In a country like India travelling in train will impart more experience to you. Reserving seat to sit in train is very much difficult, Then how can u expect a quality food? that too in late night. i was heading to my home town yesterday. it was late night in open compartment.
when train stopped in an unknown station, The thundering sound of platform sellers made an end for deadly silence. " Biscuit.... water ..... Anda briyani .... veg briyani ..... chappati " helm me out of my half drowsiness. i felt hungry so i popped my head out of emergency window, asked for a biscuit and He demanded RS.20 for a biscuit. I paid him.
I started to examine the package to see expiry date of the biscuit. The maximum retail price of "EAT HEALTHY, THINK BETTER" biscuit is RS.15 and he sold me for RS.20. A series of thoughts interrupted my hunger. "How much these sellers earn daily, if they sell the product for a price which is more than MRP of a product ?? " i was sure that these persons will earn more than the shop keepers in the railway station. He identified the demand for his product, At the late night people will be contemplated to get out of the train so an extra 5 bucks will not be great deal for them. He is a smart seller
"But these kind of practices should not be encouraged" i thought. As per Maximum retail price Act any product in India which is sold more than maximum retail price is a crime. That seller is exploiting his buyers by taking advantage of their weakness. Not only this biscuit but any product should not be purchased more than maximum retail price. Because government will collect indirect tax only for the MRP which is fixed by producer. hence this extra 5 bucks is a form of Black money which is unaccountable. He is exploiting both the Government and customer.
i opened my biscuit packet to satisfy my stomach . But after these thoughts the marginal utility of even the first biscuit was very low. I will be insane if i think such thoughts in late night In such a country like everything is only in the form of writing. But there is really a great thing this extra RS.5 black money killed my drowsiness.











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