How Do You Buy Things In Kenya?
• Don’t be in a hurry to buy anything that is available. If you’re sure that whatever you want is not running out of stock then don’t be in a hurry. • Try and find out the price of the item you want to buy, and don’t carry the money along with you. • Always, the price that you’re told is awfully inflated. This may be because you are new to that part of town, or of a different race or tribe, or your way of dressing may also determine how much you get charged. • Always let the seller do most of the talking because he is the boss. • Pretend to have seen the commodity/item in another shop and that the price wasn’t as high as his. • In the event of him trying to reduce the price, by giving a discount, try and find out how much he has given you as discount. • Compare it to his original offer, e.g say he started at Kshs 800, and now he wants to sell it to you at 650, he has given you a discount of 150, then the cost price must be about Kshs 500. • After establishing this, now decide down much
