“Retail Menaces” – 11 Nov 2008 – Gets Heard!

Case 3 – Posted On: 11 November 2009

Retailer: Krunal Stationers and Xerox, 6, Corporate House, Opp. Pakvan-2 , Judges Bungalow Road. Name: Shaileshbhai Shah (40027042/9428580125)

I have mentioned more details because I think everyone should know who the person is and should we really buy anything from him.

As I said, I am trying to buy an ink-pot and it hasn’t happened yet ideally. I sent my office help Vipul to get me this ink-pot. He got me this 60ml ink-pot and he paid Rs. 15. As you can see in the images, the MRP is covered with black marker and hand written price appears on the top (Rs. 15/-). I went back to the shop and asked why it is so? “Etla j laie chhie, amne posatu nathi!” That’s what Shaileshbhai had to say about this. So what is the need of putting an MRP on any product?

It was just a matter of 3 odd rupees, but it doesn’t end there. You would definitely think, what is the fuss about just a few coins? There is a lot of fuss about it, because it begins only there. There was a young guy working in the same shop and presumably he was the son of Mr. Shah. He would follow and may use better tricks than his father. I could have paid 3 rupees more and got my ink-pot but I asked for the refund and did not buy it! It is up to you to decide how much you want to allow these people to do whatever they want. There might be more serious cases but I hope this was exemplary to understand such situations.

“JAAGO GRAHAK JAAGO!”

Comment from a customer!

hi,

who r u? and what u want i not matter it.

But don’t make people fool. Because i bought a ink pot from krunal stationers after reading your post .shailesh bhai say me its price is 12 and i give him 100 rs note.So he return me 90rs and say when ever u come next time give 2 rs because i not have changes.

So for your private purpose and easy publicity don’t try to make people fool.So, Remove this post as soon as possible because its totally wrong

Avinash Patel

My response to it – 24 SEPTEMBER 2009

As an update I am republishing this as a new post as well! One of the customers bought the same ink pot from Krunal Stationers and mentioned that he did not have any trouble buying there and also the store keeper has been kind to him. No one would be more glad than me about this as, my purpose was to have the customers to be more aware and awake! And also the retailers follow the standard practices.

While re-reading my own post, I did sound a bit agitated and aggressive but that is what I felt at the time I had this experience! Wrong things do provoke me, and I thank God for that!

Thank You Avinash for letting me know that I got heard!

Morality Declines!

Children are the real asset of the country. How much care we are taking of our national wealth? The beauty of childhood has lost over parents’ hyper-sensitive approach for their children’s success, be it in school examination or in a curriculum competition. Success at any cost! There was a time, mothers sang poems and fathers swung their children in parks. Sparing designated time to children’s study as a part of daily routine for parents. Utmost they could do is to provide extra tuitions and expecting more hard work from kids in order to reach the top results. But the appetite for success has gone beyond limits.

Students are at immense pressure and it is more than ever. They spend hours at school, go for tuitions, spend their evening at learning swimming, cricket, singing, dancing or playing piano and then piles of home work and practice. Parents do not want their child to fall second in anything. We made up our minds before some time believing that it is a competitive age with the growing population and flooding opportunities in our country. We understood the seriousness of the contest in every domain. But we are facing moral decline against achieving success. It has been observed over the years that human morality is touching grounds in some cases, where people are vulnerable to any inhuman
act. Money can buy anything and anything could be done to make money. This modern philosophy is seemingly eradicating moral values in this generation of people.

As we have seen in recent board examinations in Gujarat, how money and power tried to rule over the ethos of education system. Last few days were completely shocking which ruined the trust over education system and teachers. We are yet to come over the pain of Patan incident. Teachers are playing evils and parents train their kids how to get success at any cost. Most basic sources of learning in a human’s preliminary life are not performing pure. Provocative media, conspiracies in public life, nudity served in news papers, pushing boundaries of entertainment world, and hardcore technological life style – all these have made our children grown before time and have left them with no ethical and disciplinary education. ‘Innocence’ has been isolated from children. Being responsible entities of the society we all – parents, teachers and all of us are accountable for it. It is in our hands, what we want our kids to be. The society expects and we are to decide between raising a clean human or encouraging corrupted success.

Sneh
Ahmedabad | 19 March 2008

Andrew’s Out(rageous)!

‘To err is human’. Of course, no one is perfect and flawless. It was a just another ‘very’ bad for Mr. Steve Buckner not reaching the higher standards in cricket. Being a member of elite umpire’s panel, Steve has served the cricketing world for so long and has been fairly consistent over the years. Why nagging him for a few incidental Indian encounters!? Emotions apart, this is definitely a close call for the technologies to get involved in the game. One of the best suggestions came to light was, to provide 2 opportunities to each side to challenge umpire’s decision.

Technically, we are done! But shouldn’t we address the ‘gentleman’ point view of the game! Ponting and Symonds, they did not walk after their edge was taken clearly by the keeper. Moreover Symonds accepted, he was out and he was “lucky” not to be given. Where is the sportsman & the spirit of the game? Edged,  ooked back, taken & ready to go! But NO, he said no. It was the outrageous moment in cricket when symonds accepted that he was out to corner Buckner. I am sure he wouldn’t have any second thoughts like other Australian cricketers. “Is still cricket the gentleman’s game?”

Sneh Bhavsar