Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
General Topics => The Debating Chamber => Topic started by: The Crinklies on March 24, 2010, 19:43:46 PM
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'This' has happened to us twice this week!!
Ordered a large bag of dog food having agreed the price & went to collect it 3 days later as arranged. The 2 people in the shop ended up having a row because one of them didn't agee with the price and so the price was put up by 25tl! We didn't buy the dog food and the shop has lost a new customer.
Yesterday, I was doing the rounds of garden furniture and found a table that I thought my husband would like too, was given price on request and said I would go back today with hubby. Surprise surprise, when we went back today the price had gone up! Consequently we made our table purchase elsewhere and will not go back to the other shop again.
It would be interesting to know if other people who find themselves in these situations also walk away or just stump up the extra money?
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Happened to us several times. To answer your question, NEVER would I stump up the extra cash and like you, never would I use the shop(s) in question in future.
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That`s the reason we left Turkey, we ran out of shops to use.
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Crabbit luv it!! You are an icon!! Don't know where the goat comes in though??
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Growing Old And Tired ??
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This happened when my daughter wanted to purchase a very large very expensive cooker She was given the price and had to measure the newly built kitchen to see if it would fit Went back the next day to buy it and the price had gone up so even though it was exactly what she had been looking for we walked out as a matter of principle Another shop ordered it for her and it was cheaper than the original price The answer is don't let them get away with it~~ just walk away
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Happened to us on several occasions too......we then walk away....more often than not they will come running after you reverting to the original price !!
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at least three prices in Turkey, Local Turk price,expat with some lingo, and tourist price. we are are seen as fair game and it's open season.
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Originally posted by pookie
more often than not they will come running after you reverting to the original price !!
In such cases I still told them to stick it - to me a deal is a deal and trying to move the goalposts at a later time and failing is no better than doing it and succeeding.
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yup, us to ! totally agree.
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I like to think about the profit and loss figures of such antics. As an example, I bought two kids bikes from a shop in Fethiye who offered 2 years guarantee. We had a problem with one bike but when I brought it back, can you believe it, that one wasn't one with a guarantee! The more expensive one yes, guarantee, this one no. Anyway, I took the bike to a small workshop next to the canal and a man fixed it and charged me 2 lira.
18 months later I bought 2 more bikes. In the 4 years (after this event) I lived there I took at least a dozen people to bike shops, and recommended bike shops to customers countless times. Needless to say, I didn't buy from, take people to or recommend the "no guarantee" bike shop.
So, back to the economics of bike shops:
Their Profit (from not fixing bike): 2 lira
Their Loss (from losing my goodwill and real estate customers over 4 years)...£****?
Clever shop owner that :D
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but isn't it strange - in turkey the opposite can also apply !
We wandered into a rug shop - just day dreaming really. having just furnished the whole house we couldn't afford the beautiful silk rug that was my hearts desire. Don't worry said Mustapha - you take home, if you like you keep and pay me when you can. No no no we argued but he was insistant. He knew we wouldn't be back in Fethiye for at least another 6 months, but he was happy to take the risk. Of course we kept the rug (absolutely adore it !), made his shop our first stop the following year (to pay our debt !) but also to buy more. And we will never go any where else. A true gent...
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I always go to Kent Aqua for all my animals, needs, and they are amaz\ing. Even if I haven,t paid for food, they deliver to my villa and I pay them when I am next in Fethiye, but last time paid for the dog food which they were going to deliver, not arrived, so sent me the most expensive they had, for no charge. Lovely couple, and nothing is too much bother.
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Pookie, I suspect you are referring to Mustafa Karayaman near Megri. We bought a rug from him and paid half, he said pay the other half when you can....
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Originally posted by pookie
but isn't it strange - in turkey the opposite can also apply !
Absolutely agree - I could write a book on rip offs in Turkey small, large and horrific, but in the interests of balance I would release one detailing the astonishing trust and honesty that exists there too. Maybe sometimes we concentrate on the cons, and we should - but some of the great stories of generosity and faith that I remember in my life happened over there too :)
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ovacksarah, re your post, where is Kent Aqua?
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Originally posted by Rindaloo
Pookie, I suspect you are referring to Mustafa Karayaman near Megri. We bought a rug from him and paid half, he said pay the other half when you can....
Yes, a true gent. So five years after you are still avoiding that corner of the square then ?!!!