SeaTrade:
Nigeria is the only country in the world where a product will jump in price by 50% and sales of that product won't change.

It has made corporations greedy and they milk Nigerians with reckless abandon at the slightest opportunity.

Why can't people just boycott those greedy brands,move to cheaper ones and let it sink in the heads of this corporations that no brand is too big to fail,irrespective of product or distribution network.

As someone that has travelled a lot around Africa,I can boast that Nigeria is the only place where this happens and consumers will show vulnerability and dependency by simply continuing patronage and showing these people that "we don't have a choice".
This is a very wrong message to pass,make una try wise up abeg.

Brand loyalty is a daft thing to do cos you would be taken advantage of by oligarchs.
I drop my pen.

This needs to get to front page let's discuss more on this.

Timoleon:
I can’t count the number of times I refused to buy items or from particular shops because of increases as little as 10naira.

Vinnie2000:


Simply because we will conduct our own 'Inflation' later..
You increase the Price of Flour, I increase Price of my bread..
You increase Tomato price, I increase Price of my Stew rice..
You increase condom price, I increase my Towtow price..

RealLordZeus:
Forget about the leaders and big corps, we citizens are terrible when it comes to morality.

You will see a product the manufacturer branded it boldly that the retail price is 50naira and the mama shop insisted on selling it at 80naira, and you need to use that product, you just frown face, blame buhari and buy the product.

All this trader associations are also local thieves


Of course, middle men scam
Thats how dangote cement was being sold at 70%-80% above the factory price

Vinnie2000:


Simply because we will conduct our own 'Inflation' later..
You increase the Price of Flour, I increase Price of my bread..
You increase Tomato price, I increase Price of my Stew rice..
You increase condom price, I increase my Towtow price..

PoliticallyLeft:

You'll be surprised that 80% of Southerners are happy that things are hard in the country even though they are suffering.

If they purchase cheaper substitutes, how will they post on Instagram that they purchased something worth 1000 naira for 2000 naira and blame Buhari?

Check any post that criticises the incumbent government, it always goes:

Under Jonathan T was 2 naira , under Buhari it is 5 naira.

They do not ever blame the retailers who are doubling profit.

Put differently, for most of Nigerians inflation is a payback for voting Buhari in 2015 .

HeadNigga:
Blame the government for inflation not corporations. So if the cost of raw materials/production skyrockets you expect a company not to review it's price upwards?

Your argument will only be valid if we know for sure that there isn't general inflation and a company just changes the price of it's product...but as it is in Nigeria, we all know there is general inflation as a result of the forex rate coz we are import dependent.

SeaTrade:
Nigeria is the only country in the world where a product will jump in price by 50% and sales of that product won't change.

It has made corporations greedy and they milk Nigerians with reckless abandon at the slightest opportunity.

Why can't people just boycott those greedy brands,move to cheaper ones and let it sink in the heads of this corporations that no brand is too big to fail,irrespective of product or distribution network.

As someone that has travelled a lot around Africa,I can boast that Nigeria is the only place where this happens and consumers will show vulnerability and dependency by simply continuing patronage and showing these people that "we don't have a choice".
This is a very wrong message to pass,make una try wise up abeg.

Brand loyalty is a daft thing to do cos you would be taken advantage of by oligarchs.
I drop my pen.

This needs to get to front page let's discuss more on this.

Blackie46:
The worst is in the transport sector especially Onitcha-Asaba route. Those wicked transporters will just hike price unnecessarily. Sometimes #500-#800 depending on how they feel. You will see people willing to sit on attachment without protesting the price. The bike guys too aren't helping matters. Some of them charge as much as #500 per passenger just to cross the bridge. Nigerians will still adjust instead of boycotting these thieves

HeadNigga:
Blame the government for inflation not corporations. So if the cost of raw materials/production skyrockets you expect a company not to review it's price upwards?

Your argument will only be valid if we know for sure that there isn't general inflation and a company just changes the price of it's product...but as it is in Nigeria, we all know there is general inflation as a result of the forex rate coz we are import dependent.

SeaTrade:
Nigeria is the only country in the world where a product will jump in price by 50% and sales of that product won't change.

