Beware! - Part 1

Hey folks! If you're planning to go to singapore I suggest you read my blog first to get you aware of their foolishness.
No offense to other locals because I'm only pertaining to sg store owners.

1st Encounter: It was tuesday night when i decided to have a walk along Orchard Road and buy this pink blouse displayed in Urban Warehouse. Then suddenly I saw this electronic store beside UH with the signage that says
"Today only
Lowest price in town
Digital Camera"
Since I'm planning to buy digicam I went to this store.Below was our conversation
Akira: How much is your Olympus XX model Digicam?
Owner: $200 sg dollars.
Akira: (Hmmm...just the same with the other stores in Lucky Plaza. It's not really on sale)
Is that the best price that you can give me?
Owner: Yes, yes. This is already cheap. Look. (Points to the signage)
Akira: Ok then. I'll just come back.
Owner: OK! If you come back I'll give it to you for $165!
Akira: (quite surprised) Really? Are you sure? $165?
Owner: Yes. That is if you come back.

(Unfortunately I didn't bring enough money that time so I go back to my room and get the money.)

Akira: Hi! I'm back. I'll buy it.
Owner: For whom is this camera?
Akira: Mine.
Owner: Oic, so this will be for yourself. Why buy this model? Here. This one is far more better than that, Kodak Digicam. Olympus XX is already an old model. If you'll buying a personal camera you better invest for it. Here, take a look. Blah blah blah...

(Inshort, he's convincing me to buy the kodak model instead of the Olympus. He even say bad things abt it. Since I have no idea how much the kodak digicam is, i said:)

Akira: Ok..ok.. Is it ok to come back again? Because I still have ask for that model to the other stores.
Owner: Ok.

(Surprisingly, all the stores that I asked said that they have no kodak model in stock. Wondering why, I asked the last store:)

Akira: Why don't you have this kodak model?
Owner2: Oh, it's really an old model.
Akira: (hmm..i smell something fishy..) Really? Which is a newer model? Kodak or Olympus?
Owner2: Olympus is newer. Kodak model is already obsolete. Nobody is selling that nowadays. You must buy Olympus, this camera is really good.
Akira: Oic. Ok thanks anyways. I'll just come back. (joke joke joke, hehe)

(So that means that old guy is just fooling me around. He wants me to buy his old stocked kodak camera over Olympus. He even priced it a little higher compared to Olympus. whattah!)

Akira: Hey, I'll buy it anyways. (referring to Olympus).
Owner: Ok. You wait. Because I still have a customer.
Akira: Why still wait when I'm just about to buy it already?
Owner: Sorry. You wait first.
Akira: Huh?
Owner: (Saw his friend coming) blah blah blah "Kausapin mo muna ito sa labas." (i think)
Friend: Excuse me. You have to wait outside because he's still talking to a customer.
Akira: What? Can't I just wait here? Or why dont you assist me to buy that camera. Are you his assistant?
Friend: No no. Im not his assistant. Im in this fabric store beside it. I sell fabrics.
Akira: (talga lng ha!)Ok.
Friend: Why dont you tour around or go back to your hotel and just come back at 10pm instead of waiting here.
Akira: No thanks. I'll just wait.
Friend: Ok.
(After XX minutes)
Akira: Hey, Aren't you selling me the digicam? Because I've been waiting here for a long time.
Owner: Ok. Lets just wait for my assistant. (referring to his friend)
Akira: Ooook. Why do we have to wait for your assistant? I thought you're the owner?
Owner: Ok. you're really buying the digicam? If you buy that you still have to buy it's softwares, usb port,etc. tak..tak..tak..(calculator) It's gonna be $230!
Akira: Whaat! You're so impossible. You made me come back for 3 times and made me wait for how many minutes, then only to find out you're not giving me that camera?! You're soooo impossible! What's the name again of your store? (as if planning to report it to the police)

Actually I'm not really expecting him to give me the camera. I just want to have a conversation with him so it can be heard by his customers so they'll know that he's a liar. hehe. After my piece, I really feel that they are starting to doubt him. Unfortunate thou that they agreed to buy the video cam already. But you know what? Their credit cards are not working. Even if they tried it with the other banks. The owner even called the bank about it. Karma! That's what you call karma! Har har har!

When I came back to the hotel, I reported the incident to the hotel manager so as to inform them and hoping that they'll do something about it.