Shopping @ OG? Becareful......
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Read this:
http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/viewPost1120.aspx
An angry Marcus Tan sent in this email to STOMP:
To All Happy Shoppers :-
Beware of Traps With Outdoor Sales Items OUTSIDE Department Stores egÂ…OG
Shoppers enjoying their year-end shopping should be VERY CAREFUL not
to be trapped!!
My nephew was shopping at OG Albert Court on the 30th Dec 2006. He
picked up a packet of singlets that he wanted.
He proceeded to the outdoor areas, HOLDING THE PACKET OF SINGLET WITH HIS RIGHT HAND EXPOSED, to buy a pillow displayed outside. As he passed out of the store, the Alarm soundedÂ….the guard came and brought him to the office. They refused to listen to any reasoning, Especially the FACT that the packet wasn't hidden in any bags BUT EXPOSED VISIBILY ON HIS RIGHT HAND. . Who would want to display something that they have stolen so visibily????.Â…..IT was a GENUINE MISTAKE!!!! But nobody cared. The police were called in and he was taken away HANDCUFFED IN PUBLIC !!!!
Please advise your Esteemed Readers not to be trapped by this situation.
Marcus Tan
UPDATE:
Mr. Tan tells us that his nephew is a very timid 30-year-old male who is well educated with a stable job.
The nephew was shopping alone around noon on the 30th of December for a pillow for his newly rented room at the area shown below.
Mr. Tan states that OG's security personnel and the police did not take his nephew's explanations into consideration at all.
"The police only trusted the secutry personnel and refused to even hear him out," said the outraged Mr. Tan,"they said that since he has a clean record, he should just admit and pay a fine and move on."
The family has engaged a lawyer to mitigate for him, as he was innocently made to admit in the statement by "screaming officers who threatened him".
"It's a trap!" declares Mr. Tan in his second email to STOMP, "Traps like this exist in almost all the shopping centers all over Singapore." -
i dun shop @ OG
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OG = Old Girl.....
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wah wth. guess singapore's law is liddat... u r guilty and u must prove ttl u r innocent.
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do what singaporean is best on...
COMPLAIN!!! -
Why complain?Originally posted by popikachu:do what singaporean is best on...
COMPLAIN!!!
SUE THEM!!!
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Me too..Originally posted by FireIce:i dun shop @ OG
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When you put up items on sale outside the entrance, of course you'll expect customers to walk out to do their shopping ( but still within the premises ) without paying the items first. And I think there is 1 cashier counter outside. Once this incident happened, they will lost even more customers.
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OG always give 20 % off Transformers lehz.
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only GUNDUS
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i wonder why they so on in pressing the case against him..? quite unusual..
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He's real unlucky. He should contact all the major newspaper & media to make it big, let everyone know about it.
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We only heard one side of the story. Fullstop.
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Must blow it big
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Ya, so need to blow it big & we can hear the other side. If OG is right, wouldn't they want to clear their name oso?Originally posted by freakass:We only heard one side of the story. Fullstop. -
they should not have any sale outside the buliding to avoid such unlucky things to happen again.
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it is a lousy trap
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That stupid OG officer refused to listen the explanation. f**k him la.
From this, I can deduce that the officer is not well educated as any person with higher level education will 100%%%% listen to reasonings. -
This clearly shows, just what kind of Judicial System we have in Singapore - assumed GUILTY, until (allowed to) proven INNOCENT.Originally posted by Manager433:Read this:
http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/viewPost1120.aspx
An angry Marcus Tan sent in this email to STOMP:
To All Happy Shoppers :-
Beware of Traps With Outdoor Sales Items OUTSIDE Department Stores egÂ…OG
Shoppers enjoying their year-end shopping should be VERY CAREFUL not
to be trapped!!
My nephew was shopping at OG Albert Court on the 30th Dec 2006. He
picked up a packet of singlets that he wanted.
He proceeded to the outdoor areas, HOLDING THE PACKET OF SINGLET WITH HIS RIGHT HAND EXPOSED, to buy a pillow displayed outside. As he passed out of the store, the Alarm soundedÂ….the guard came and brought him to the office. They refused to listen to any reasoning, Especially the FACT that the packet wasn't hidden in any bags BUT EXPOSED VISIBILY ON HIS RIGHT HAND. . Who would want to display something that they have stolen so visibily????.Â…..IT was a GENUINE MISTAKE!!!! But nobody cared. The police were called in and he was taken away HANDCUFFED IN PUBLIC !!!!
Please advise your Esteemed Readers not to be trapped by this situation.
Marcus Tan
UPDATE:
Mr. Tan tells us that his nephew is a very timid 30-year-old male who is well educated with a stable job.
The nephew was shopping alone around noon on the 30th of December for a pillow for his newly rented room at the area shown below.
Mr. Tan states that OG's security personnel and the police did not take his nephew's explanations into consideration at all.
"The police only trusted the secutry personnel and refused to even hear him out," said the outraged Mr. Tan,"they said that since he has a clean record, he should just admit and pay a fine and move on."
The family has engaged a lawyer to mitigate for him, as he was innocently made to admit in the statement by "screaming officers who threatened him".
"It's a trap!" declares Mr. Tan in his second email to STOMP, "Traps like this exist in almost all the shopping centers all over Singapore."
DOTTV! -
Oh, you mean you shouldn't pay first for things INSIDE the shop, before proceeding to go OUTSIDE and look for other things, even if it belongs to the same store?
Maybe the guy should have done the above first to avoid misunderstanding. The reason why the security guards didn't listen to his explaination is probably because they have encountered thieves who tried to crawl their way out of the same situation.
But Police not bothering about his explaination too? Makes me wonder. -
i guess he's just totally unlucky to meet up with such an issue during the festive period. large number of shoppers = more shoplifters = more pessimism.
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oh dear, so unlucky.. I hope he's alright.
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I think this is probably a very common mistake that shoppers made, so I think the security guards should already be very familiar with such situation and will be forgiving to 'sotong' customers who walked out without paying. I think what is crucial here is how that guy had reacted when he was confronted by the security. I believe his immediate reactions might be a "substantial" cause for the security personnel to call the police. Juz musing.
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I think its the humiliation of being handcuffed in public.
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got 1 time in school i bought things but 4got to pay for the mounting board in my hands cos too sch wk too stress liao...but nothing happen lar...
