Warehouse year end sale! Dont miss it!!!

hhahhahaha... for soccer, you can't even see what's the 'near results' is like.
For this, you just need to make a small trip down a few days prior to the sale, you would have see all the items, or at least most of the items on sale.... wonder whats the big hoo har.. Why not blame yourself for being lazy?

Shoppin in City Music instead of SL is just two different thing altogether.. is City Music gonna give you a Gibson? Obviously shows that you do not even know what gear is your preference. At the end of the day, you are holding a guitar not because it suits your liking but because it have a Sale with a Free Entrance!! Wat Logic??

Btw. I just got myself a Gibson 2008 LP Premium for only $3.2k.... try getting the exact model in the US with all those shipping and see how much you get to save! Honestly speaking, would you even take a Bigger Risk for a guitar that gonna cost u three grand on an online shop? hmm. Not for me!
So bottom line, what is $10 when I get to slowly shop, slowly ask, slowly take my time to decide and I don even have to queue like an hour to make my payment. Plus the admission counter girl is DARN HOT!!! hahahhah.. SL really got taste in getting female staff!! ;)

Anyway, my personal belief is I trust my taste in the things I buy and I don't let any other influences of any sort makes me feels otherwise. Especially over a measly $10 charge!!! I thought only third world mentality shows that!!! ahhaha...

And I get a little door gift at the end of my shopping trip! Hmm.. nothing too big but hey, it sure still feels good to have a little surprise!

Merry Christmas to you all! ;)

I don't see the need for personal attacks here, when nobody is putting up any personal attacks against anyone. (for reference, here's one of them: "I thought only third world mentality shows that!!! ahhaha..."). As you've stated, that is your personal preference. Not everybody thinks like you. If you got a good deal at the event, and enjoyed checking out the girls there, then good for you. As theunknown has mentioned, "not all go in happy come out happy".

For me, I thought the staff attended to me well, so I'm happy with the service of the particular staff that attended to me (of whom, I forgot to get his name). In that sense, I was happy.

However, I feel your post misses the whole point. Firstly, not everyone is that free to go down a few days before to check what items are on sale. As such, is it fair to "blame yourself for being lazy"? The point here isn't even about finger-pointing. We aren't bringing into question how you go about doing your dealings. If the way you do things suits you and works well for you, then good for you. To each his own. But obviously, you go to a sale because you expect to save money. If not, there wouldn't be a need for sales.

The point we're driving at is that the way this sales has been carried out is in our opinion, quite poor on some fronts. I don't think there's a need to re-iterate the stated points, so I will not. Simply put, we are not taking out a personal attack on anybody, just that some of us feel our trust has been misplaced. Once again, that's our opinion, and you're free to disagree with it.

is City Music gonna give you a Gibson? Obviously shows that you do not even know what gear is your preference.

No, City Music isn't going to give us a Gibson (at least not for now), but not everyone is looking for a Gibson. And just because City Music doesn't carry Gibsons, doesn't mean that it validates your point about us knowing our gear preference. Would you know our gear preference better?

After all, is a good sale measured solely by how much you get to buy a Gibson for? That is one factor, yes. And if you got it at a steal, then for the third time, congrats to you. However, there are many angles of customer service that some of us feel is lacking, and that is what we are voicing out, in the hope that everyone's experience with Swee Lee can be bettered in future. You are free to perceive it in two ways: a big hooha, or constructive criticism.
 
I don't see the need for personal attacks here, when nobody is putting up any personal attacks against anyone. (for reference, here's one of them: "I thought only third world mentality shows that!!! ahhaha..."). As you've stated, that is your personal preference. Not everybody thinks like you. If you got a good deal at the event, and enjoyed checking out the girls there, then good for you. As theunknown has mentioned, "not all go in happy come out happy".

For me, I thought the staff attended to me well, so I'm happy with the service of the particular staff that attended to me (of whom, I forgot to get his name). In that sense, I was happy.

