A netizen working as a smartphone seller shared a story of a father who has been forced by his child to buy an expensive phone.
In his post, David King Del Mundo shared the story of one of their customers who visibly hesitated to grant the request of his child who’s just a grade 12 student.
According to Del Mundo, the said customer who’s working as a family driver asked them if he can buy iPhone via installment because he couldn’t afford to pay it in cash.
The netizen said that they already assumed that the family driver would have difficulty paying even if they allow him to get the phone via installment.
“May pinakita na siya sa amin na computation at kita sa mukha ni Sir na hindi niya kaya ang ganon kalaking halaga.Ang anak ni Sir ay grade 12 student pa lang.Naaawa ako habang tinititigan ko si Sir kasi bakas nakikita ko na iniisip na niya kaagad kung paano niya imamanage yung sinasahod niya at na kanyang asawa.” he said.
They offered a cheaper phone model to him, but the customer said that he was afraid that his child might reject a cheaper phone.
“Inalok namin siya ng mas mababang halaga ng unit pero hindi rin kaagad makapag decide si Sir kasi nag aalala siya na baka hindi magistuhan ng anak niya dahil iphone talaga ang gusto.At the back of my mind “grabe naman ang batang yon,hindi man lang niya inisip kung paanong kumakayod ang tatay niya para ibigay yung needs nila,” he stated.
After a long negotiation, the customer finally convinced his child to get a cheaper phone instead of an iPhone that costs P56,990 for the cheapest model to P109,990 for its most expensive.
“Sabi ko nga kay Sir “sabihin mo sir sa anak mo tsaka na siya mag iphone kapag nagtatrabaho na siya(may kasamang inis na ako niyan)” Del Mundo said.
“Naiinis ako sa mga anak na hindi marunong mag appreciate sa magulang nila na ginagawa ang lahat ng kaya nila para magprovide.
Bakit ba gugustuhin ng isang grade 12 student na magkaron ng mamahaling iphone?Para iyabang sa kaklase?!Habang nagkakanda kuba ang magulang nila sa pagtatrabaho.” he added.