Getting the best deal from your “friends”
I was attracted to the RM99 student package and decided to get a new pair of specs for Andrea this week.
The latest style frames were on offer and after the eye test, the optician said the astigmatism 300 and a special lens needed to be used. The price of RM99 was raised to RM150.
Well with that figure in mind, I decided to go back to our regular optician and get a pair from a "friend" …rather than a stranger.
Our regular optican whom we trust as a friend wanted RM190 for a similar package. So out popped the smart shopper - I told him about the price quoted by the other optician, and my ‘friend" immediately dropped the price to RM150 also.
Makes you wonder now. Are you really getting the best deal from your friendly optician. Or do the people whom you regularly deal with, actually take advantage of you and charge you more?
Care to commnet on your encounters with your regular tailor, optician, mechanic etc?
