12/03/2026
We’re our own problem in this country.
In case you’re just getting to know me, I also sell building materials, and something happened today that really prompted this post.
A customer was looking for a particular product in the market — about 150–160 cartons. I searched almost the entire market but couldn’t find it. The product is scarce at the moment, probably because the company has been slow with production due to the fasting period.
After asking people close to us in the market, they all said the product wasn’t available.
After all the searching, I eventually found the product in two different places in the whole market. The problem was that neither of them had it complete. One person had about 100 cartons, and the other had about 80 cartons.
The one who had 100 cartons immediately increased the price because he thought he was the only one who had the product in the entire market. I begged and begged to see if he could reduce the price a little, but this man refused.
We then went to the other person and pleaded with him to reduce the price slightly, and thankfully he agreed. We started loading from him, hoping we would complete the remaining cartons from the other person who had 100 cartons.
After everything, we were able to load 129 cartons, which was still a plus for us.
So we went back to the other man’s shop to complete the remaining cartons. This man now said he can’t sell just 30 cartons, that he wants to sell the entire 100 cartons at once.
Honestly, I was really pi**ed at his response.
After all the back and forth, he eventually agreed to give us the 30 cartons.
But what I don’t understand is this: we begged you to reduce your price and you clearly said you wouldn’t. So how exactly is it my fault that we bought from another person?
We complain so much about the government in power, but if they give some of us that seat for just 48 hours, we’ll do signs and wonders there.
Sometimes, we are truly our own problem.