Facebook user Lee Leng Kok recently posted on Facebook on how his friend ran all over Singapore to compare the pricing of a certain model of convection microwave. What he found out even shocked him even further.
Here is the full story.
老同学说生活艰难，世道不景，为了买个烘烤炉跑遍全岛的商场到处去比较价格，结果发现了一个极端的差价…同样一个品牌和型号，NTUC 标价$429，Courts 标价 $249…
老同学裤袋不够深，没有办法支持本地品牌，马上，立刻就把钱付给了 Courts…还发了收据给我看…
他一天劳累的代价，$429－$249 = 净赚了 $180，值得啦…恭喜他…
Translated from Chinese.
An old classmate said that life is hard and the economy is not good. To buy a microwave and he ran all over the island to compare the prices at various places and he found an extremely big difference in pricing… The exact same brand and model, NTUC’s was priced at $429 while Courts was priced at $249…
My old classmate didn’t have deep pockets and there was no way to support our local brand, and would rather give his money to Courts… He then sent me the receipt…
The price of his day-to-day work,$ -$ 249 = net earned $ 180, worth it… Congratulations to him…