I want to post my terrible shopping experience in BALLY PHOTO ELECTRONICS PET LTD at #02-03B Funan today, and I hope everyone saw this post and never experience the same terrible things as I do today.
Not ever buy anything from this scamming shop. I will talk from the beginning.
I thought funan is much safer than sim lim, and I do not have a lot of experience of buying DSLR. This is the reason why I chose funan to buy my Canon 60D with 18-200mm lens kit. I asked several shops which provided very close prices at around 2040 or 2050. But, when I enquire the price of this kit in this shop BALLY PHOTO ELECTRONICS PET LTD, the sales offered S$1970.
I double confirmed with him the price. He insisted that the price for the kit is S$1970. So I decided to buy the camera in this shop.
This is the beginning of the nightmare. This sales also highly recommended a UV filter (HOYA 62mm) to me and asked for S$50. I thought that they are selling the kit so cheap, and they should sell accessory cheap as well. So I agreed.
Then, they asked me to pay the money total S$2020 first, then they will give me the camera. I was so naïve and paid the money and sit there to wait the camera as an idiot. Then, suddenly I saw the lens brand was not Canon but a very strange brand that I have never saw.
I suddenly realized I was scammed. I asked them to give me the original Canon lens, they rejected and said only if I pay S$398 more, then I could get the original kit with Canon lens. I always talked with them in a very kind tone, but the sales was very rude. He put everything into a plastic bag and throw it out of his store and asked me to go.
I had no choice and called the police.
When I was waiting outside of the store, another sales said he is the manager of the shop and want to help me to solve the problem. I agreed. He asked me to top up S$350, I disagreed, then S$250, I disagreed. Then he asked what my opinion is. I said I want the kit at S$2050. This is the most regretted decision I have made today, if I insisted to refund until the police coming, I will not be scammed twice by this scamming shop today. Then he said ok but the UV filter has to be S$50, so the total amount is S$2100. I agreed….
Then, the police came, because I agreed the deal, the talking with police was quite smooth. I paid S$80 more and got everything home. When I try to put the UV filter on the lens, I suddenly found the lens size is 72mm, but the UV filter size is 62mm. I called the manager, his tone completely changed and said he did not know my lens (18-200mm)’s size is 72mm and refused to exchange a 72mm UV filter for me. I said it was their mistake to give me a wrong size UV filter then, he said only I top up S$35 more then he will exchange my 62mm UV filter to 72mm.
In short, he is selling a HOYA 72mm UV filter at S$85 to me. I checked the price on internet, I found a brand new HOYA 72mm UV filter is worth at about S$35... Now, I am still holding the 62mm UV filter that cannot be used on my camera. I do not know what to do next, I really angry with such scams and cheating customer behaviors. I have been really terrible experience today.
I hope everyone seeing this post will not buy anything from BALLY PHOTO ELECTRONICS PET LTD and not ever have the same terrible shopping experience as I had today. Thank you for watching.
Not ever buy anything from this scamming shop. I will talk from the beginning.
I thought funan is much safer than sim lim, and I do not have a lot of experience of buying DSLR. This is the reason why I chose funan to buy my Canon 60D with 18-200mm lens kit. I asked several shops which provided very close prices at around 2040 or 2050. But, when I enquire the price of this kit in this shop BALLY PHOTO ELECTRONICS PET LTD, the sales offered S$1970.
I double confirmed with him the price. He insisted that the price for the kit is S$1970. So I decided to buy the camera in this shop.
This is the beginning of the nightmare. This sales also highly recommended a UV filter (HOYA 62mm) to me and asked for S$50. I thought that they are selling the kit so cheap, and they should sell accessory cheap as well. So I agreed.
Then, they asked me to pay the money total S$2020 first, then they will give me the camera. I was so naïve and paid the money and sit there to wait the camera as an idiot. Then, suddenly I saw the lens brand was not Canon but a very strange brand that I have never saw.
I suddenly realized I was scammed. I asked them to give me the original Canon lens, they rejected and said only if I pay S$398 more, then I could get the original kit with Canon lens. I always talked with them in a very kind tone, but the sales was very rude. He put everything into a plastic bag and throw it out of his store and asked me to go.
I had no choice and called the police.
When I was waiting outside of the store, another sales said he is the manager of the shop and want to help me to solve the problem. I agreed. He asked me to top up S$350, I disagreed, then S$250, I disagreed. Then he asked what my opinion is. I said I want the kit at S$2050. This is the most regretted decision I have made today, if I insisted to refund until the police coming, I will not be scammed twice by this scamming shop today. Then he said ok but the UV filter has to be S$50, so the total amount is S$2100. I agreed….
Then, the police came, because I agreed the deal, the talking with police was quite smooth. I paid S$80 more and got everything home. When I try to put the UV filter on the lens, I suddenly found the lens size is 72mm, but the UV filter size is 62mm. I called the manager, his tone completely changed and said he did not know my lens (18-200mm)’s size is 72mm and refused to exchange a 72mm UV filter for me. I said it was their mistake to give me a wrong size UV filter then, he said only I top up S$35 more then he will exchange my 62mm UV filter to 72mm.
In short, he is selling a HOYA 72mm UV filter at S$85 to me. I checked the price on internet, I found a brand new HOYA 72mm UV filter is worth at about S$35... Now, I am still holding the 62mm UV filter that cannot be used on my camera. I do not know what to do next, I really angry with such scams and cheating customer behaviors. I have been really terrible experience today.
I hope everyone seeing this post will not buy anything from BALLY PHOTO ELECTRONICS PET LTD and not ever have the same terrible shopping experience as I had today. Thank you for watching.
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