Cheating street vendors, beware
By Alex Socorro
@Alexandoy (65308)
Cainta, Philippines
December 4, 2019 2:13am CST
It is a common problem with the street vendors in Manila to have a cheating weighing scale. The pointer would say 1 kilo but it is just actually 3/4 kilo. Now the Manila mayor has a task force to check the scales of the street vendors. They confiscate the cheating weighing scales but I don't know if they would arrest the vendor.
In the photo is the staff in blue while checking the weighing scale by weighing 1 kilo of rice.
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
4 Dec 19
There are people who take advantage of the season. No wonder they stay that way.
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Dec 19
You are right because there are many buyers now according to the authority there.
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
4 Dec 19
@Alexandoy that’s good, but it’s unfair for buyers that they’re being taken advantage.
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Dec 19
@mlgen1037 there was a time that we bought 3 kilos of fruits on a road side. When I suspected that the weighing scale was not fair, I got a kilo of vegetables that we bought previously from another vendor and weighed it on their weighing scale. Lo and behold, the 1kilo of vegetable was 1.5 kilos already huh.
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@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
4 Dec 19
Good to know the government is doing something to stop this bad practice
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Dec 19
At least the local government of Manila seems to be dynamic in terms of cleanliness and orderliness.
@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
4 Dec 19
I never purchase from street vendors anyway.
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Dec 19
Maybe because there are no street vendors there. But here, it is customary to see the street vendors right in the entrance of the market.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
5 Dec 19
Yeah, too many cheats even in the streets here.
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
5 Dec 19
@Alexandoy yes...this world is no longer a safe place.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Dec 19
You are right that the digital scale is easy to adjust. But there's no more weighing balance. That last one was used by my grandfather, waheehee.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Dec 19
@Sojourn is that so? Over here they are all digital although the spring scale is still here.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Dec 19
I know what you mean but the vendors should be honest since they are selling by the street of the church.
@birjudanak (14320)
• India
4 Dec 19
I think its looks common and i seen some videos that how they cheat people and common people not even get to know that they cheated.
@JudyEv (339930)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Dec 19
It's good that the authorities are checking the scales. It is a shame that they have to do this though.
@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
4 Dec 19
It does happen here in our place. Only the defective weighing scale is confiscated. The erring vendor is only being warned. In fact in the market we have the timbang ng bayan available for the buyers or market goers to check the weight of their purchases particularly meat, rice and fishes bought.