However, I feel your post misses the whole point. Firstly, not everyone is that free to go down a few days before to check what items are on sale. As such, is it fair to "blame yourself for being lazy"? The point here isn't even about finger-pointing. We aren't bringing into question how you go about doing your dealings. If the way you do things suits you and works well for you, then good for you. To each his own. But obviously, you go to a sale because you expect to save money. If not, there wouldn't be a need for sales.

The point we're driving at is that the way this sales has been carried out is in our opinion, quite poor on some fronts. I don't think there's a need to re-iterate the stated points, so I will not. Simply put, we are not taking out a personal attack on anybody, just that some of us feel our trust has been misplaced. Once again, that's our opinion, and you're free to disagree with it.



No, City Music isn't going to give us a Gibson (at least not for now), but not everyone is looking for a Gibson. And just because City Music doesn't carry Gibsons, doesn't mean that it validates your point about us knowing our gear preference. Would you know our gear preference better?

After all, is a good sale measured solely by how much you get to buy a Gibson for? That is one factor, yes. And if you got it at a steal, then for the third time, congrats to you. However, there are many angles of customer service that some of us feel is lacking, and that is what we are voicing out, in the hope that everyone's experience with Swee Lee can be bettered in future. You are free to perceive it in two ways: a big hooha, or constructive criticism.

I agree with FireFlight13 again. There is no need for personal attack, whether you know how to get a good deal or whether you have gotten a good discount.

I think SUNNY missed the whole point - it's not about how much discount .....
We are discussing about the MANNER by which SL do sales, which in a way is rather unprofessional
 
sweelee sales.

hey everyone.

i went down to sweelee yesterday and was quite disappointed with the stuff they had there. (was eyeing the MIM standard teles, damn). ended buying loads of cheap stuff to make my 10 bucks worth. Overall, i'd say that the sale was actually pretty good, like A LOT of stuff were 50% off. Unfortunately for me though, what i wanted wasnt there. BUT, i really cant fault the customer service. IMHO, they were helpful in explaining like what all the discounted tags meant, the availability of stock, etc, and just about everything i enquired was addressed appropriately (or at least i have to say they really did try).

so yes, i dont believe sweelee's customer service isnt THAT bad, they DO know how to serve customers.

just my humble thoughts :)
 
you can't have all that you want: discounts, customer service, info needed. you choose, and whatever more you get, take it as a bonus. its like your mother cook for you, then you ask her to feed u and wash ur dishes.

i went to the sale, not expecting any help considering the amount of people there are to attend to. i went there to get what i want for a good price. people expect too much, imo.

most qns i see about the sale can actually be researched by yourselves or if not, you won't get the answer at all. in sales usually, we have to do alot of assumptions. this one will be on sale anot, later got stock anot etc. price worth it? check the market price in internet, before sale price, other seller price, all its all done.

some may say that CM has a better sale, but who has the products with the most demand? sure, if CM distributes gibsons and fenders, then its another story itself. ;)

tmliew - if SL offers 50% of list price and another good-service-shop offers 25% of same list price, which would you buy from? personally i would go SL. my aim for going to the sale is to save money. but thats just my story. hehe
 
you can't have all that you want: discounts, customer service, info needed. you choose, and whatever more you get, take it as a bonus. its like your mother cook for you, then you ask her to feed u and wash ur dishes.

i kinda disagree,if a good store aims to be the best,then they would have to give their best in all areas don't you think?And the mum theory your using dosen't really explain things clearer imo.:mrgreen:
 
I always felt like emailing Fender, Ibanez etc, telling them that I always wanted to buy their guitars, and would do so if I happen to travel to America. But the local distributor marks up prices by over 100%, so I had to get Craftsman etc instead because as a student I can't afford to pay 700 SGD for a 200USD guitar. But I doubt 1 email would make a diff. :\

Do bring it up to CASE please. If you need another voice, I'm just a PM away.

Well, im not supporting swee lee, neither am i siding you. As always, the retailer can price their products at any price. its up to you whether you want to buy from them. Of course its unfair, but too bad.
 
I don't see the need for personal attacks here,

I totally agree.The point brought up about the availability of Gibsons was really not linked to the topic.Who says the number of Gibsons determine sales figures???And yes,the personal attacks were uncalled for.
 
