Sim Lim Square, Singapore

Never go to this shop on level 4 Sim Lim Square,the staffs there have no manners and poor service quality.
I went to there to buy a screen protector for my Motorola Atrix,a young man approached me and said he has the matte anti-glare type for SGD10.I agreed the deal and he asked his colleague to paste the protector on my phone.
After i left the shop,i founded that half of my phone front camera was blocked by the screen protector.I opened up my camera app and checked,and the picture was blur on the part where the camera was blocked by.
I went back to the shop and told the staff can he adjust the screen protector,he was like shocked and keep saying that is impossible for the screen protector to block the camera and refused to help me.
I approached another staff and show him the picture quality,again he keep saying that it is normal.WTF,he sold a screen protector that block my camera and still want to shirk his responsibility.
No choice i left the shop and go level 1 middle area where a China aunty selling screen protectors.I bought a new screen protector from her,she was very polite and did a good job by pasted the screen protector nicely on my phone.

I know that SGD 10 is a little only,so i never blame the staff and i even ask him politely"can you please help me to move and re-paste the protector so that it wont block my front camera?".
I not even asking them to rebate or change a new screen protector for me,and they just show me "not my business" face and pretended to be very busy.

HAI CHEW ELECTRONICS - Bought two Ipad 2, one Iphone 4, three Ipad 5in1 connector from Hai Chew Electronics at Sim Lim Square last week.

Got ripped off with the 5in1 connector, bought 3pcs. for S$ 90 EACH (what was I thinking!) while other stores also in Sim Lim sell exactly the same at S$30 each. I returned immediately to Hai Chew to complain of the overpricing however they would not entertain any returns which was also indicated in their tax invoice "no return or exchange of goods will be entertained" so I cannot really fight with them.

I have always been a careful buyer, I research market prices before buying except for the accessory which was a last minute decision to buy. Didn't have internet at that time and I was pressed for time also. Sigh... so disappointed.

Do not buy at IGADGET Electronics LLP #01-42 on the ground floor of sim lim square. We bought a Ipad2 and a iphone 4 the salesmen cheated us. When we asked for the price ipad is sgd 1000.00 iphone4 32g 980.00 when ask for the unlocking of the 2 equipment we are not told of a charges of SGD250.00each which we are paid an extra of SGD500.00. this shopkeeper/salesmen are NOT HONEST DO NO buy at this shop.

Total we end up paying 2488.00 without GST.

Most locals would go into www.hardwarezone.com.sg and viewe prices on the pricelist section of the website. The pricelist (downloadable in pdf) are updated at least once a week.

http://www.hardwarezone.com.sg/priceLists

Sim Lim Square is one of the best places to head for when buying computer related products and accessories but do remember to avoid Level 1 and 2.

As for myself, after scanning through the downloaded pricelist, I would go to Sim Lim Square and head straight for the shop with the cheapest and buy it off them. They have printed pricelist on the sales counter and just point or ask for the product you want. No issues. Rational being that on weekends it is so crowded that you may end up spending too much time there.

Being shopping there since 1990s.

My favourite shops are Bizgram, Fuwell, Cybermind, Best Bargain.

Must remember to avoid shops on Level 1 and 2 where Sim Lim Square got its bad reputation from.

Funan is another good place to shop for igadget but prices are a little more expensive because it is situated in the city centre.

please do not go to Sim Lim. I almost got cheated of $515 today. I cried, called the police, and argued for 3 hours and by 9pm received full refund (by luck). Do not go to iGadget on 1st floor.

AND THE STAFF HIT Me!!!!!!!!! PHYSICAL VIOLENCE.

Read my blog and you'll understand:

www.imskindeep.wordpress.com/2011/07/10/sim-lim-square-shop-cheats-hits-customer/

the shop is in the 1st floor infront of nubox selling IPAD 2 and nikon cameras and lenses

What to buy: I brought an IPAD2 in sim lim to a shop infront of NUBOX on 1st floor. the shop sells basically nikon items cameras lenses but does have an IPAD 2 on the shelf display. I was suppose to buy my ipad2 to nubox but with no luck its out of stock. so i decided to get to one shop infront of it. I asked for the price it said to be 800sgd before GST, after gst and additional charge bec. i chose the white one it came to 888sgd.before that I asked him,"is there charges for unlocking or something bec.some sellers told me some stalls here charge for unlocking" he replied what unlocking?its unlocked. so cleared in that part.. so agrred and payed via nets, after unpacking and testing, while i was pinning my card number to cashier the guy went out with my IPAD2, he came back after 10mins saying he did activated the ipad2 and sent it to a so called APPLE GUY. then he was asking for additional 262SGD??!?! what the hell??!?where did it came from??he said it was activated and so to have the itunes the facetime and appstore available on the ipad. I almost ended paying for the highest model of IPAD2 well infact i only got the lower one....SCREW IT!I didnt complained because I paid in nets. but if I paid in cash I would argue to give my money back...lesson learned the hard way. I WILL NEVER EVER EVER EVER BUY ON SIM LIM. I hope this comes a lesson to everyone. they are 101% cheaters.

What to pay: DONT EVER GO TO SIM LIM IF YOUR A TOURIST TO CHECK FOR A ELECTRONIC GADGET. THIS PLACE HAS A LOT OF DISHONEST SELLERS. THEY WILL LURE YOU BY LOW PRICES EVEN AFTER GST. BUT WAIT UNTIL YOUR DONE PAYING.HERE COMES THE ADDITIONAL CHARGES.WHICH IN THE FIRST PLACE IS NOT MENTIONED WHEN YOU PAY FOR THE ITEM..I HATE TO SAY THIS BUT THIS PLACE IS A SHAME. PLEASE SAVE YOURSELF FROM BEING JACKED BY THIS PEOPLE. GO FUNAN OR ELSEWHERE JUST STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE.

Do not buy at this shop or at Sim Lim square. I was tricked to buy 2x the original price of a mobile phone and they will even convinced you to buy accessories which are also over priced.

What to buy: It's much better and safer to buy electronics in big upscale malls. Do research for prices of gadgets you wanna purchase before actually buying. I learned my lesson the hard way. I was too tired going around Sim Lim square, got confused that I was sweet talked to purchased more than 2x the original price.

What to pay: More than your actual budget or 2x, even 3x the original price

We went to your country in 8-05-2011 for touristic purposes. We stayed Marina Mandarin Hotel for 3 days. In 9-05-2011 we leave hotel for see your city and do some shopping. We go Slim Lim Tower for buy electronic devices that needed by my wife and me. We enter one shop that I will give its open address in the end, Firstly its prices seemed resonable and we bought some devices (1 Iphone 4 16 gb, 2 Ipad 2 and 1 Ipad cover). After this they told us that these Ipads will not work in Turkey and they need an upgrade. Besides they say we need to install safari for internet. Than they took 896 Singapore Dolar for upgrade and 280 Singapore Dolar for installing the safari program from us (slip attached). Then we realized, received more money from us, We wanted to give back to the machines that we buy but they refuse this and they refuse to make out a legal invoice. So we call for police. Police told us that they can't do anything about this condition. These people are cheating who visited your country.
We expect Singapore to be a justice city and respectful to the human rights. Police didn't help us when we called them for need help. Information about this shop is in the attachments. These people will cast shadow to your name and our ideas of your beautiful city has been changed. And we are telling this accident to all our friends and family members. I would like to be informed about developments in this issue.
simlim square adres: TWOPLUS MOBİLE LLP #02-86 SİM LİM SQUARE 1ROCHOR CANAL RD S188504