Another overpriced shop @ Sim Lim
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vince123123
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I think you should print out this page and give a copy to the shop, and tell them that they have just reached "famous" status in Singapore's leading photography forum.
aaron80
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I would not count the 3rd one in.. Got a bad experience there. This is the link http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?t=205541 :angry:
kiwitan said:
Anyone seen this thread before? Is it true?
http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?t=200354&highlight=camera+workshop
http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?t=200354&highlight=camera+workshop
TCW not that bad lah.... Nick is good :thumbsup:
Just that lady... You'll have to avoid her when she has PMS, usually near end of the month. I always talk to her first when I patronize the shop. This makes her feel important.
Also, I'll add 2 more shops to the 5 shops that kiwitan had mentioned:
6) John 3:16
7) Ruby Photo
Just that lady... You'll have to avoid her when she has PMS, usually near end of the month. I always talk to her first when I patronize the shop. This makes her feel important.
Also, I'll add 2 more shops to the 5 shops that kiwitan had mentioned:
6) John 3:16
7) Ruby Photo
HONEST??????? CAT*** P*O*O ?!!!!
Do me a favour :nono:
They ripped me off for 60 SGD on a 200SGD purchase and I've since deprived them of 3k of my own business and the same from friends/family. Which reminds me, I must let the sales lady, branch manager and the manager's boss know that...when the shop is busy...with lots of tourists.
Why should we have to "build up a relationship", do endless pricing research (which I do enjoy for the larger purchases actually!), go through the pain of bartering (which I know many Singaporeans also despise) and so on, just to get a fair and transparent price. This is Singapore for goodness sake - why should consumers be restricted to Harvey Norman and Best Denki (I'm using "fair" in the loosest possible terms in those cases given the scale of their overheads
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IMHO, everyone, including wealthy tourists and Singaporeans who don't have the time to spend hours researching prices and haggling, are entitled to the same quality of deal as everyone else. "It's their own fault", "get over it", the whole sales folks/ricebowl argument and similar just doesn't cut it with me. Business ethics DOES cut it with me.
Nice to see guys on this forum like The Oracle who have the balls to be transparent and prove that it can be done fairly with both parties leaving a transaction happy and confident.
Getting back to the thread, I fully support your complaint Hashbrown - glad you're making the effort. :thumbsup:
Feeling much better now thank you...I'm going for a little lie down ! :embrass:
Do me a favour :nono:
They ripped me off for 60 SGD on a 200SGD purchase and I've since deprived them of 3k of my own business and the same from friends/family. Which reminds me, I must let the sales lady, branch manager and the manager's boss know that...when the shop is busy...with lots of tourists.
Why should we have to "build up a relationship", do endless pricing research (which I do enjoy for the larger purchases actually!), go through the pain of bartering (which I know many Singaporeans also despise) and so on, just to get a fair and transparent price. This is Singapore for goodness sake - why should consumers be restricted to Harvey Norman and Best Denki (I'm using "fair" in the loosest possible terms in those cases given the scale of their overheads
)?IMHO, everyone, including wealthy tourists and Singaporeans who don't have the time to spend hours researching prices and haggling, are entitled to the same quality of deal as everyone else. "It's their own fault", "get over it", the whole sales folks/ricebowl argument and similar just doesn't cut it with me. Business ethics DOES cut it with me.
Nice to see guys on this forum like The Oracle who have the balls to be transparent and prove that it can be done fairly with both parties leaving a transaction happy and confident.
Getting back to the thread, I fully support your complaint Hashbrown - glad you're making the effort. :thumbsup:
Feeling much better now thank you...I'm going for a little lie down ! :embrass:
Weigang said:
the above very important. something the salesperson would go to the back of the shop and get another set. so take care in case the another set got missing items...
n lastly, do not forget to ask whether price include GST or not.
later when paying the salesman slap GST into the final bills. this is a very common tactics.
hASHbrown_kopitiam
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vince123123 said:
IDEA!!!! I'm gonna print this page and pass it to them. See what they want to do.
i'm going down to CASE this saturday. Even if nothing much CASE can do other than a letter plus me spending $10, this shop is going to get it... Go Ghim Moh area oso not bad. Can try the food there.
Small amount of cheating leads to bigger amount of loses.
Del_CtrlnoAlt
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kiwitan said:
from other countries eh sai bo? :bsmilie: i scared next time might happen to me...
CASE Officer: Where are you from?
Me: From Toa Payoh, moved from there about 15 years ago... :bsmilie:
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vince123123
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By the way, bait and switch is a very serious matter - if this happens to you and you are very sure of it, do not hesitate to notify the police - it may very well be a criminal offence of cheating.
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vince123123
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Great 
Do let us know what the shop's reaction is when you pass the page to them.
To maximise the effect, print a few copies and hand it to the various staff - perhaps even better to ask to see the boss or supervisor. You don't want the case where the staff receiving your single copy throws it in the rubbish bin before it reaches anyone of importance.
Do let us know what the shop's reaction is when you pass the page to them.To maximise the effect, print a few copies and hand it to the various staff - perhaps even better to ask to see the boss or supervisor. You don't want the case where the staff receiving your single copy throws it in the rubbish bin before it reaches anyone of importance.
hASHbrown_kopitiam said:IDEA!!!! I'm gonna print this page and pass it to them. See what they want to do.
i'm going down to CASE this saturday. Even if nothing much CASE can do other than a letter plus me spending $10, this shop is going to get it... Go Ghim Moh area oso not bad. Can try the food there.
Small amount of cheating leads to bigger amount of loses.
hASHbrown_kopitiam
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Weigang said:Just a friendly reminder...
Handle the approach with care or you might be taken for as threatening or blackmailing...
Hahaha....ya lah...just a thought.... Not so thick skin leh... I just want to write letter to owner of the shop only...
Even if i sneak e pages at night...there are CCTVs around...
normally i make it a point to be extra careful when dealing with sim lim first floor stores.. shop around and ask carefully but politely..
sometime they see your face can "eat" , will not split out your bones after eating you wan..
on the bright side, after 1 lesson normally we are wiser to their tricks..
the other common trick is that they give you good price on your asked item.. but after you thought 1 item cheap the other items should be reasonbly priced too is when they kick your lampa and grab your cash..
Pernisula the tourist shops even worst.. last time i went into 1, ask for lens tissure and solution (the standard type) the sales man say the soluntion $8, paper another $5.. i just smile and walk out. Chow shops! :hung:
sometime they see your face can "eat" , will not split out your bones after eating you wan..
on the bright side, after 1 lesson normally we are wiser to their tricks..
the other common trick is that they give you good price on your asked item.. but after you thought 1 item cheap the other items should be reasonbly priced too is when they kick your lampa and grab your cash..
Pernisula the tourist shops even worst.. last time i went into 1, ask for lens tissure and solution (the standard type) the sales man say the soluntion $8, paper another $5.. i just smile and walk out. Chow shops! :hung:
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