Beware of this shop In SIM LIM SQUARE!
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Hi, my name is Lee and I am starting this thread to warn you fellow citizens of SG, the horrors of this one shop I been to in Sim Lim Square today dated 4/4/2007.
I was walking around Sim Lim today trying to find a PS2(dun ask, just know that my nephew destroyed my old one), and I came across this shop:
Mobile Hut Electronics Pte Ltd
1 Rochor Canal Road #02-79 Sim Lim Square
Singapore 188504
They quoted $S190 for a ps2 console. And I thought that was reasonable but being the typical singaporean that I am I decided to just walk around some more to see if I can get an even better price, apparently not. So I wen back to Mobile Hut and ask for one of their console. I wanted an NTSC UC unit but what they had was a modified unit so I thought sure as long as it can play the games i had at home(original games mind you). Then they told me that i had to pay $232 for the newer modified version because the one they had can only play NTSC J games i was like starting to get confused about the speech they were giving me about DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF MODIFICATION. I was confused but nonetheless i agreed to pay the extra, I was just lazy to walk around and find out more. The worse is yet to come.
I gave my nets card for payment but the total charge came up to about $252.10. Correct me if I am wrong here but $232 inclusive of 5% gst comes up to only about $243.60. I ask the sales person where the $8.50 had gone to and he told me it was AH KOW TAX. I was like wat the hell is that? the salesman said it was something like electronics tax. Again, correct me if I am wrong here. Is there such a thing as electronics tax in Singapore? By this time I was really starting to feel i am being cheated here, but i let it go since its already processed. The worse is still yet to come.
I told him i wanted to test my ps2. He opened up the box and just then he told me i needed to buy an extra adaptor for my ps2. I was like wat the F@#$. Wasn't the console suppose to be packed with an adaptor. i mean its a singapore region 3 machine. And he wanted to charge me $79 for the adaptor.he failed to mention that it did not include an adaptor. I got so fed up i told the salesman no. i not buying anymore stuff from u. the salesman was like spouting all his bad language out at me and telling me that he wun sell it to me even if i beg him. I was just furious, i didnt want to talk to him anymore. I packed my ps2 and he was like continually insulting me with his bad manners, he wasnt even interested in serving me anymore. Folks, the ah kow tax and overcharging aside, if it was you being insulted and continually being hurled abuses at, would you take it lying down? Is that the way to be serving your customers? sure i was furious but i kept my cool and tried reasoning with the salesman but he gave me a bad attitude. If Singapore wants to provide quality service then is that the way to be treating its customers? Oh and for your info, I bought the adaptor at another shop for $15. Can you say 'overpriced'? -
next time go 3 or 4th floor..
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if u not asspert or no do homework properly, dun go shop in SLS
tt place for assperts nia -
oh btw... HELLO LEE!!
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u see la....sim lim square again, l noe that shop...the uncle faces machiam oso very ugly and xia lan de rite...their faces look greedy too..like ready to chop ppl as much as possible..
l buy things ...l see faces de and their behaviour 1st...if the person ugly and xia lan, behaviour no good....l die die oso wont buy de... -
come on la, admit it, u tourist izzit?
all singaporeans know that SLS stuffs are crap. -
HaroOriginally posted by mhcampboy:oh btw... HELLO LEE!! -
will take note.
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wow , ah kow tax leh , cool man
let the (forget call wat or SPRING izzit) authority take action la -
Wah.. why these few days sooo many complain threads on SLS de.. I planned to buy something at there leh.. now I have to re consider..
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darkness dun buy tere...l rather u go to those established shops in shopping malls and buy whatever u wan at there..den go sim lim...Originally posted by Darkness_hacker99:Wah.. why these few days sooo many complain threads on SLS de.. I planned to buy something at there leh.. now I have to re consider..
sim lim square alot of lan jiao shopkeepers...l noe -
True pink singaporean. I know they r crap. Where else can u get tech stuff? funan? i usually ask my friend for tech stuff but sometimes u have to take a gamble.Originally posted by gigabyte14:come on la, admit it, u tourist izzit?
all singaporeans know that SLS stuffs are crap. -
go CASE loh.
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Haizz... another one tio conned.
Next time do homework. No matter how much you hate those flyer distributors, take the flyers. They are very useful. And don't be lazy, this is what your laziness cost you... -
Read what FI says. It's very true. In any case, don't know, just ask. The most important thing is to do homework. And visit all levels shops that sell similar stuffs and ask for their pricing, if possible, testing.Originally posted by Darkness_hacker99:Wah.. why these few days sooo many complain threads on SLS de.. I planned to buy something at there leh.. now I have to re consider.. -
Shopping malls stuff very expensive, even after discounts.Originally posted by xShevchenkox:darkness dun buy tere...l rather u go to those established shops in shopping malls and buy whatever u wan at there..den go sim lim...
sim lim square alot of lan jiao shopkeepers...l noe -
Funan is good... but sometimes it's a bit too expensive.Originally posted by palp:True pink singaporean. I know they r crap. Where else can u get tech stuff? funan? i usually ask my friend for tech stuff but sometimes u have to take a gamble. -
why bother to go sls in the first place? they tried to cheat ang mohs with the ps3.
i saw a shop selling it to ang moh, and it added up to like 2k or 3k. -
so u din demand a refund?
report to CASE. -
but at least u noe u are getting quality stuffs...for eg my ipod nano..l noe go sim lim can get cheaper price..but l chose not to..l go to the main branch at orchard tere...at sim lim l can get ard $200, l go main branch is $250Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:Shopping malls stuff very expensive, even after discounts. -
the average price of ps2 now is 250. my total is about 265. just $15 difference so price wise i wun make a fuss, i just wan u guys to be careful of the shop i mentioned. or for that matter the whole of sls. conners and pirates and bandits all of them.Originally posted by browniebaobao:so u din demand a refund?
report to CASE. -
Apple stuffs usually buy at the main branch, the others I won't even trust.Originally posted by xShevchenkox:but at least u noe u are getting quality stuffs...for eg my ipod nano..l noe go sim lim can get cheaper price..but l chose not to..l go to the main branch at orchard tere...at sim lim l can get ard $200, l go main branch is $250 -
Thanks that u make the effort to write all these out to notify pplOriginally posted by palp:the average price of ps2 now is 250. my total is about 265. just $15 difference so price wise i wun make a fuss, i just wan u guys to be careful of the shop i mentioned. or for that matter the whole of sls. conners and pirates and bandits all of them.
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Thanks Lee.. I will take note of tat..
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Ya, who noes whether those shop keeper outside got replace the new ipod with a old battery anot, or mingle with the ipod setOriginally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:Apple stuffs usually buy at the main branch, the others I won't even trust.