I'm in the area (commonwealth Dr), too. Have never gone to that (those) shop(s) but being a foreigner myself i think there's hug difference between "foreigner" and "ang mo expat".
Talking bout SLS, my last trip there is to help 1 of my friend buying some mp3 player (cheapo type). Being a foreigner himself (not ang mo though) with tight budget he kept saying stuff were quite ex to him to some shop keeper and received much much ruder treatment which i shall not dirty this thread by saying it out.
Meanwhile i was looking at the next shop to check on pricing of a prosummer cam (well, of course din look like buying but staying in Spore for over 5 years, my English is ok enough not to sound rude and i din bargain anything, just a quick check of prices...). The seems-to-be- boss of that very shop then asked me to "move" and used a small vase of water + 1 branch and flick water all over his glass door and the entrance of the shop while mumbling smthing in Mandrin or Hokkien or whatever ...
He he, some kinda ritual procedure which ... if there is ... is more expected in somewhere like chinatown or some pasar malam ...
What a shop
To me, service is as important as good price when it comes to satisfaction when buying stuff.
to TS:
nothing wrong to bring up some fact :thumbsup: . Choices are made and it's up to individual.
to all, here's a funny story i heard from one of my colleague:
One of his friend, went to a car mall intended to buy a car. After being ignored in a very rude way for quite long in one shop, he angrily walked to the opposite shop and eventually bought a car there. My colleague insisted that it's a true story. ... he he.
Well, his friend was truly "siao". It's a car, come on ... Singapore car costs like how much ... if it's a shirt or even a notebook, camera .... then i can understand, but car ... :sweat:
But in order to make the 1st shop keeper feel "pai seh" and regreted, he did a very good job.
Talking bout SLS, my last trip there is to help 1 of my friend buying some mp3 player (cheapo type). Being a foreigner himself (not ang mo though) with tight budget he kept saying stuff were quite ex to him to some shop keeper and received much much ruder treatment which i shall not dirty this thread by saying it out.
Meanwhile i was looking at the next shop to check on pricing of a prosummer cam (well, of course din look like buying but staying in Spore for over 5 years, my English is ok enough not to sound rude and i din bargain anything, just a quick check of prices...). The seems-to-be- boss of that very shop then asked me to "move" and used a small vase of water + 1 branch and flick water all over his glass door and the entrance of the shop while mumbling smthing in Mandrin or Hokkien or whatever ...
He he, some kinda ritual procedure which ... if there is ... is more expected in somewhere like chinatown or some pasar malam ...
What a shop
To me, service is as important as good price when it comes to satisfaction when buying stuff.
to TS:
nothing wrong to bring up some fact :thumbsup: . Choices are made and it's up to individual.
to all, here's a funny story i heard from one of my colleague:
One of his friend, went to a car mall intended to buy a car. After being ignored in a very rude way for quite long in one shop, he angrily walked to the opposite shop and eventually bought a car there. My colleague insisted that it's a true story. ... he he.
Well, his friend was truly "siao". It's a car, come on ... Singapore car costs like how much ... if it's a shirt or even a notebook, camera .... then i can understand, but car ... :sweat:
But in order to make the 1st shop keeper feel "pai seh" and regreted, he did a very good job.