A Nairobi businesswoman is counting losses after she invested in a bale of second-hand clothes commonly known as Mitumba only to get a raw deal. Nairobi mitumba trader cries after spending hard-earned money on bad bale. Lydia Nyabuto told TUKO.co.ke that she paid KSh 18,000 but received a bad batch consisting of low-quality clothes. “The bale I ordered cost KSh 18,000, but that woman delivered one that usually costs KSh 11,000 or around KSh 10,000.
They were not ‘first camera’. In fact, I suspect she put together rejects from her sales, selecting whole ones and making a bale out of them,” she said. Nairobi businesswoman opens bad mitumba bale Nyabuto said she met the lady, Winnie, on TikTok and ordered the bale from her since many people had recommended her. However, the troubled woman narrated that her supplier was rude when she called to complain, claiming the clothes were okay, and even asked her to report to the police.
“We met on TikTok, but I have never done business with her. I got the bale of clothes on Thursday, 21 November, and called her the next day to complain about the quality, but she was rude,” she stated. She explained that she had been saving money from her little sales to get a whole bale of baby clothes, adding that the incident had greatly demoralized her.
“I always go for my stock in Gikomba market where I pick piece by piece, but this time, I decided to get my own bale to take advantage of the Christmas season to make more money. I saved up for this only to be disappointed,” she added.
“The clothes are not that bad, my problem is that they are not worth the amount I invested. For example, if I had the real KSh 18,000 worth of bale, I would sell most of the clothes for between KSh 300 to KSh 500. But, for this one, the clothes will go for Ksh 30 or KSh 50,” she explained.
Nyabuto said buying clothes piece by piece is safer than ordering bales from strangers. Lydia Nyabuto breaks down on TikTok The businesswoman bitterly shed tears in a TikTok video showing the clothes she spent her hard-earned money on.
In the clip, Nyabuto says she is stressed because she had hoped the business would generate a good profit, but all she saw ahead were losses. “Stress will kill me. I ordered a kids’ bale medium size from Winnie Closet, which I got. My KSh 18,000 has gone like that; please help me. Why would she sell me such clothes,” she cried.
by Lynn-Linzer Kibebe