Earlier this year, a ban mian hawker in Admiralty made the news for accidentally overcharging a customer $445.50, but managed to give a refund to the customer who came back for another meal – apparently, he had poor eyesight.
Earlier this week, another hawker took to Facebook to ask for help looking for a customer, after a similar incident happened.
A customer had overpaid by $693 at a hawker stall at Serangoon Garden Market, paying $700 for a dish that costs just $7.
The incident happened at a food stall located in Serangoon Garden Market and Food Centre, and the transaction was made on Tuesday night (14 March).
The stall owner posted an appeal for information on the Facebook group Can Eat! Hawker Food on 15 March, trying to reach out to the customer who overpaid by almost 100 times.
The hawker said in his caption: “Morning, we have a customer that overpaid us $693 for the food in Serangoon Garden Market at around 7pm If you are the one, please contact us at *phone number redacted* for the balance refund. Thanks.”
The stall owner, William Fong, said that the customer had patronised his stall at about 7pm on Tuesday and transferred $700 to them via PayLah, for his food that only costs $7.
Fond said that he doesn’t want to make the customer panic, and added that it might take a longer time to bring up the overpayment matter with NETS or the bank.
He added that so far no one had come forward to claim the refund from him, and he said that he would verify the identity of the customer by asking for a record of the transaction made at the stall.
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Source: Facebook