Hi Everyone,
While the demand for boosters is increasing, they are becoming fewer and farther in between. This is what I mean.
For anyone who doesn’t know, a booster is slang for someone who steals from stores and resells the stolen item or items. Boosters are everywhere, yet I found that there are more in big cities like Toronto, especially downtown. And there are boosters for everything. Since everyone has to eat, food is something that boosters steal a lot of, a lot of the time.
Before the pandemic and before food prices began skyrocketing, boosters had an easy time stealing and selling their wares. Not only could they walk freely into a crowded grocery store they also had a slew of customers who were free to move around the city. Whatever was stolen was sold in thirty minutes or less. Actually, there was a time when their customers’ freezers were fully stocked with meats and their fridges with cheese. Yes, someone one day asked a booster for cheese and that need was filled. How times have changed.
Now that prices for everything have increased and people don’t have as much money, they also aren’t as mobile. Boosters can’t just walk into any store and get lost in the crowd. Stealing is a lot harder now. And it is harder to find customers too. Just when people could use a booster the most, they can’t find one or the booster can’t find them.
But let’s get back to the title of this blog: Would you buy from a booster?
If you haven’t already guessed, I know some people who would buy from one or more boosters. And boosters have approached me too. One day, as I walked out of my building, a guy asked me if I wanted to buy the bottle of vodka he was holding. Since he was selling it for the going price, I called a friend and bought it for them. But that was not the only time. People of all ages, at all times of the year and even during the pandemic have asked if I was interested in buying booze. “Hey, lady, do you want to buy some wine?” No one has ever asked me if I wanted to buy food though. Those boosters have their regular customers.
But would you be a customer? The first question should be would a booster approach you to begin with. If you are not in a busy part of a city and you look out of place, they won’t. You have to look the part, like part of the neighbourhood. Boosters know how to size up a person faster than they know how to size up the meat section.
Just for fun, let’s say someone approaches you with something from a high-end, reputable grocery store, like Sobey’s, Metro or Loblaw. Let’s say that something is a $40 worth of steak and they’ll sell it to you for $20. Would you buy it? After you hold it, inspect the packaging and push on the meat, you read the label and discover it was packed that day. Would you buy it from a booster?
What if the booster had shampoo, deodorant, or four perfectly sealed extra large, extra strength packages of Tylenol and they were selling all of them for $15, would you buy them? If you know your prices, then you would know one perfectly sealed package of extra strength Tylenol is worth $15 ON SALE. Getting four for the price of one is, well, a steal! Chances are you would. And not because you need the money. You know that if you don’t buy it, someone else, will. And that someone else could be down the street or sitting right beside you. And just for the record, I did not buy the Tylenol. But I was sitting with someone who did. I got one bottle, because I know my prices.
Sorry about the featured image. It is the best I could do for free!
Thank you for reading, A. Rebel’s Rant! ;D
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