When we were small our parents always complain that things are too costly in the market and they can't afford it, sometimes I used to think that my mom didn't want to buy those things for me that is why she keeps making excuses like that.
But when I finish secondary school and started working I realized that the rate at which things get expensive in the country is much. There are lots of times that I usually save to get things that I must have written down to buy at the market but whenever I get there, my money won't be able to get them all. It always made me wonder why price the of things increases always and that was like 15 years ago.
And now it seems like the country is under a spell that can never be broken at the rate at which product prices are escalating. Last 2 years when I started my shop, the first time I went to the market I bought an attachment of #650 and sold it for #850 with a gain of #250, and yet people were complaining that it is too expensive.
Last year I bought this same attachment for #850 and sold it in my shop for #1050 with the gain of #250 again. And this year the same attachment is now #1000 from the market the last time I went, I couldn't buy as plenty as I use to because it was too expensive meanwhile people won't buy it from me if it is too expensive.
We all know the tradition here that when things get expensive, it never comes back to their normal price anymore. Traders here only know how to increase prices, they were not trained to bring it down when there is a need to do so.
The inflation is not just here in Africa but it is all over the world because if I leave Africa for another country I am sure their things are more expensive than our own here.
So for now I am not buying market in the shop until I am able to gather enough to buy some things that people as been asking which I couldn't buy because of its price.
Even sachet water is expensive as well, I remembered when we use to buy sachet water for #5 and now the same sachet water is now #20 and I am not sure that will change again to its normal price and that is how worse the inflation is here in my country. I wonder if anyone is still saving up because of the rate at which items get expensive every day.
Last month I wanted to renovate my room so I needed some adhesive wallpaper I login into my online shopping app to see some designs which I was able to get but when I looked at the price I realized that ordinary paint will fit because if I should order such expensive thing that means I have to break the bank for it.
So, for now, I don't buy anything that is not important to me and I don't spend my money anyhow and that is how I am managing myself in this inflation time because my work is not everyday work so if I don't spend wisely that means I will be spending every little thing I make in the shop.