They’re stealing our goods!
I bought some fruit from a street vendor today. He was asking $300 000, and I shook my head as it was too expensive. So he came down to 250, then to 200…. I asked him how come he starts by asking 300 if he is willing to sell at 200. He said that the police are stealing their goods if they catch them vending (and eating them themselves!), and that the cost price was 200, so if he sold them to me for that, at least he was getting rid of his goods, even if he wasn’t making a profit. So I gave him 200 plus a little bit extra….
And this is not the first time that I’ve heard this same.
