hi, just wondering does anyone of you guys here had sell or bought items from this shop? had a bad experience with him when selling my 3 weeks old X100F to him today.
called him last week to ask for price evaluation and he said RM3500, i dont mind losing 500 as i bought it at 4k. I bought it in brown but didnt quite like the brown and wanted to change it to black.
so today i decided to bring the cam over to him and even buy the x100f in black from him. So upon checking the cam he said the sticker (fujifilm) at the bottom of the cam doesnt look right as it doesnt look three weeks old and asked me where i bought it from. I actually bought it from Altech which is also at Times Square, he put it to me that Altech sold me a used unit as brand new even when i provided him with a receipt of purchase. I mean some dealers will bad mouth competitors but not to the extend of saying they sell second unit as brand new..wtf
so long story short as i was in a hurry he offered 3300, i agreed as already pissed off and wanna give myself a solid excuse not to buy from this Chua again... mind you it happened to me few times already..
and just now he advertised in mudah the cam that i sold to him as used 1 month unit..

https://www.mudah.my/Fujifilm+x100f+digital...y+-72225611.htm

so no harm done .. he paid me in cash for my cam and he can sell whatever price that he wants...i also wish him well in his business, just wanna share my experience only... thank you for reading

Actually hor since i am already ranting, the reason why i bought from altech is due to this other experience with this Chua. I wanted to get the black x100f from him since his price is cheaper.
So i decided to jump ship from sony and to sell my a6300 kit lens and sigma 30mm 1.4 to him and also godox flash and trigger. no need to mention quoted price and price he eventually paid la.. this man does it all the time, so with the money that i got from him for selling my gears he asked me to top up another 500 to him in order to get the x100f. so i banked in to him and told him i wanted the black x100f. den shortly he came back to me and said no stock...i asked what you mean no stock? black no stock is it? ok i buy silver la...Silver also no stock??? wth...

he needs to go to fuji in glennmarie to get it for me.. so i said what to do?? as long as i get it today evening...

so few hours went by and received a call from him.. weng sorry fuji already closed shop..how can a dealer dont have stock and ask you to come his shop sell your things and buy from him...

you know la..once gian gone already like didi no hard already.. i dont want it anymore and asked him to return my money.. which he did...

so hence the reason i bought from altech... i found my experience dealing with altech more professional like more steady dont say this that and cant do.. ok good night...

This post has been edited by weng98: Jan 13 2019, 11:37 PM

had bad experience with him as well, offered super low trade in prices for my canon lenses (24mm,50mm and 85mm prime)

i know that the 24mm had minor fungus issue but the 50mm and 85mm are easily clean enough other than some dust specks. he insisted than all of my lenses are infested by fungus and the 24mm even had to go through recalibration. Fine i did not want to argue so much as i wanted to trade them in for a Tamron 24-70mm from them and he told me he had to send them for cleaning.

and guess what, the next day i saw him advertising the lenses for sale on mudah as "good condition" "no fungus no dust" at normal prices (rm600+ for the 24mm, rm800+ for the 50mm and rm800+ for the 85mm).

very shady shop and i avoided them at all cost since this incident.

This post has been edited by mingyuyu: Jan 14 2019, 12:30 AM

Thanks for the highlight. Almost pulled a trigger for 6D EOS Body with ST Chua.

I heard from other photography thread members also got complain about him.. but one thing for sure his new prices are quite cheap I have to give him that... maybe his strategy is advertise new stuffs cheaper than competitor and when you trade in.. he tekan on your gears...I am pretty sure those that dealt with him won't deal again.. I know I won't that's for sure.. good day..

This post has been edited by weng98: Jan 14 2019, 09:59 AM

can't deny that his prices are easily one of the lowest, almost the same as private seller.

but for trade in, look elsewhere.

This guy has misleading ads on his page, would not buy.

I enquired for a lens worth rm900(description mentioned good condition, fungus free). Arrived at his shop and showed him the exact item he posted in mudah only to tell me that the rm900 is actually of a poorer quality(minor fungus/haze), and that the clean copy is rm1200.

wow many tricks up his sleeves... as for myself i've checked the cam so that it doesn't have scratches and that all accessories are in the box before selling to him so that i can get the price that he quoted.. cannot imagine he used the sticker worn out excuse to cut another 200 from me.. worm...

