A stall owner has responded to a netizen's complaint that her mother was made to buy a $180 'fake' jade bangle after trying it on. In a Facebook post on the Complaint Singapore page last Sunday (Aug 13), user Veralynn Tan accused a vendor at Tampines Central 1 of 'tricking' her mother into spending $80 more on other 'useless' knick-knacks....
A stall owner has responded to a netizen's complaint that her mother was made to buy a $180 "fake" jade bangle after trying it on.at Tampines Central 1 of "tricking" her mother into spending $80 more on other "useless" knick-knacks.
"At first, he asked my mum to buy a fridge magnet for $20," she said. "After that, he asked my mum to try on a jade bangle," wrote Tan.With the bangle costing $180, Tan's mother took out and gave him five $50 notes by mistake. "He just picked another two items, the jade ring and the gourd keychain, and passed them to my mum," she said, adding that the vendor ignored her mum's request for change and also "did not bother" to issue a receipt.
When a Shin Min Daily News reporter visited the stall on Aug 13, a 57-year-old woman said that the vendor involved is her husband, who was helping her tend to the stall that day.
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