Win-Win-Win deal

For long, myself and my mom wanted to get one urli ( a big mouted basin in which flowers are floated over water ). We both like the very sight of this big bowl filled with multi coloured flowers. My mom is too fond of gardening and has grown lots of flower bearing plants around our house, and good number of flowers in different colours grow each day. So, we neednt have to worry about the flowers to fill up this urli with. Infact, this urli wont be enough to place all the flowers that bloom in our house. Such, is the growth of the plants n the flowers it give out. Still, we didnt buy it for long. The reason being my brothers son ROSHAN. He is around 3 yrs of age and is very very naughty. He wont let us keep anything on the floor or the shelfs which are within his reach. If at all, we keep this urli, we are sure that he wont let the flowers be inside it and wil also splash the water. Myself and my mom wanted to place this urli in the floor and not to hide it in some place thats out of his reach. So, considering all these reasons, we didnt get that one till this time. Then came the time of the navarathri and we have the habit of placing golu in our house. Also, Roshan was about to join the school by the end of the navarathri. So, we thought that it is the right time for us to get this urli. As, we were about to place this golu in a separate room, we can lock it during the day time and open it only when needed so that this urli is safe. Also, by the time this navarathri ends, he would have joined the school. By the time he returns in the afternoon, he would feel tired and sleep till the evening. So, we could safegaurd it for the most part of the day.

Keeping this in mind, myself and my mom went out for buying this urli and someother stuff. We first headed straight to a famous shop and enquired about this. He showed us a moderately wide bowl. It was in bronze and it cost Rs. 800. He showed us the biggest one he had. We werent satisfied with the size, but we thought that we wont get this anywhere in that area. Also, he told us "the price of bronze has risen considerably. So, if you come nextweek, u are not sure if you can get a big one. Even the price of this piece will get more.". As we didnt have any other option, we had to settle for this piece. We paid the bill and came out of the house. We visited lots of shops for getting the other stuffs. Just then, we came across a big urli made of brass in one of the shops. Brass is somewhat inferior in quality to bronze, but in what way is that goin to affect as long as it looks good. When we set out for shopping, we had this size in mind. So, at the first sight itself myself and my mom liked it very much. Also, it was a bit cheap compared to that one. It cost only about Rs.670/-. Both of us thought that it would be better to return that old one in that shop and get this one, as this was the size we were looking for. But, most of the shopkeepers dont have the habit of returning the money. Either they dont accept the products we return or they ask us to buy something for that price. Anyways, we atleast wanted to make a try.

I went to that old shop to return that piece. Initially, he didnt agree to return the money. He asked us to buy something else for this amount. But, i persisted on getting the money back, as we had finished all our shopping. The talks went on for a few minutes. And finally, i asked him to atleast deduct some amount and return the balance. He thought for a while and then deducted nearly Rs.30 and returned Rs.770. I am sure that its a good bargain for him. As the price of bronze has risen, he can quote it under the new price system and sell the same material for a higher price. He has also gained Rs.30 from us. I came to the new store and bought the big brass urli.

Now looking all these from the perspective of a marketing analyst, there arises a rare commerical scenario of win-win-win situation. For the first shop, as said earlier he has gained some amount from us and he is sure to get higher benefits due to the rise in the price of bronze. As far as the second shop, he has made a sale, which is a gain for him. We also had a virutal gain in this bargain. Considering the first urli we bought, the second one was big and cheap. So, we were left with the satisfaction that we got what we wanted at a lower price. Hence this win-win-win situation.

As soon as we came home, we cleaned it and filled it with flowers and placed it along with the golu and took many snaps of it. We change the flowers daily and admire its beauty daily.

Here are some snaps for u. Let me know how they look.