Bad experience at TCW.
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Belle&Sebastain
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versatile said:
you ready make yourself look bad with each new post. We wanna ask you, when you are quoted a higher price than other stores, you call that bad experience? When you go shopping i bet you have lots of bad experience because not everyone in the whole wide world quotes the same price for the same thing!!!
i would warrant bad experience when the same person quotes you 2 different prices each time you enter the store.
what's the fuss about the young chap quoting you higher than other stores? No logic, no sense.
Stoned
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zcf said:
Actually I think even if the price is above the Recommended Retail Price, it still isn't cheating. It's just that the consumer is stupid for buying, or not doing homework, or not comparing the prices with other shops.
Shops can't cheat by setting high prices. In fact, that's screwing themselves cos their sales will decrease.
I agree on the pricing matter...
It wouldn't be the shop's fault and this might even be their business strategy. Eg. Sell cheap cameras and lens but earn back on the accessories. Of course, I empathize with u for them making you look like a newbie. Usually I would just say "Waa! the other shop opposite selling $xx and you are selling $xxx."
That said, TCW is still a no-no for me.
:nono:
It wouldn't be the shop's fault and this might even be their business strategy. Eg. Sell cheap cameras and lens but earn back on the accessories. Of course, I empathize with u for them making you look like a newbie. Usually I would just say "Waa! the other shop opposite selling $xx and you are selling $xxx."
That said, TCW is still a no-no for me.
:nono:
panzerpunk
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judeseah said:OT a bit,
thread starter.
i newbie hor,
saw ur signature n it has a 15-55 EF-S lens,
where u buy? need want that range,
so help me, TIA.
hope this will not turn out to be a bad experience for me
jude
There is no such lens. Its a typo and it should either be 17-55 or 18-55.
Anyway, the shop cannot cheat you because it didn't tell you the price which the other shops are selling. Let us consider these cases:
Case 1.
A walks into a shop. He meets shop tender B and asks him the price of an apple. B tells him it costs $20. A believes B and buys the apple.
Case 2.
A walks into a shop. He meets shop tender B and asks him for the price of an apple. B tells him that it costs $20 and that other shops are selling the apple for $15 (when in fact he has no knowledge of it). A believes B and buys the apple.
Case 3.
A walks into a shop. He meets shop tender B and asks him for the price of an apple. B tells him that the apples have medicinal value and it can cure cancer. It will cost $20. A believes B and buys the apple.
Which of these cases is B cheating? Quite obviously its Case 3.
If you're unhappy, can complain to CASE, but i don't think its considered cheating. And TCW can sue you for trying to bring down its name without proper evidence. Do exercise responsibility for what you have posted on the net as urged by our PM Lee. If i rmb correctly, he said with reference to bloggers/net posters posting incendiary and malicious topics, "We will take them to task."
look guys...give versatile a break! he's just venting (though i must say u have to understand the consequences of what u post in public forum).
just include one more word in your thread title:
Bad QUOTE experience at TCW.
sounds better? let's move on!
by the way i heard pluto was taken off the solar system, can they re-mark my science exam 20 years ago...
just include one more word in your thread title:
Bad QUOTE experience at TCW.
sounds better? let's move on!
by the way i heard pluto was taken off the solar system, can they re-mark my science exam 20 years ago...
Perhaps the thread starter could have selected a better phrase to describe his experience... anyway if you follow the thread the guy doesn't exactly have the best of English (as the gahmen has lamented over and over, Good English = Be understood) so if you wanna rip his replies to shreds its pretty easy.
Anyway I know your intention... you're just warning people to be more careful when making purchases and to be aware of the actual market price, and not just the sales person's word as final. Good intention, but old news.
We've had millions of similiar thread documenting such experiences. After a while it gets dry. To start a thread to highlight an already over-emphasized point as if it were that big a deal kinda irritates those who've been here for a while. Maybe to you its new, but to the rest its just trivial. Point here is, don't take something banal and make it sound like a scandal.
Anyway I know your intention... you're just warning people to be more careful when making purchases and to be aware of the actual market price, and not just the sales person's word as final. Good intention, but old news.
We've had millions of similiar thread documenting such experiences. After a while it gets dry. To start a thread to highlight an already over-emphasized point as if it were that big a deal kinda irritates those who've been here for a while. Maybe to you its new, but to the rest its just trivial. Point here is, don't take something banal and make it sound like a scandal.
We've been over this ad nauseum in previous threads - as mentioned, this isn't a severe case but sales ethics is appalling in many shops around Singapore...in particular the way tourists are (often) treated in this Country by (some - not all) Sellers is a disgrace and I include the larger "reputable" camera chains, not just Lucky Plaza and SLS.
It is slightly off topic, but I don't see how casual consumers are to blame for being charged excessive amounts :nono: . The RSP tags in many shops is nothing less than a confidence trick.
I do agree that visiting one or two shops before buying to compare prices is a reasonable expectation of a consumer though.
It is slightly off topic, but I don't see how casual consumers are to blame for being charged excessive amounts :nono: . The RSP tags in many shops is nothing less than a confidence trick.
I do agree that visiting one or two shops before buying to compare prices is a reasonable expectation of a consumer though.
there are some many items regarding photography today especially w digital and all the electronic stuff. i dare say if you go to every reputable photo shop in singapore and get quotes for 20 different things, you will gt different shop selling each item cheaper than the other. or certain cases they can sell you cheaper but no stock. price difference is common.
Too bad I discarded newspaper cuttings of police case (long ago) where Lucky Plaza salesmen physically beat up tourist for not buying, after the salesmen have spent some time with them making a sales pitch.
Perhaps the tourist sensed it was too costly and wanted to check prices first at other shops. The Lucky Plaza salesmen may have wanted to intimidate the tourist into buying at ridiculously inflated prices.
Now that is what I call a bad experience (if you were that tourist)
Perhaps the tourist sensed it was too costly and wanted to check prices first at other shops. The Lucky Plaza salesmen may have wanted to intimidate the tourist into buying at ridiculously inflated prices.
Now that is what I call a bad experience (if you were that tourist)
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