't we?
ron_ona said
S.C.A.M. ...It's pure S.C.A.M. (Shortage of Coins daw Actually Meron pala) hehehe!
One store owner in Bin Mahmoud confessed that its really an income generating modus operandi.
The Ministry of whoever & whatever should do something about this practice.
marhabtain said
Come on you sleepy heads! ...Come on luvvies - time to get up and enjoy what Qatar has to offer you today this magical and wondrous friday! FFS......................I am off back to bed avec Gin! Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Hic!
zhatash said
super markets owners must ...super markets owners must stop this practice.it's a sort of emotional blackmail. why customer has to accept or deny the candy? they should return back the exact change.
baldrick2dogs said
Hehehe ...I always pay by credit card, that way if it's 123.45, that is exactly what I pay :o)
BTW, when I closed my HSBC account, even they didn't have coins to pay me in full and I never got candy from them instead!!!
Did you Google it first?
eu61 said
Im storing all the candies ...Im storing all the candies and gums in a jar at home.
In the moment Ill have 20 rials I will fill up the car with this "currency"
(lolz)
War looking for peace,
is like fornication looking for virginity.
nadt said
I agree Azi, if they can do ...I agree Azi, if they can do it, then why cant we.
dondi823 said
This practice probably ...This practice probably learned by them from the sari sari store. or could be from some pinoy expatriates who work in stores in qatar...hhehehe...whadyuthink?
"give the man a half of a fish, you'll feed him for a day. teach the man how to catch fish, be sure to let him sign a franchise clause."
ron_ona said
Dondi823, ...I never see this being practiced in the Philippines nor here. True medyo magulang din ang ibang Pinoy sa negosyo pero hindi sa ganitong paraan na harap-harapan.
Kilala naman natin lahat kung sino ang nag-simula nito...
lovinni said
i am just wondering why, ...i am just wondering why, they dont prepare these coins at the start of the day...definitely there will be several transactions that would generate coin change. this isnt something new...
I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it. ~Charles Schulz
JaCo said
they do this even in small stores here ...it's a gum selling strategy I tell you...
no, I want my exact change, I don't care if you have to go there to the other store to get them! ooo... chocolate, nevermind, thanks man.
azilana7037 said
Bought something from FFC (airport) ...The cashier looked at me as if checking if I'm a GUM person or not ;-P
She gave me my coin....csi
charanmafiriyals said
What is 50 Dirams anyway. ...What is 50 Dirams anyway. nothing. I just take the Candy & give it to our Security Guys. They really appriciate it.
Daylight Robbery. My Foot . Don't be so stingy :))))))))))))
Ban Spoon Feeding not Me
azilana7037 said
charan...you're a MILLIONAIRE...so 50 dirhams is rubbish ...but for some of us who KEEPS A JOB, and have a lot or responsibilities...every CENT counts....
We're not STINGY...we WORK for every single COIN in our salary, so we have the RIGHT not to be HOODWINKED of our own money...
janeyjaney said
They should give both ...They should give both options, "Sir/Ma'am, would you like your change in money or in candy?"
charanmafiriyals said
Azilana - Yes I am a ...Azilana - Yes I am a Millionair in Ugandan Shillings. :)
Ban Spoon Feeding not Me
alyasbobby said
i think marketing strategy ...i think marketing strategy na rin nila... isipin mo naman sa dinami dami ng customer sa buong mag hapon eh di mabenta nga naman ang bazooka nila... hahaha..
parang yung mga karwa taxi's din diba pag butal ang patak ng metro automatic 1 riyal na... pansin nyo ba yun... hayyy naku..
"Contentment is not getting what you want... But being satisfied with what you have...."
ron_ona said
Charanmafiriyals missed the point. ...Charanmafiriyals you didn't get the point here. Its not about the measly amount .50 Dirhams we're talking about. Its about the practice which have already bordered into robbery... Hey I could walk into any small store & buy all their inventory in a wink, but don't give me Batook gum for my change!
Again again again, we should not let these crooked merchants get away with it, no matter the amount is. The sum of their thievery is worth their hand...in the basket.
RED_POPE said
ron_ona ...I agree with you 100 percent in your posting.
What is so pathetic, the owners call themselves living a life of perfection and honesty.
Examples of that are; those two Wagooul gas stations close by to the medical commission bldg, they never carry any change at all.
"It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg."
— Tho
WitchStix said
MAN this really ticks me ...MAN this really ticks me off! I wish they would do something about this.. they should make sure their prices are round numbers so that everyone wins in the end... man! i hate this!
"And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course" -Khalil Gibran
baldrick2dogs said
Last night I went to Giant ... ...... the bill was 19.50. The checkout girl said "do you have the 50?" I said "No, do you?" then waited till she checked the other tills to give me my coin! :O)
Did you Google it first?