If you have been a victim or know someone who has had the following experiences with Kingsman Tailors formerly known as K-Tailors, you can share, tag others, or leave a comment below.

Have I got a scoop for you. The tailor in question is Kingsman Tailors which has a sizeable following on Facebook with slick marketing. They used to be known as K Tailors but was closed down and then reopened and rebranded as Kingsman Tailors due to a rumoured incident of “embezzlement”. A quick search on the internet will show that countless customers were affected in that incident.

Fast forward to the present. Kingman Tailors is now open and rebranded, taking over the page of K Tailors. It’s now located at 78b Boat Quay and run by a certain individual by the name of Zackary Gay Shi Cai. He claims to be the current owner when you meet him to get items tailored but conveniently denies to be the owner once problems arise. There is no form of payment for nets or credit card. He takes payment only in the form of Cash, Paylah/Paynow, or bank transfer to a personal savings account instead of the DBS Current Account listed on the receipt, whereupon he will show you his other talent “Magician” besides being a “Tailor”. He will pull a disappearing act.

Another quick Google Search shows disgruntled customers giving low reviews on Google. There’s also a story available on reddit of how one customer didn’t get his suit in time for his wedding (insert link). It seems that Kingsman Tailors is very good at culling bad pr on their Facebook page. All negative reviews and comments have been deleted but, where there’s smoke, there’s fire.

My own story began when a close friend of mine was getting married in September. Having put on 30kg over the course of 2 years, almost nothing in my closet fit me. Having seen Kingsman Tailor’s slick marketing and honestly, really good looking and sharp suits for men of different shapes and size and with 30 of my friends being part of their following of 25,000 on Facebook, I figured I couldn’t go wrong. And boy was I wrong.

I ordered a three piece suit, a double vested suit and an additional vest using the same material, two extra pairs of pants, two bermudas in the same material as the suits each and six formal shirts. He missed my fitting date, ghosted me, and when I went down to his shop to check things out I told his neighbour that I’m considering making a police report. He suddenly called me that night and said “all my stuff was ready and arrived in his shop for collection” (right smack on my friend’s wedding day) I happily went to his shop to do a collection. Well, we probably had very different definitions of “all my stuff” as he only had “one jacket and one shirt” ready. No pants to go with the jacket. The shirt didn’t fit me.

What followed up was delays and more delays, not replying messages, not taking calls then suddenly giving excuses about trying to start a hotel in Vietnam on how he’s having problems with his staff with his hotel etc. He finally calls me in for fitting after a month for my final suit and promises that I will get my items within a week as he’s settled all his problems in Vietnam… yada yada.

Suit Material is wrong. 2nd shirt also doesn’t fit. Tells me he will have to take away darts from shirt and most shirts are “on their way” so he’ll have to remove darts from all shirts. What the heck? I know his stuff is cheap but I shouldn’t accept defective stuff just because it’s cheap. The money I handed to him sure as heck wasn’t defective, but after all that waiting and being worried that he ran away I decided that I wanted him to deliver all the items and if there were any further problems I’d just go to another tailor for alterations.

Cue disappearing act once more. 3 weeks without responding. Another disgruntled customer contacted me and after he called Zackary’s wife (who conveniently said “sorry wrong number”), Zackary finally started responding to all our messages.

I also posted on Facebook asking friends if anyone else had problems with this same tailor and true enough there were.

Things started to stink. I found out that Kingsman Tailors had several private settlements with many customers. There were customers who had no choice but to accept substandard and/or defective clothing fearing that he would run and they wanted to take whatever they could get.

In my opinion, either this guy had a cash flow issue and was using new customers money to pay for old customer’s orders and then repeating the cycle, disappearing when it suited him. There’s even a possible money laundering risk when patronising an operation that only collects cash and monies to personal account. Who cares if refunds are made? The invoice and receipts can be used for ‘other purposes’, both the placement and integration steps of money laundering can be achieved from this alone (compliance and audit friends please weigh in on this).

After kicking up a fuss and telling him that we’re going to social media, Kingsman Tailors has agreed to refund us. So far he’s only refunded one individual. He’s yet to refund me and cites the need to maintain a business balance so that his business can remain operational (stinks of my first theory). He’s tried to knock down what he owes me to $1k citing that the cost of the jacket is $250 when the agreement was $299 for a three piece, after debating with him he said he can do $1.05k. Keep in mind, I have no pants that match the jacket and, I might not be able to find another tailor who carries the same fabric design. Incessant delays and incomplete work but charging me 2/3 of the agreed price without providing the vest and the pants.

By writing this post and having it be shared all around, I know that my $1.05k has very little chance of coming back since this reduces the likelihood of anyone else becoming another victim. I don’t want the next patsy to pay for my refund and have to suffer the same experience.

All in all, his modus operandi is taking your money and disappearing on you for weeks, sometimes months on end; ghosting the victim, ignoring messages and calls. Some customers have chosen to write it off as a loss because the amount of energy taken to get their items or money back isn’t worth the effort. Some do chase him down, and do a pretty good job of it I guess (among several former and existing customers, this man’s full name, nric, address, even his car plate and a pic of it are available.)

