Uncle charges $8 for two ice cream treats, netizens outraged

SINGAPORE: A woman who ended up paying S$8 for ice cream took to social media to tell others to “be wary,” as she believes the uncle selling the sweet treat overcharged her.

Ms Lola Quek posted a photo of two ice cream treats, one in a cone and one in bread, that she was charged S$8 for on the COMPLAINT SINGAPORE Facebook page on Sunday (Sept 3).

“I asked the uncle 3 times $8?! He say it’s big size now, last time ice cream cone not so big. He was so insistent till the end,” she wrote.

The netizen said she thought she was being “ripped off but since he was an uncle I did not make a big hooha.”

Nevertheless, she told him it wasn’t right to charge such high prices for his ice cream, but the uncle stood his ground, and she paid anyway.

Ms Quek added that there were no prices indicated on the uncle’s cart, located at the junction of Tampines MRT and that she only found out how much the treats were after they were handed over.

“Just putting it here in hopes that people do not take it granted (like I did) and ask for $ before buying,” she wrote.

Her post has since gone viral, getting shared almost 500 times.

Ms Quek’s outrage at the high price of the ice cream appears to have hit a nerve with many commenters, who agreed with her.

/TISG

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