Well, im not supporting swee lee, neither am i siding you. As always, the retailer can price their products at any price. its up to you whether you want to buy from them. Of course its unfair, but too bad.

Yeah. Like I said, FML.
 
Well, im not supporting swee lee, neither am i siding you. As always, the retailer can price their products at any price. its up to you whether you want to buy from them. Of course its unfair, but too bad.

I wouldn't disagree that this statement applies to individuals selling second-hand items (i.e. softies!). However, as a distributor/dealer/reseller of products of certain brands, I say there's a little more to it. Yes, they can price it however they want. But as a company they also do have a responsibility to the respective companies whose products they carry, as well as to their customers, to quote reasonable prices.

I'm not saying Swee Lee doesn't fulfill that responsibility. How much they do so is up to the buyer to decide. Just expressing my view that I believe they also have such responsibilities. :)
 
i kinda disagree,if a good store aims to be the best,then they would have to give their best in all areas don't you think?And the mum theory your using dosen't really explain things clearer imo.:mrgreen:

With the number of customers currently, I don't think Sweelee thinks it needs to improve and give their best (i mean, better). It has exclusive rights to distribute so many things. It's just our bad luck then. We are lucky it's not a monopoly where there are no other options.

Every shop has it's own attraction.

Shop A - good service
Shop B - has the product that you want
Shop C - cheap

You choose. If there is a shop that has all these options, why are the competitors still surviving?
 
It may happen, I don't know. It is not a monopoly now. There are many shops distributing guitar or other instruments of the same brand. Gibson? Fender? There is always the shop NEXT DOOR, no? People say it has better customer service.

In my "analogy", Sweelee is now Shop B and C combined. And people are complaining why it can't be Shop A also. You can expect alot, but I'm just giving a reality check.

PS: I'm not putting down Swee Lee, in fact I've got good service from them so far. Adnan, Rahman and there's this young Chinese guy there. This is just a reference from some complains of bad service from the other softies.
 
Actually, I don't think Swee Lee's prices are cheap (and I honestly don't know of anyone who has that opinion). It does have a huge range of products though. Service-wise, I've had good service from some of their staff before too. Just that many of us have also received less-than-satisfactory service from them as well, that we get far less of elsewhere.
 
i think $10 for an entrance fee is fine since SL usually attract large crowds when it comes to sales.

Can you imagine the scenario if they did not have an entrance fee to the sale?
Gosh, it would be pure pandemonium!

Picture yourself having some serious cash to splurge and you are ready to spend it all. You get to SL and see a huge queue outside. You queue and wait for hours only to know that there are people packing the store inside with their entire kumpong just browsing and not really buying anything.

Aiyah it's like the ERP ya.. Pay to go in only if you really want/need to and can afford that small fee. maybe this isnt the best example but hey...
It's a good way to control unwanted crowds that can come any other day.

If anyone is serious about buying any instruments on that particular day, I think a $10 entrance fee is a small price to pay since the discount is up to 50%. For those who pay that $10 and can't find anything to buy, then it's really too bad ya.. Cant please everyone. more power to you if you catch a good buy.

btw...

isnt this better than only opening to MFO members only? Thats even more pricey for a 1 year membership which you may not need for the entire year.

anyway, hope peeps got their loot
:D
 
^ junkiemanxl... dude ur kinda offensive mann, i mean "kumpong" it's like ure describing those browsers kumpong ppl. :(

Nvm, Honestly ppl like me and those average ppl who goes to browse and buy budget line or at most an epiphone should go elsewhere even though we die die want to go cause SL would want its customers who doesn't give a hoot when they become ten bucks poorer and they would want their customers to buy high end gibsons, fenders, ibanez and so on unless that person had saved money to get what he want. Whereas i would go there and try things out be interested and may not be interested and then walkout. :D

BTW I went to C&M music at angsana plaza at johor recently, 50% off... good deals too hahha, branded items except no gibson lar...but ibanez, epi, fender, pretty great... at least that's where I'll go.:cool:
 
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