i hate this kind of shop laa kita boycott sama dia

everywhere is dangerous, but then if you take precautions and take people's experience as your guidance, it will make Lowyat a better place

Yea, not only that stall, lots of conman out there, sometimes really damn angry bout it.

Better go back to those authorized seller, better than phone shop

everywhere is dangerous, but then if you take precautions and take people's experience as your guidance, it will make Lowyat a better place

There will be always be someone buying from these shops & get cheated. No one else can be changed or blamed except for those who wants everything for cheap & at the same time also demand premium quality one.

That is just my general view. Not pointing at anyone here.

Just the matter of honesty?? Doesn't mean if people cutting down price, seller have rights or gonna cheat them for cutting down the price? or giving them lower quality in goods??

If cant do a profit in the deal just dont deal, there is no point to cheat people right? or it terms of cheap things no quality?

General view on trading. Pointing at dishonest people

Last week I realized that we should be careful shopping in Lowyat.

I wanted to buy a car charger for Samsung Galaxy S phone, so I just stopped by at Lowyat. I went into to a shop that looked like a Samsung reseller. I've asked if they had original car charger for Galaxy S phone and they said yes and quoted me a price 80RM. I told them I will have a look around and come back to them if needed. The salespeople (there was a guy and a girl) had a discussion among themselves and told me that they can give me a best price of 58RM. As it looked like a good deal and as I was in a hurry I said I would get it. The guy went over to another shop (which he said was a branch of theirs) and got me the charger. I did not care to ask for a receipt.

On my way out I stopped by a shop that sells third party phone accessories and found that the same charger was selling for 35RM. Sales person there told me that it was not original but a counterfeit.

The next day I tried to use the charger and realized it was not working at all. I should bring it back to the shop but with no receipt I cannot prove anything. I had to throw the charger away.

Eventually I bought a non branded multi-charger for RM20 from view net hub and it works like a charm with my phone.

Just thought of posting this story so others can be careful-

When buying things in lowyat
1. Always check in 2 or 3 shops and make sure you are not paying ridiculously high price.
2. Always ask for an official receipt for the items you buy (even if they are little items that you never expect not to work).
3. Sign boards and banners does not prove the authenticity of the shops. Look at the shop with banner "Samsung mobile" below, it looks like a sumsung reseller, but they are selling fake items (BTW, the guy in that photo is not the one who sold the item to me, it was another guy and a girl).

Cheers.

Yes you are right. I made a few purchases (even risky items like a 32GB microSD card) from lowyat forums, so for I did not encounter any issues. As you said, online sellers undergo a lot of scrutiny and are often reliable.

agree,... Yesterday I went to LY to buy the Iphone Car Charge, I have compare 3 shop, the price is difference by RM10.....

+1 been trading in lyn ever since then

Take it to tribunal court. No point ranting here.

lesson learned = buy from maxis or digi.

u can also buy w/o contract but in rrp, so a little bit more expensive

is true to be extra careful when u buy phone in low yat..

You're lucky you paid by credit card.

You can submit a dispute claims form with your credit card issuer, they will stop payment and you can take it from there.

my experience on buying a cheap nokia phone worth around rm120++ at shoplot in mines shopping fair. i've been using the phone for months. then got a problem due to i always victimize my phone when quarreling with my gf over the phone.

so i return the phone to the shop to let them repair it. they provide me a warranty receipt and they promised to call me whenever the phone is fixed.after 2 weeks, i expect that the phone would already fixed but still not.

later after a month, lastly i have to visit the shop and suprisingly my phone was already being sold.they said that i never claimed back my phone so they have the right to sell it. very stupid argument.