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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->RECENTLY, I visited FairPrice in Toa Payoh Central to get a drink to quench my thirst. I grabbed a bottle of soft drink from the chilled shelves and went to the cashier to pay $1.30. However, the cashier told me I had to pay an additional 15 cents. When asked why, she said it was because the drink was chilled.
Puzzled, I went back to the shelves to check if there was any sign to inform customers of the price difference. To my surprise, there was.
I encountered the same thing at a void-deck provision shop in Bedok Reservoir Road. A 1.5 litre bottle of Coca-Cola cost $2, but I was charged an additional 30 cents for a chilled one.
This surprised me even more. A convenience store charges 15 cents extra for chilled drinks, but a provision shop charges 30 cents.
The vendor told me this was the practice in most provision shops. However, checks with other provisions shops revealed that their price remains at $2 for a 1.5 litre bottle of Coca-Cola, chilled or not.
My question is, do vendors have a right to adjust their prices? Do the authorities provide price guidelines for them to follow? From which authority can consumers seek advice on this? Muhamad Noorhafiz Ibrahim
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->RECENTLY, I visited FairPrice in Toa Payoh Central to get a drink to quench my thirst. I grabbed a bottle of soft drink from the chilled shelves and went to the cashier to pay $1.30. However, the cashier told me I had to pay an additional 15 cents. When asked why, she said it was because the drink was chilled.
Puzzled, I went back to the shelves to check if there was any sign to inform customers of the price difference. To my surprise, there was.
I encountered the same thing at a void-deck provision shop in Bedok Reservoir Road. A 1.5 litre bottle of Coca-Cola cost $2, but I was charged an additional 30 cents for a chilled one.
This surprised me even more. A convenience store charges 15 cents extra for chilled drinks, but a provision shop charges 30 cents.
The vendor told me this was the practice in most provision shops. However, checks with other provisions shops revealed that their price remains at $2 for a 1.5 litre bottle of Coca-Cola, chilled or not.
My question is, do vendors have a right to adjust their prices? Do the authorities provide price guidelines for them to follow? From which authority can consumers seek advice on this? Muhamad Noorhafiz Ibrahim
. moral of the story , make more money and stop kpkb .
