Is this a true Mahatma Gandhi quote?

Question

I happened to navigate to a site called Zoho on the internet. On its 'About Us' page http://www.zoho.com/company.html... it has the below quote.

"A customer is the most important visitor on our premises.
He is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him.
He is not an interruption in our work - he is the purpose of it.
We are not doing him a favour by serving him. He is doing us a favour by giving us the opportunity to serve him.
- Mahatma Gandhi"

Is this a true Mahatma Gandhi quote?

Answer 1

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Yes! He said this in 1890. http://www.hinduonnet.com/2000/10/15/stories/1315046y.htm
http://www.pugmarks.net/news.asp?rec=88&tb=cmd

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http://www.hinduonnet.com/2000/10/15/stories/1315046y.htm
http://www.pugmarks.net/news.asp?rec=88&tb=cmd

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Excellent details. Now know its true. Glad to know.

Answer 2

It is a paraphrase of a concept of Gandhi's about serving others.