Hi there! In the midst of the durian frenzy this season, I
would like to share my bad experience with this particular durian
stall that I patronised a week ago.
And this was the letter that I sent to them.. which till now, I
have no reply and this is really upsetting me.
Dear whom-it-may-concern,
I would like to express my utter disappointment in the
durians that you sell. My supposed happy occasion turned out
unhappy instead, after purchasing and eating the durians which we
bought from your Trading 717 Durians,
Serangoon branch at Highland Centre.
On sunday, after our dinner, we decided to drop by at your outlet
after having cravings for durians and after hearing rave ratings of
your stall, very excitedly, we approaced one of your staff and
starting selecting the durians. We noticed that he was opening up
the small durians, which were in a basket, for us. My father was
certain that small durians would not have many seeds and asked your
staff who reassured us that the durians would have many seeds.
Hence, we did not pursue the matter further and bought six durians
home for 55 dollars.
Upon reaching home, feeling excited, we started eating the durians.
However, what we got was PATHETIC. Each durian has at most 5, SMALL
seeds, and the least we got was shockingly, only 3 seeds for a
durian which we paid an average of 9 dollars each. That would mean
that each SMALL seed cost about 3 dollars. We could have easily
gotten 3 durians for 10 dollars at other stalls but decided to buy
the durians at your stall after getting commendations.
However, we were utterly disappointed, not only with the durians we
bought but also with your staff who picked the durians for us. The
least we could expect from him is HONESTY. He, I believe, being an
experienced durian handler, would have the basic knowledge of the
number of durian seeds in a durian. I would definitely not
recommend your stall to my friends after this incident.
Thank you.
Regards,
Amelia
So if you people out there are looking for really good durians..
I would not recommend this stall and in fact there are many other
stalls, not as popular though, selling durians as cheap as 10 cents
each! And in fact, after this incident, feeling unjust, I went
around sourcing for good cheap durians and got a few at 1 dollar
each and they were really good!
Enjoy eating durians!