I have too many screen shots of my and other customers’ interactions with the man. I also have recordings of personal interactions with Zackary (Kingsman Tailors) upon the advice of another lawyer buddy who was similarly scammed by him but managed to get a refund and even claimed damages against him. I’m putting some of them up. If Mothership or Rice decides to contact me I can provide more and even direct you to the others affected.

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TLDR:

Kingsman Tailors formerly known as K Tailors

1) Always missed. Missed by customers. Goes mia for weeks and months after order. Ghosting, not replying messages or calls. Causing even one groom to take contingency measures (go google it there’s a thread) as he didn’t get his suit in time. Now another customer is also facing the same problem.

I’ve ordered 2 full suits, one double breasted tweed and wool blend, one normal wool blend, 2 additional pairs of pants, 2 berms and 6 egyptian cotton shirts. So far I’ve only got one shirt and one jacket top.

2) Very consistent. Consistent in delivering inferior products. Shirts do not fit, suits have defects. List goes on and on. My shirt doesn’t fit me.

3) Very accepting. Accepts only Paylah, Cash or Atm transfer into personal bank account. Does not accept nets or credit card. I don’t know what operation he’s running but patronising an establishment with such a practice is risky both in terms of protecting yourself and the financial system. If any other business out there has such a system first thing compliance will raise is a suspicion of money laundering – accept personal monies into personal account, but business still issues invoice for sale and there’s entry into accounts but where does that money come from?

***DO NOT PATRONISE THE WAGINTON***

PLEASE SHARE! They don’t have a license from AVA to sell any animals through their business.

Pet Hotel selling breed cats under the guise of “adoption“. They refuse to say the source of the kittens and claim their clients put up for adoption. $650 for adoption???

”The clients” could be illegal backyard breeders who are breeding these cats without a license and The Wagington is helping to carry out a crime by selling the “goods”. They are undermining efforts of real adoptions by genuine rescuers and fosterers. I have approached them to ascertain their source and license status but they refuse to tell me. They have also banned me from commenting on their page.

Explain this one,hashtag#Grab. Hailing Grab from my place costs $38 or above at 8:09am.

Walk 3 blocks south and closer to my office and the fare is down to $27.

Go next door and it is $19, all within a span of 5 mins!! And the kicker, hashtag#Comfortdelgro taxi, at peak hours, cost me $12.30.

Add this to your list of poor hashtag#customerexperience. How I miss hashtag#uber!

The debate is up. Bus vs BMW, who is in the wrong?

A video circulating online shows a car, exiting the exit. The driver did not fully stop before going into the lane. The bus, however, went through the chevron marking to go into the bus lane. Is the bus in the wrong? The car? How about the road design in general?

This is a good debate among friends.

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According to the police media reports, a young suspect was identified and arrested within 24 hours. Good job and kudos to Singapore Police Force.

What do you guys think?

The Police have arrested a 19-year-old man for his suspected involvement in a case of loanshark harassment by fire.

On 12 November 2018 at about 10.50pm, the Police were alerted to a case of loanshark harassment by fire at Choa Chua Kang Drive, where the door of a residential unit was set on fire. Through investigations, officers from the Criminal Investigation Department and Jurong Police Division identified the suspect and arrested him within 24 hours. Police investigations are ongoing.

The suspect will be charged in court on 15 November 2018 with unlicensed moneylending harassment by setting fire. Under the Moneylenders Act (Revised Edition 2010), offenders found guilty of acting on behalf of an unlicensed moneylender, committing or attempting to commit any acts of harassment shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, a fine of not less than $5,000 and not more than $50,000, and shall also be liable to caning of not less than three and not more than six strokes.

The Police adopts a zero tolerance approach against loanshark harassment, especially acts of harassment that cause damage and endanger lives. Offenders will be tracked down and dealt with severely in accordance with the law.

Members of the public are advised to stay away from loansharks and not to work with or assist the loansharks in any way. The public can call the Police at ‘999’ or the X-Ah Long hotline at 1800-924-5664 if they suspect or know of anyone who could be involved in illegal loansharking activities.

Source: Singapore Police Force

On Sunday the 4th of November, I had visited Clinic for Pets to receive treatment for two of my cats, Rohan and Mollee, as well as one of my uncle’s cat, Grey, who had all been showing symptoms of excessive itching.
Upon entering the consultation room, the vet and vet technician (who I have now discern to be Dr. Andrew and Eric, respectively) requested to see Grey first.

As I placed the carrier she was in on the counter, I explained that Grey was not my cat (I had mentioned this during registration too) and that I was not familiar with her temperament, but know that she was a recluse by nature. Before I could continue, I was interrupted by one of the guys (it all happened so quick, that I am not able to recall for certain who it was) saying in a loud voice “This is not your cat?”, proceeding to *shout* “Hold your cat!”.

