The best Bargain…..!

A few minutes back I read  the Lorelle’s latest blog challenge.So here I am writing my post on one of the best bargains ever.Yes! that’s the challenge for the week.

I still remember that day and smile as if I achieved something great .Surely it was an achievement….. !I was there at my favourite saree shop in Delhi few years back, along with my father to buy some  sarees for  myself. The summer had started and I desperately needed some beautiful pieces to be added to my already existing collection.

As we entered the shop the owner smiled and greeted us, offered us soft drinks and made us comfortable enough before the shopping session. I sware! they are so good at all this that you can’t even think of leaving the shop without buying anything!

My eyes were constantly searching for lighter shades , thin fabric (summer)…….hmmmmm….suddenly I said…ah! take out that offwhite and gold saree!And before I could see anything else I decided to buy that particular piece for sure.

I asked about its price from the salesman  on the counter and as he said 800Rs, without waiting for even a second I kept it on my lap so that nobody else could ask for it. After seeing a lot of stuff we decided to pick three pieces and I asked the owner to give me the bill. As he handed me the reciept I again checked the price of that particular saree as I was not able to believe that it was that cheap.

Then  the owner got the pieces purchased to give to us and suddenly his facial expressions changed.Yes! he was also confused about the particular piece and hence asked us to wait for a minute as he wanted to confirm about the price. He went and checked in his own list and called this salesman, the one who sold me the saree. Did you check the label?, he asked. The man replied , ‘haan ji 800 hi tha’!

The owner  returned to us and said that there was some printing mistake, the price of the saree was 2800Rs and not 800Rs. (I knew it!) But I politely answered him that it was not my problem now as I had already paid him for that.He had nothing more to say than to just have a stupid smile on his face because he never wanted to spoil his relation with his permanent customer…not me! my Father!

The moment I stepped out of that shop I felt as if I had won a battle or something!It was soooo..exciting!:)

Such an accomplishement that I still remember it whenever I wear that  beautiful saree.