Warning:


Get your ass out of this fucking shop. Hallehlujah to whoever who bought /wanted to buy anything from there because let me tell you...







Before I start all the bedtime stories right, let me show you evidence that were from the other victims. The scary things about these sources are, you can see a whole fucking page of people shouting 'yuan wang' at the first page of Google when you type their company's name down. So many victims, tsk!


Case 1: http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=372493

Rough summary: Some fella wanna repair LCD screen > was told that the repair will cost around 60-70 dollars > he can choose to take back if he doesn't want to repair > next day > one fella claimed that he's the technician and called him, telling him that oh, repair 65 dollars, but the backlight also wanna change > he wanted to withdraw > they asked for diagnosis fee of 35 > that fella refused to pay of course > took his PSP and dashed out > went other shop to check if other components were damaged > found out that the entire set was being swopped!!!!!!

WTF.


Case 2: http://forums.gameaxis.com/showthread.php?t=1504096

Rough summary: One bloke wanted to repair analog for a high price there > in the end card reader spoilt > obviously the shop's fault right, but they denied



Case 3: http://talkback.stomp.com.sg/forums/showthread.php?t=44062

This one lagi best, read yourself.



Case 4: http://sgforums.com/forums/8/topics/329122

Scroll down to the 13th post. Yet another one...



Case 5: http://www.sgclub.com/singapore/fake_memory_card_81062.html

Fake memory card.


Case 6: http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/2535/topics/337114

WTF? Daryl, becareful! scroll down to the 10th post too.


Case 7: http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=2171302

Lagi best, he bought 2 PSP for his daughters! Fake mem card, fake batt, FAKE EVERYTHING!!! Okay, not from the one at QueensWay Shopping Centre, but STILL SAME BRUNCH! DIE MOFOS!


Case 8: http://games.sgforums.com/users/247680/posts



Okay, this can goes on and on and on and on, coz there're too many victims out there that fell into this glib-tongue's trap!


The story went like this :D




Day 1:

One fine day, an innocent guy name Daryl wanted to buy a PSP. He never asked for anything more, but just a freaking PSP that can play downloaded games. So after he consider all the lobangs offered, he and friends headed down to a particular shopping centre called QueensWay Shopping Centre which was known to have quite a number of shops that sell PSP, to look for a good deal. So after browsing through several shops, we were attracted to a trendy looking shop called 'Games Factoryz(wtf what's with the twit)' with a whiteboard that says...



Curious and attracted by the stated price, we went into that shop to find out more. After all the crap, we found it reasonable and decided to buy it. Clueless to the models and firmwares of PSP(2000 with old mumboard, 2000 with new mumboard, 3000 unmodifiedable, M33 is a must to play downloaded games blahblah), we thought as long as it's 2000 means can play already. So after checking for stuck pixels, pasting screen protector, Daryl signed on the receipt and handed over the money.


When we stepped out, I called my brother(expertincomputerstuffs-wannabe) to ask for things that we should take note of when buying PSP. So he said, "Stuck/dead pixels, firmware, model. The firmware's number must have a 'M33' at the back, if not cannot play anything except for buying UMD"



We immediately rushed back to the shop and ask. You know what that fella said?



So we went out with a 'ban xing ban yi' attitude. I was wondering, my brother can't be wrong lor, but nevermind since he so steady, if really cannot then bring back to him to exchange lor. I think by then, we happened to pass by a shop selling PSP, so we went in and ask about the 'M33' thing. 果然, that fella lied to us. In addition, she told us that(not in exact words, but the points are there :X)

"Without the 'M33', the PSP is like useless lol. Only can play UMD games and games in pdp file, and each UMD cost a lot! If you want the one that can modified, can play download games, at the back of the firmware number must have a 'M33'."


She also said that "among the PSP game you can find and download on the internet, 99% of the files are in ISO and CSO format. The 1% is pdp."


Wah, we listen le straight chiong back there for the 3rd time. we asked if that PSP could play ISO and CSO games or not, and we got back the same reply. He still have the cheek to say that the lady we asked earlier wasn't reliable coz they have some conflicts among themselves or whatever shit.


Fine, then we went to CD's house to take games from his computer to Daryl's PSP. Oh, as you expected, CANNOT!



Day 2:

We brought Davindar and Kok Shen along since they know how to talk and how to deal with these kind of situations.



WTF! We remembered we asked him like, alot of times lor! Cheebye. YA CB, that 2 days was the most number of 'CB' I scolded in my whole 17 years... can you imagine how pissed off I am?!

After negotiating for a long time, he still refuse to give us what we want. Before we went off, Daryl said something like "if blahblahblahiforgot, sorry but I have to make it big"


YOU KNOW WHAT HE REPLY!?




Davindar suggested that we should inform the cops, so we did.




Anyway the police station is just beside the QueensWay SC. Unfortunatly, they said that they can't do anything about it and instead, they advised(ced?) us to make a report to the Consumer Association of Singapore (CASE). We wanted to, but we can't! Coz we signed the black and white, and we're buying something pirated. We're at the losing end if we did that! Anyway, we were also told that we're not the only one, many have came and make a report about that shop hence blacklisted. But wtf la, why not they seal the shop to prevent further victims already? Stupid


Whatever, we left with 2 choices. 1, trade-in PSP for 200SGD. 2, top-up 180 for a fucking blue old PSP that can only play old games.

*fast-forward coz I'm lazy to type :D*

Called Joseph's father for help > he helped us to push the 180 to 100 and from the fugly blue to a slim modified PSP > Daryl topped up the 100 > get a pathetic white PSP with 2 DEAD PIXELS and suspected to be a 2nd-hand PSP because of scratches at the back

Ah, poor Daryl. All he wanted was a playable PSP, LOL >.>


Okay, my laziness hit the brim, so I'll stop here. They story kind of ends here anyway :S




Nicely furnished shop from the outside. I guess that's what made them seem reliable!



An article we saw at a shop in SimLim. Wah, didn't know that the shop is so infamous around!


Click to enlarge all images!






Moral of this lesson:

• Check the product before you buy e.g. batteries, mem card, POUCH LOL(YES, EVEN THEIR POUCH CAN BE FAKE, CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW PATHETIC ARE THEY?!), firmware, software, underwear, old motherboard or new, modifidable etc
  
• Make sure you know what you want e.g. don't get psycho-ed to top-up blahblah
  
• Check the shop that you're gonna buy it from
• CHECK!!!!!!!!!!! Google is your best friend!