Sat called Alice around 12pm to tell her i want to go to her shop to consigned her some Volks mag. She said dun bring down coz her shop is still very messy after her trip. (She came back on Wed..sat still messy,,,). She said next weekend then bring it. She asked if im going to the eoy,,i said yes,,after my meet up. Tell her i cant talk to her liao coz im getting late....
She rang again to ask "wat time u going arh? Can go with u anot??". I was kinda surprise. I said ok lor,,when im reaching bugis mrt, den she meet me there. So, we went to eoy together (err,,kinda baffled by her outfit..if Xuann, u saw her tat u,,u know wat i mean). Her full set of outfit is from h.naoto (She said cost over S$600) and shoe is from bodyline. She didnt take out the tags on the top and skirt (i saw the tags)..so i suspect she will re-sell it. Also, from her keitai photos of her trip, she wore some clothes,,one of it was from bodyline..fur coat with kitty hood. I suspect she will resell it at her shop too. Sigh...
During the journey,,she told me a shocking news. She said she went to La foret's Baby, the stars shine bright shop and saw a mixed blood lady (ang mor and Japanese) in the shop. The lady was an executive for Baby. Alice asked this lady if Baby did give official dealership to a local shop called Black Alice. Alice said her friend (K) even showed the lady BA site from sgcafe. The lady said no, they dont give dealerships. They only have their flagship stores worldwide. During eoy, she practically announced this "big news" to all the customers she came in contact with. Only 2 girls refused to believe her and she was angry with them.
Does it mean BA's Tim (I know him, he is a nice guy) is bluffing all his customers?! I was really shock to hear this!! Most local lolita fans knows tat Tim sells only Official Baby stuffs...
Then,,,last night before i sleep,,a hunch told me to check this out myself. So, this morning emailed our supplier to ask her to call and check with Baby. Alas!!! My supplier said Baby told her that BA is a Regular Agency (i dunno if she meant Authorised dealer?! I sometimes dun understand their Engrish). If this is true, it means what Alice said is untrue....
Now, i realised Alice's "loopholes"... they are:
1. She had to say the lady is mixed blood coz she dunno how to speak japanese. She said there is no other staff there except "that lady". Hmm, dun think so,,the last time i saw, there were 2 salesgirls in the shop and they all wear lolita outfits.
2. Retail shops rarely have pc. Only have cash registers. Thus, it is not possible for Alice to show "the lady" the sgcafe site.
What Alice has done is a very bad defamation of Tim's reputation.
When i asked to see her photos, she said she had lost it in Tokyo coz it was too cold (?!), that's why she showed me the photos from her keitai only. i doubt she lost her camera coz last time she said she dun have camera,,tats y she cannot take the pics of her clothes to sell online....
At the event, one gaze newbie ordered a Disorder vest from Alice at S$99. I got to know about this coz one guy was wearing the gazerock is not dead tee. I told Alice this tee i sold about S$300 coz it is official item.
Then a mei mei joined the conversation and i repeat wat i said. Suddenly, the mei mei asked Alice..
MM: Alice, the Disorder vest ive ordered, is it real or fake one?
A: Fake one lah,,,real one where got soo cheap? U can ask bee har
MM: Huh??? How come u didnt tell me it was fake? I tot it was real! Can i refund? Coz the $ belongs to my sister,,i borrowed from her to buy one. Now, it is fake,,i dont want liao. You havent ordered right?
A: How i know u dunno it is fake? I havent ordered but cant refund lah,,or u choose other items from my shop?
MM: I dunno..i have to ask my sister about this..
Me: when u order?
MM: sometime last month,,,
Me: *silent*
Really, things cant just see the surface..must check it out for yourself. Dont anyhow believe people. I dun want to be like LP. Her mantra is " i am too kind hearted, so ppl cheat me". She self pity and feels it is "alright" to be victimised because she of such mindset. She was cheated of her salary for 7yrs (part of her salary have to pay for the ex-company's utilities, rentals etc and No increment for those 7yrs at all) and another friend cheated her a total close to S$3000 coz he kept telling her " i will pay u back this weekend". A very good example of Self fulfilling prophecy at work.
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Huh. And I was wondering why Alice's outfit seemed pretty decent on that day. I'm not sure whether she meant to defame BA but if she did, it is absolutely disgusting. I don't believe that BA sells fake goods though, when this information comes from Alice who likes to keep mum about whether her own goods are real or not...seriously why would anyone trust her?
Although maybe she did see someone with mixed blood (pretty strange though, Japanese people are a rather homogenous lot) and maybe they didn't use the store PC, they could have used a laptop since you told me that the guy was bringing it? But it still sounds pretty suspicious. From your description, the executive didn't even do a thorough check, just glance at the website and say er, don't recognise BA, and Alice was straightaway delighted to assume that BA was cheating their customers.
(oh and maybe she meant she lost the photos? sometimes cameras malfunction when the weather is chilly)
Actually, why don't you ask Tim personally since you know him?
Haven't ordered but can't refund? That is seriously one of the dumbest things to say. Is she trying to drive away her customers or something? Obviously, someone here doesn't understand the notion of establishing good relations with one's customers.
Exactly!! My first thought was also "how come this outfit is unlike her regular outfit?". Told her it was a nice outfit and that;s when she said "it is h,naoto lah..$600+ leh,,and proceed to show me the tags." Cant imagine those smelly h.naoto clothings hanging among other clothes.
The funny thing was, infront of tat mei mei,,she declares "i come out with bee har, so i must wear the Real thing." Then proceed to show the mei mei those tags..lolz
Her friend K was with her,,he didnt bring laptop (think ive mis-interpreted it). She said it was the shop's PC where K pointed to the sgcafe site where Tim listed his shop's info and pics.
Ya, maybe the executive only managed retail stores and not franchise or overseas operations.
(Alice was straightaway delighted ) --> So well said!
You are so kind Xuann,,giving Alice lots of benefits of a doubt. Nah, she dont have a camera..but why she need to lie about it?
The worst thing about the vest is, the person who mass make is at the event too! The mei mei even knows her (but dunno she mass make for ppl)! That person mass made the "gazerock is not dead tee" before, about S$35, tat wat ive heard. I think the vest would cost about $50 if order from tat person ba,,,
I dont wish to be part of this "Alice self direct drama", so will not ask Tim about it. I'm afraid he'll misunderstood that i dont trust him but trust Alice..like doubting him.
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