The next thing I knew, Grey had jumped out of the box and began running all over the place. At one point she stopped, but struggled again when Eric tried to grab her by the nape of her neck. In total, there were THREE clinic personals present who were incapable of getting a hold of her. During the “commotion”, Dr. Andrew had even snarled fiercely, his face clearly showing his annoyance by the situation, while simply standing there, not attempting to help.

Grey finally ran back into the carrier, which they taped, understandably to prevent her from escaping. They had then said that they will not be seeing Grey. I was surprised by this, asking simply “Oh, you won’t be seeing her?” to which I was responded to in a condescending manner with “Yea. We can’t even take her out! Unless you can control her!”. Dr. Andrew showed me a scratch on his arm that resulted from what happened, saying, “Your cat did this to me ah.” while Eric added that “Next time, only bring cats you can handle.”

After the session had finished and they had looked at both Rohan and Mollee,

Dr. Andrew again, showed me two more scratches he had gotten on his stomach area, this time while he was standing at the opened door between the reception and the room, in full view of everyone else waiting outside. 
In my family’s years of experience in dealing with multiple vets, while helping cats including ferals with all types of behaviors, we have never encountered such an incompetent one who display such horrendous attitudes.

This incident was our third visit to Clinic for Pets. While the previous two occasions (the first in April when my cat was unwell and another some time in Aug/ Sept for sterilisation) were uneventful, we have always noticed the poor manners displayed by all staff.

The remarks they had made as well as denying Grey treatment, is appalling… especially for an establishment that is listed on Cat Welfare Society as one that caters to community cats.”

According to reports, a man was arrested along Geylang after he was under suspension of an armed robbery incident.

Police reports below:

“The Police have arrested a 37-year-old man for his suspected involvement in a case of armed robbery at Blk 7 Marine Terrace.

On 13 November 2018 at about 5.52pm, a 35-year-old taxi-driver reported that an unknown man had robbed him at knifepoint, at Blk 7 Marine Terrace.

Through ground inquiries, officers from Bedok Police Division and Clementi Police Division established the identity of the man and arrested him along Lor 24 Geylang at 8.10pm on the same day. Preliminary investigations also revealed that he is involved in two other similar cases reported on the same day.

The man will be charged in court on 15 November 2018 with armed robbery, under Section 392 read with Section 397 of the Penal Code, Chapter 224. If convicted, he will be punished with imprisonment for a term of not less than 2 years and not more than 10 years and not less than 12 strokes of the cane.”

Source: Singapore Police Force

Thanks to the police! 4 counterfeit notes have been seized and hope no other notes are circulating in Singapore. The following is the media by the police.

What do you guys think?

Two men, aged 25 and 19, were convicted in court for using counterfeit S$50 notes.

On 18 October 2017, the Police received a report that counterfeit S$50 notes were presented as payment for an online purchase. The victim had received the counterfeit notes when she met up with a buyer who had responded to her Carousell listing advertising the sale of a handphone. Through extensive follow-up investigations, the Police arrested 19-year-old Denzel Raphael Haran on 6 November 2017. His accomplice, 25-year-old Mohan Raj S/O Prem, was arrested on 13 November 2017. Four pieces of counterfeit S$50 notes were seized as case exhibits.

On 12 October 2018, Mohan Raj S/O Prem was sentenced to 4 years and 2 weeks’ imprisonment and 6 strokes of cane for one charge of forging or counterfeiting currency notes under Section 489A of the Penal Code, one charge of abetment by conspiracy in using as genuine forged or counterfeit currency notes under Section 489B read with Section 109 of the Penal Code, as well as multiple charges for other offences under the Misuse of Drugs Act, Road Traffic Act, Corrosive and Explosive Substances and Offences Weapons Act and the Penal Code.

On 12 November 2018, Denzel Raphael Haran was sentenced to undergo reformative training for a minimum of 6 months’ detention in a reformative training centre for one charge of using as genuine forged or counterfeit currency notes under Section 489B of the Penal Code.

Members of the public are reminded to be vigilant and to examine any money you may receive by checking for common security features. Information on the security features of genuine Singapore currency is available on the MAS’ website at: http://www.mas.gov.sg/Currency/Security-Features/How-to-identify-genuine-notes.aspx.

If you suspect that you have received a counterfeit currency note, please adopt the following measures:

• Delay the presenter, if possible, and call the Police at ‘999’ immediately;

• Observe the presenter’s description, such as gender, race, age, height, built, attire, ear-studs, language or dialect spoken

  as well as that of any companions;

• Note the vehicle registration number (if any); and

• Limit the handling of the suspected note and place it in a protective covering, such as an envelope, to prevent any tampering and hand it over to the Police immediately.

  Source: Singapore Police Force

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Lorry topple along Ave 12 earlier today.

The wreckage caused major jams all the way to KJE towards woodlands. A driver who was rushing home said that he was still stuck on the highway at 7 pm.

Let’s hope the wreckage clears off before tomorrow. The most common reasons for trucks to topple is due to speeding during bends.

Drivers watch out! Always avoid big trucks like this. Luckily there were no cars underneath the truck.

Stay away especially during bends!