The relationship between vendor and buyer is very important. If you are a loyal customer, you will most likely always get a discount. Furthermore, there are some cases/situations when the vendor will allow the buyer to do utang (I owe yous) where the buyer can pay back the vendor at a later time if he/she does not have the necessary funds to pay at the moment.
Example: Martha has been shopping at Stacey’s shop for 5 years. Martha is a single parent with three kids and is literally living paycheck to paycheck. Once in awhile, she doesn’t have the necessary funds to purchase food for her kids. Having known Stacey for 5 years, they have a great relationship. Stacey understands Martha’s situation and is always willing to help her out. She allows Martha to gather whatever she needs and lists the items down and their prices on a sheet of paper. Martha has to pay back Stacey what she owes when she is able to.
Non-example: Eric moves to a new town. He goes into the local gas station’s mini mart to purchase some snacks. He picks up a couple bags of chips, a bottle of soda, and two candy bars. At the checkout stand, he realizes that he doesn’t have enough cash in his wallet. He asks the person at the register if he could do an “I owe you” and pay for the candy bars at a later time. Michael, the seller, doesn’t accept the offer and advises Eric to leave the candy behind.
Sometimes there is a deliberate attempt to take advantage of a buyer who is not native to the place because there is not a fixed price to a commodity. It usually depends on the transaction. In some cases the buyer displays a characteristic of being nakirmet, a cheapskate, which sometimes elicits an insult from the seller. It is not uncommon to hear an irate seller say to a buyer who keeps on haggling: “Why don’t you just eat your money?”
The Filipino suki system has developed to minimize this kind of haggling. The buyer just feels more confident that the suki or regular customer will not cheat him or her. S/He would rather go to the suki than to someone else, because s/he knows s/he can get a better price.
Objective: Given a scenario, the participant will determine if the customer is a loyal customer or a normal customer.
Scenario:
Kayat ni Pearl ti mangan ti pinakbet. Adda amamin nga ingredients a masapolna, ngem awan ti kamatis. Isu a napan ni Pearl idiay tiendaan. Napan ni Pearl iti puesto ni Manang Irma ta kankanayon a nalaka ti lakona.
Dialogue:
Pearl: Hi Manang Irma! Nabayag a ditayo nagkikitan. Kumusta?
Irma: Wen ngarud, nabayagen a saantayo a nagkikitan. Mayat ti biagko. Ket sika, kumusta? Kumusta met dagiti dadakkelmo?
Pearl: Mayatak met, ngem busyak a kankanayon. Mayat met da nanang ken tatangko. Agay-aywan pay laeng ni nanangko ken agyard-yardwork pay laeng ni tatangko.
Irma: Apo, nagmayaten, adingko. Ket ania ti matulong kenka itatta?
Pearl: Aglutoak koma ti pinakbet, ngem awan met kamatisko.
Irma: Nagimasen! Adda lakok a kamatis. Addada idiay lamisan.
Pearl: Sagmamanoda manang?
Irma: Saglilima a pesos, adingko.
Pearl: Ania! Lima a pesos ti maysa?
Irma: Lima a pesos daytoy supot.
Pearl: Nagnginan, manang! Battit ken dudduduada laeng ti nagyanna. Mabalin a ilaklakam?
Irma: Ay, saan a mabalin adingko. Ulitimona daytan. Nangina itatta ta daydiay baguio. Nagtudtudo ket naperdi dagiti natnateng idiay talon.
Pearl: Ay kasta. Ket, mabalin nga inayonmo daytoy bukel a bawang?
Irma: Ala wen la, inka agpili ti maysa a bukel a bawang nga inayonmo kadagiti dua a kamatis.
Pearl: Agyamanak manang!
Irma: Awan aniamanna adingko!
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