I was at the Swee Lee (Sims Drive) sale yesterday. That's right, despite how the foul weather consumed parts of Orchard Rd yesterday, I was there with 4 other people- yes, that's right. Only 5 of us were there for a few hours, no intense grab-&-pay experience we knew of when it comes to a Swee Lee sale. Death of the guitar shopping anxiety? You tell me...
Anyway, at about lunch time, a Caucasian couple walked in & immediately attached themselves to the Fender focus. They were not interested in anything else, just Fender. A sale transaction was imminent when the salesperson disclosed that Fenders (a good a mjority of them) were not on 50% discount. The lady fumed saying the sign downstairs clearly stated it was a 50% deal & that's what they were there for. They came all the way, braved the downpour, just to discover what they wanted wasn't part of the offer. It festered further when they were told there was no trying of instruments on sale day.
I'm not trying to put Swee Lee down, I've been buying stuff from them since 1991. I've enjoyed the friendship with many of the Swee Lee stuff over the years; we are beyond the typical buyer-seller relationship. I believe, on sale day, there should be a total focus on the sale per se, no other issues like discount misunderstandings, should take place. Discovering this disparity after paying the entry fee isn't good enough. There is a clear case of misrepresentation under the law if any of the individuals concerned wish to further the consequences of the occurrences.
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