It has made corporations greedy and they milk Nigerians with reckless abandon at the slightest opportunity.

Why can't people just boycott those greedy brands,move to cheaper ones and let it sink in the heads of this corporations that no brand is too big to fail,irrespective of product or distribution network.

As someone that has travelled a lot around Africa,I can boast that Nigeria is the only place where this happens and consumers will show vulnerability and dependency by simply continuing patronage and showing these people that "we don't have a choice".
This is a very wrong message to pass,make una try wise up abeg.

Brand loyalty is a daft thing to do cos you would be taken advantage of by oligarchs.
I drop my pen.

This needs to get to front page let's discuss more on this.

SeaTrade:
Nigeria is the only country in the world where a product will jump in price by 50% and sales of that product won't change.

It has made corporations greedy and they milk Nigerians with reckless abandon at the slightest opportunity.

Why can't people just boycott those greedy brands,move to cheaper ones and let it sink in the heads of this corporations that no brand is too big to fail,irrespective of product or distribution network.

As someone that has travelled a lot around Africa,I can boast that Nigeria is the only place where this happens and consumers will show vulnerability and dependency by simply continuing patronage and showing these people that "we don't have a choice".
This is a very wrong message to pass,make una try wise up abeg.

Brand loyalty is a daft thing to do cos you would be taken advantage of by oligarchs.
I drop my pen.

This needs to get to front page let's discuss more on this.

HenryThegreat1:
At least I have boycott in buying and drinking two particular brands of malts ever since they increased their prices from N200 to N250.

siofra:
Who still dey eat sardine??

If you're still eating sardine God will judge you

CountVersailles:
I ask myself this same question a lot. I've not seen it happen once that commuters, for example, will protest hike in transport fares by trekking and actually showing these danfo buses who's boss.
In America, black people started walking as a form of protest to segregation in buses. Na beg dem beg dem las las to please come back.

benzzyno:
It's a Nigerian thing.. That 'i no get choice mentality' (and e terrible) every person selling a thing to you feels there are doing you a favour.. If u no buy 20 other pipo go buy am like dat.... Once I'd wanted to use POS to withdraw some money.. Elderly lady, told me she would charge 200 naira.. I accepted told her i will transfer the money to her.. She told me she would give me a number to call and tell the person am sending money... Then he will confirm when he sees it before she gives me the equivalent amount in cash.. Told her to call the person herself because its supposed to be a part of her business, she said i should call because she is doing me a favour..that if i can't call the person i should go.. Lol.. Sounded truly funny.. Maaami! Doing me which favour? And i will still pay ur 200 naira POS charges...? I told her she wasn't doing me any favour, that am paying for the service. The funny thing was, everybody there started murmuring that i don't have respect, am not greatful and plenty other murmurs... You can imagine the mentality alot of us hold!.. That's why even in leadership, we can never stand with one voice...

bigpicture001:
Money want to keep my gf ok.. just because she chose to do the right thing and reduce her profiteering in her medical lab field...

She lowered the cost of her diagnosis by almost half.. e g.. everyone does malaria and thyphiod for 1500, sh does for 700.. her pregnancy test is just 500 and full blood count etc all is very cheap..

You might think she doesn't gain.. now her place is like the full community government lab.. she takes home a minimum. 70k daily.. while all our other labs takes less than 20k home daily..

Just try to be different from. The excess profiteering gang whilst still being on profit... She is just 27 and is work about 21 million... Use ur brain.. don't join the train

SeaTrade:
It is very bad and terrible out here honestly,price hike across a value chain and people keep patronising like nothing happened.
It is making me think that Nigerians are not as poor as they claim,they just want to play pity party.

HeadNigga:
Blame the government for inflation not corporations. So if the cost of raw materials/production skyrockets you expect a company not to review it's price upwards?

Your argument will only be valid if we know for sure that there isn't general inflation and a company just changes the price of it's product...but as it is in Nigeria, we all know there is general inflation as a result of the forex rate coz we are import dependent.

siofra:
Who still dey eat sardine??

If you're still eating sardine God will judge you