The Lurkers

So remember Summi’s blog on how she was brought a particular item of clothing for Eid and it was hideous and the shop wouldn’t do refunds?

Well for those who have no idea what I’m on about but want an insight, read Summi’s blog on the following link for a brief explanation: http://gre-summi.blogspot.com/2010/09/dress-for-eid.html

Rewind: For weeks and weeks we went to this specific shop and left empty handed as there was ABSOLUTLEY nothing, and I mean nothing that we liked. What made this worse is instead of refunds, the store gave her store credit and that credit was only for this particular franchise so it couldn’t be used anywhere else!

Oh how we came back and back and spoke with the manager but to no avail and then we like normal people we eventually gave up…..

Fastforward to this week: This week me and Summi realised there was only one week before Eid and the date expires on her store credit!

We went to the shop and got another extension and the employee told us to look for other outfits and when we told him we couldn’t find anything we liked he told us the magic words that made our day! The store credit could now be used in any of their franchise!

I then, yes I, had spontaneity of geniusity come about! Rather than Summi trying to find an outfit in this shop, why don’t we sell the credit on to those who are actually buying in the shop! That way it is a win-win situation.

(Yes I know geniusity is not a word but it flows and so it stays in the sentence!)

We didn’t think the manager would like our idea so we lurked around on the sly in the shop, looking for potential buyers and although we found a few, they were not spending enough and due to the longevity of our stay the manager started to eye us up!


But the idea was brilliant and we were so ecstatic that we started to eat! And when I mean eat, I mean eat until you can’t move!

After our lunch we went to the other branch, lurking around looking for potential buyers. Sadly people picked up items and then put the items down again. After 30 minutes of lurking in both shops we gave up and made our way to yet another branch.

Hey it was exactly like that. And Summi if you’re reading this thanks for the inspiration!

When we got there it was almost getting dark and guess what? We lurked long enough that we caught someone who was happy to take the store credit of us when she brought her dozen or so dresses. Summi got her £48 in cash and the women got her dresses. Who knew it would be third time lucky!

After we tried to go watch a movie but obviously the best laid plans go awry so we went for a hot chocolate instead. It was delicious and I appreciated it more in the typical freezing weather!