I actually had good experience from him, but that was like few years ago 2016. I wanted to change to 80D Canon from my old nikon D5100 so went to trade in with him, somehow the value I got was pretty decent, a bit higher than the garage sale here in the forum and the 80D was cheapest in whole malaysia and was covered with warranty by Canon Malaysia as well.

Usually he's cool with you testing out lens and stuff at his shop too, but yeah that was from 3 years ago.

wow...altech now selling x100f for this price

https://www.mudah.my/+CNY+SALE+NEW+Fujifilm...d+-69787727.htm

chua will say its second unit hahaha...

I have dealt with him (Altech as well) many times b4..buy new & trade in..
No problem so far

my experience with ACCE Camera for few years was good.
most of the time i go there if only
i) i pre-order stuff and confirm that stock is ready for me
a few friends did say they had issue with the shop, pre-order but lambat sampai, while other stores already has their stock.

ii) sell equipment for cash
he used to offer a price, then when inspection may reduce the buying price depend on condition & accesories that comes with it.
etc : camera set comes with box, charger, cables, etc. missing any of those will cost u moneh

know your stuff people. research for the market price & expect that shop will buy with intention to sell back at the market price. so value of ur equipment will definitely be lower than u selling it yourself.

iii) trade ins
continue from (ii), this is the best reason to buy here, he usually take higher value for trade ins than cash.

Hi guys, great to know that you guys have good experiences with him as well, i did too, he even came to my house a couple times during the five years that i had dealing with him. That is why i dealt with him on and off.. sometimes when he does the cutting of equipment value i sort of understand that he is doing business as well. But this last two times that i dealt with him really pisses me off due to his unreasonable excuses..

1-the accusing of altech of selling second hand stuffs as brand new to me, that was the lowest point

2-telling me have stock and when after traded in say dont have stock need to go fuji to take and den call back say fuji closed already, i mean does this even considers him a good reseller??? what would u guys feel??

3-cut another 200 from me with the sticker excuse, i mean if you say no scratch and go there have scratches sure kena cut la but the friggin sticker!! that was my last straw..

i hope you guys have good experience with him and get good gears from him at cheap prices.. nothing to say about this guy anymore..

thank you for replying and happy thaipusam

all traders are suppose to buy your items at the lowest value so they can make profits.

@shinchan do you even read what i was complaining about? it is a written rule that all traders will eventually want to make profit from you!! how they do it is what matters...
yes you can say i created this thread to flame chua.. why? cos he treats customer like shit.. not all of them but some and i was at the receiving end of it and therefore this thread...

i sold alot gear to him

d610, body 9/10, sc36k, rm2500 (and he re-sell 3500)
nikon 24mm f2.8d, 7/10, rm500
nikon 50 1.4g, 7/10, rm700
nikon 85 1.8g, 9.9/10, use like 5 times or less, rm900
nikon 18-35 f3.5-5.6, 9/10, use less than 6 months, rm1200
samyang 85 1.5t, 9.9/10, use like 5 times or less, rm700

anyhow his price better than another shop at TSquare.

bought sony a7ii and he give best price.
a6000 used, new sigma 30mm f1.4, d800e used, a7 kitlens taken from a7iii

altech sold me faulty 50mm art at rm2700
said to be under sigma waranty but cant be use.
the focus is off both side. (left front focus, middle sharp, right back focus) wont notice so much if do portrait mode.

This post has been edited by Fzeo: Jan 25 2019, 08:32 AM

anyway ace camera trade in price still better than other shops despite he is making huge profit out of your gear

he is better than other shop la. now thinking to resell all sony to get z6 from his shop.

or trade in.

go go
cypixels also doing the same today

This post has been edited by shinchan^^: Jan 25 2019, 08:47 AM

in head still thinking about getting high resolution bang.

since i was corrupted by d800e resolution. feeling sad with 24mp.