Did He Actually Cheat Me?

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Recently I read a sentence in a newspaper, " It is better to be cheated by the price, than the product." There is a small HindI novel in my home library.Years ago I had bought it from a stranger who charged me Rs.100 for it.The book was in a precarious condition.The cover and the flap were torn.I had no way to know the actual, printed price of the book.Still I guessed it was no more than Rs.25 or Rs.30.I was curious to buy the book and he was taking undue advantage of my curiosity. Still I bought the book,because I was looking for it for a long time,but the book was out of print. The novel unfolds a folk tale that is told and listened in Uttarakhand,a northern state of India.You will find glimpses of the culture of that state,the divine beauty of its dense,mysterious jungles and the glory of noble, moral values scattered here and there in this small book. The book is in my home library.I still read it when I feel downbeat and depressed. The man from whom I bought it had cheated me.But he ended up cheating me by the price only, not the product, did he?