Florence Uwaeme
A resident of Port Harcourt, miss Amarachi Ibeabuchi has recounted her encounter with a cashier at Market Square, a supermarket in Port Harcourt with more than 10 outlets in different parts of the garden city.
According to miss Ibeabuchi, she was overcharged by the cashier by over 27,000 and the chief accountant was reluctant to refund her money, and instead, he insisted on her picking other items that will cover the money. Her money was only refunded when she refused to bow to the pressure of picking up more groceries.
“A few days ago I went shopping at Market square supermarket Port Harcourt Ada George branch for some groceries, I picked few things for house use and also for my office, and to my greatest surprise the bill accrued was so huge,
“I questioned the cashier why the huge bill, she told me it’s the total, but I told her I was going to come back for proper checks as I was in a hurry to attend to a call.
“Back to the next day, I discovered that I was overcharged by #27,787 naira, I mean I would have lost 27k for this Naija wey bad like this, I was very angry and raised alarm for them to refund me, but the cashier head there said I should take something worth of that to balance the money meant to be refunded, Omo! I come vex ooo , when they saw I can’t be handled any longer they refunded me, coming out from there someone told me is the norm there if you are not suspecting they will overcharge you and you will pay an excess of what you bought.
“Please this is a notice to all my friends and family please beware while you are purchasing things, check the price of the product you are buying if it corresponds with the price the machine is giving you, you can imagine I bought a pack of battery for 17,000 instead of 1700, be warned!”
Some people that made some comments on her Facebook mentioned that they have been in the same situation.
She warned people to be careful and vigilant while shopping to avoid stories that touch.
Have you been overcharged before? Was your money refunded without hassles or you had to raise some dust before your money was refunded? We would like to hear from you.
