"When are you bringing the people over?" Su Ling had been waiting for this day.
"Let them flaunt for a couple of days. They’ve definitely dropped their prices very low, so we’ll take the opportunity to stop our supply for a couple of days."
"Why are we doing this?" Yin Peibai was puzzled.
Lin Wan gave a mysterious smile but deliberately didn’t tell them.
Sure enough, just as Lin Wan had said, their batch of clothing was fifty cents cheaper than theirs.
On the contrary, despite advertising for half a month, people coming over saw that the sa styles were even cheaper than theirs, and so were poached by them.
In the past two days, Lin Wan had roughly instructed Ye Zi to keep an eye on things, and in just two days, they had sold over a hundred pieces. The profit was quite considerable.
But Yin Peibai and Su Ling were worried as they watched their side not selling anything, while the other side sold more than usual, leaving them with dry lips.
...
On this day, with Su Ling and Yin Peibai both having sore lips, early in the morning, Lin Wan brought two big tricycles loaded with clothes to the store and told Su Ling to start taking action.
By around ten o’clock in the morning, a group of people appeared on the street, aggressively approaching the store next to the Qingyi shop. A middle-aged woman, holding a piece of clothing, said, "This is the one, yes, this is the woman who sold us the clothes."
"Yes, it’s her. Back then, she talked it up, saying how great her clothes were, how guaranteed the quality was. Look, I just bought this a week ago and washed it once, and it’s turned into rags," said another person holding a piece of clothing.
"Exactly, mine is the sa. The material looked good, but who knew it would turn out like this after just one wash."
"Yes, mine too."
"Young lady, we bought these clothes from your store. You promised us they could last five or six years, and look at them now. What do you plan to do?"
Zhang Dandan was in a good mood these past few days. She was so happy with her bulging wallet that she couldn’t stop smiling even at night. She didn’t even want to eat breakfast at ho anymore, instead opting to buy two big buns near a departnt store.
Every day, people ca to pick up goods, keeping her extrely busy. She enjoyed seeing Lin Wan’s stall so deserted that it was almost frosty, while Lin Wan wore a worried face all day, which made her feel elated.
With a little money, she thought she was no longer one of them. When poor relatives gave her a sour face, she returned the favor. She thought she could still earn so bucks here, just like Lin Wan.
Just as she finished grumbling to herself, a dozen people aggressively approached, looking at the goods in their hands, making Zhang Dandan uneasy.
All thanks to Ye Qing, who purchased so shoddy goods because she wanted to save a little. Now they’ve co knocking at the door. What was she to do?
"Ma’am, many sell this style; how can you insist it’s from us? Look at the stall up front; perhaps you bought it from them."
"What? Are you trying to deny it? I bought my clothes myself, and I know where I bought them."
"Yes, it’s from your store. I rember it well. There’s no way a dozen of us all rembered it wrong. This clothing is what you sold to in front of the departnt store. It took days to find you. Back then, you said that for any quality issues, you’d compensate with two items for one. I don’t even want to bother asking for compensation. You sold it to for six yuan, just give back twelve yuan today."
"What? You’re robbing ! I never said such things. Only a fool would take verbal promises seriously when it cos to sales."
"What did you say? Who are you calling a fool?"
"Who are you talking to?"
"This is outrageous!"
Zhang Dandan’s offhand comnt successfully incited public outrage among the crowd.
Including so custors who were taking their goods; they discreetly put down the clothes in their hands and stepped back.
Lin Wan and her group secretly observed from inside the store, unable to contain their excitent.
"Today is going to be quite a show," Su Ling said enthusiastically, finding the best spot to watch.
"Did you see the young girl from their store just sneaked out? I bet she’s gone to call Ye Qing," Yin Peibai guessed correctly, as the girl indeed went to fetch Ye Qing. After Zhang Dandan was swindled out of fifty yuan by Lin Wan last ti, Ye Qing feared she’d fail to handle such situations. So she had advised the girl to run to the office if necessary.
"Lin, good thing I listened to you. I’ve known Ye Qing for so long and never realized she’d sell such terrible clothes," Yang Erni, already abandoning her own business, joined Lin Wan and the others to watch the commotion. "To think she’s from your hotown?"
Lin Wan nodded, "Yes, back ho, you’d never see it, but maybe she started to drift after leaving."
"Haha, well said, Xiao Wan," Su Ling laughed, finding the words aptly fitting, though not knowing it was a modern internet saying.
"You really can’t judge a book by its cover. I better be more cautious in the future," Yang Erni said, now more aware of Ye Qing’s shady dealings thanks to Lin Wan’s "chats" over the past few days.
"The sa clothes sold to her for six yuan cost more by two yuan?" "Yes, why did we also pay an extra yuan? You’re quite unscrupulous, charging so much more for the sa item."
"It’s because you didn’t know how to bargain, or should I have chased after you to offer a lower price? You’re not here to return anything, just to stir up trouble, aren’t you?"
"Young lady, we don’t want to hold up your business, nor do we insist on double compensation for quality issues. We just want to return the clothes."
"You’ve worn them for so long, who would give you a refund? Hurry and leave, don’t waste my ti."
Unlike last ti when she foolishly refunded them after being intimidated, Zhang Dandan pushed them away impatiently. "Comrade, you must refund us today. You sold this piece for six or seven yuan, equivalent to our half-month salary. If you don’t, we’ll go to the police."
"Feel free to go, just leave quickly and don’t waste my ti making a living."
"There’s no justice, exploiting us common folks. Such greed."
"Everyone, co take a look. Their clothes fall apart after just one wash. They promised double compensation for quality issues, but now they deny it. If we don’t deal with such unscrupulous rchants, who knows how many more will get scamd?"
"Yes, their clothes are unwearable. I ca from the countryside to buy clothes here and got scamd. Just look at this batch I got from them; people returned it to before I even left. The seams are coming undone, and it’s almost in half."
Coincidentally, a family buying goods from them recently brought over a batch holding an order slip from them.
Everyone started pointing, making Zhang Dandan’s face flush with embarrassnt.
"You’re blaming us for your damaged clothes? That’s far-fetched. Our outgoing garnts have intact seams."
"Why would I, soone who makes a living through business, purposely ruin clothes?" The person, too angry, put down the clothes and pulled out a piece to show everyone. The fabric edges were well sewn, but the cloth still unraveled. "Look, does it seem like my doing? Every item I got is like this. Don’t believe ? See for yourself." Then, addressing Zhang Dandan, "I took these just yesterday, and they’re all here. I don’t want them, refund now."
"We don’t do refunds once goods leave with the custor. Usually, they sell fast once taken."
Zhang Dandan didn’t realize her words and tone had already angered everyone, even the market goers who saw the commotion and chatted with companions about never buying from there again.
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