Customer receives refund from Telok Blangah hawker after mistakenly paying $650 for lor mee: 'So grateful for his honesty'
A customer who accidentally overpaid a hawker $650 for a $6.50 meal was successfully refunded after the stall owner reported the error to his bank. The owner was unable to identify the customer initially but returned the funds once the customer returned to the stall.
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This story highlights individual integrity and the importance of digital payment transparency in small-scale retail environments.
A customer who mistakenly paid $650 for a $6.50 meal at a Telok Blangah hawker stall was refunded the overpayment back nearly a month later, after returning to the stall.
Sharing the incident in a Facebook post on Wednesday (Aug 19), the customer said they had accidentally keyed in the wrong amount and only realised the mistake about a month later, after returning from overseas.
"Turns out, Vincent (the stall owner) had even gone to the bank to report the overpayment. So grateful for his honesty and I was able to get back the excess," said the customer.
According to an image shared in the post, the incident occurred at a lor mee stall at a coffee shop at Block 109 Bukit Purmei Road.
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