Recently, the commercial street of Vanke Community in Humen Town has become more and more lively. Compared with the previous two years, the current block can be described as bustling. At night, everywhere is brightly lit and crowded with people.
I first came to this place in 2020, when I first met my husband. At that time, it was almost nine o'clock in the evening, and my ride stopped here in the downtown area. I remember that at that time, there were only a few shops and no pedestrians on this street. Even the row of shops selling supper is not popular.
There are few shops and few people, and there are no bustling lights to illuminate the middle of the night.
It has been almost two years since I met my husband and got married and had children. Downtown is so busy before you know it. At eleven o'clock in the evening, it is still brightly lit and full of vitality everywhere.
Every night, we are used to going to the shopping area after dinner. There are not only various shops selling food and clothes, but also stalls catching up with the night market, free playground and a big basketball court. In the evening, people come and go in this street, walking around, dancing in the square, playing basketball, shopping and buying food. ...
Watching so many people pass by their own shops, the eyes of the merchants are as bright as a beacon. They try their best to attract customers, discount, promote sales, join groups, scan codes and get red envelopes. ...
In particular, the number of shops that buy fruits and vegetables has increased from several in the past to more than a dozen now. The more shops there are, the fiercer the competition will be. In order to attract people to their own shops, several grain, oil and vegetable shops shouted loudly outside the door, and even put some discounted dishes in a conspicuous position outside the door, hoping to squeeze them into the sidewalk and crowd.
In the evening, merchants began to stage various discount promotion methods in turn. Take several food stores I often go to, for example. Meat jars are my earliest and favorite food stores. There is a 20% discount advertisement at his house in the evening. In this street, its family opened earlier, when there were fewer shops facing the street, so it enjoyed a bonus for a while. At that time, I was also sucked in under the guise of its discount, and I snapped it up with people crowded with shops. It was too late to go, and the shelves in the store were basically empty.
Then I gradually discovered a problem. In fact, I rushed to buy cheap, not cheap at all. On the contrary, I had no choice but to buy some dishes that I didn't like and had long been stale. This businessman is very clever. He quietly raised the price on the basis of the original price, and then made a discount. For example, the hind leg meat is sold at 13.98 yuan a catty in the morning, and the label on the plastic wrap is marked at 37.98 yuan a catty when it is discounted at night. Moreover, they also sell stale vegetables wrapped in plastic wrap, put the bad, ugly and stale ones at the bottom of the box, and put some fresh ones to scare people's eyes. In this way, the merchants not only did not earn less, but also sold those that could not be sold.
After I discovered this problem, I stopped patronizing his evening performances and sneered at their practices. I went to another store and bought it. His family is really selling it, and the bad ones are obviously sold. It's obvious there Anyway, the price reduction is directly written on the sign. Buy as much as you want, and buy as much as you want. However, I think the price of his house is a bit expensive, which is more expensive than the big supermarket far away from the community, especially the vegetables. If I am precious, what can I do? There are only a few in this community, so it is impossible to go to such a far place to buy it every day. Besides, this place is so expensive, the price is naturally high, so there is no way. Their rent is very high!
Since last year, there have been several more vegetable sellers in this street. After all, food is the most important thing for the people, and the needs of three meals a day must be met. Especially this year, when I came here from my hometown, I was pleasantly surprised to find another large vegetable shop, occupying the area of two facades.
It was the end of the month when I came, and the store had just opened. In order to attract popularity, they made a 50% discount on the whole audience at night, which really led other regular customers to success. At this time, the meat gang was also anxious, with a 20% discount and a 60% discount. Then it was followed by 50% off. Even the store I often go to robbed people. The white foam board in the big vegetable basket reads the prices of various attractive dishes, all in order to sell more of their own dishes.
Competition is good for us ordinary people, and we can always get some preferential treatment. However, this requires us to open our eyes and see Dobby.
I have some tips that I have realized, which can make you a housewife really take a little advantage.
When you buy a discounted promotional item, look at the original price and weight of its logo, so as to judge whether you get a discount. Note that some cunning merchants will put the discounted goods in small trays and wrap them with plastic wrap. When they go home, they can take one and test its weight to see if there are many rotten plates at the bottom of the box. This is a consistent trick for merchants to sell those defective products.
There are many two-course shops, and the general merchants will choose a few dishes at home with the lowest discount and put them at the door as a cover. They even sell at cost or at a loss to attract customers into the store. You can buy it in the morning. Those dishes just arrived in the morning and are very fresh. There are several anyway. If you have time and energy, go around more and see if his promotional items are what you want to buy. When these stores come down, you can buy the freshest dishes at the lowest price. I wanted to make cucumber ham sausage yesterday. It happened that there was a shop selling cucumbers today. It's very cheap, 3.98 yuan a catty. Vegetables are particularly expensive this year, usually at least five or six yuan a catty. I decisively bought two. Later, when I returned, I passed another shop I frequented. I bought a celery, which is his specialty today. By the way, I asked the price of cucumber. When the boss said 6.98 yuan a catty, I smiled.
Third, don't always remember to squeeze time to grab promotional items in the store. At night, most of the goods are not good, and you will buy a bunch of rotten vegetables that you don't like at all because you are greedy for cheap. This will affect your mood, and the whole family will enjoy delicious food. To tell you quietly, the goods you robbed were originally thrown away by the merchants, but as a result, they were sold out at half price by so many people, and you would laugh at counting money at night.
Going out for a stroll tonight, several shops I often go to are comparing prices again, and the horns are ringing in waves, for fear that other people at home can't hear them. You shout 50% off, I shout 50% off, and the store is still crowded with people. I also went in. I didn't blindly snap up with the crowd Buy whatever you need, compare yourself, see for yourself, and have discriminating thinking, so the goal is clear.
I didn't know those family members were still crowded inside to snap up. Do you find anything fishy about these promotions? There are many traps for merchants to deceive customers, so you should pay more attention!