To my Surprise..... (my pram hunt)
I have been hunting around for a Baby Pram for me princess and was (No.1) Surprised!... knn Pram can vary in Prices.. from S$100-ish to S$1000 knn.. WTF?And to think they would only use it for like less than 2 years PLUS not used very often.
I hunt around and ask around and basically the places I found out ARE:
- Robinson
the lastest range is there. and also the $$$$ ones. but it was a pain to go there this festive season plus the lady there is not very friendly. I had always have good service in Robinson but maybe its because my wife and myself have been there looking for like 3 ocassions liaoz..
we "confirm" on one model from Aprica knn S$399... then they say have to take from BASEMENT.. took a very long time..... my wife and myself.. wait damn long and baby also getting irritated... so... we left....
- OG
Walked over to OG..... damn shiok... not crowded. But (No.2) surprisingly they have very good collection og stuff... I mean not only Baby Pram but in general the Orchard outlet seems carry more teandy stuff...And the staff there are really friendly...
the PRAMs there not like Robinson... not so many HI-end ones..found that the brand COMBI(japan design byt made in China) is very light and LUCKYBABY from Korea) is better made but heavier. One LUCKYBABY MODEL caught my eye.. but they have no stock. only a display model... so we sianz half again..
- Babay HyperMart @ Kaki BukitAve 1, 69 Shun Li industrial Park.
yesterday... knn whole day thinking of the PRAM.. so after work.. forced my wife to go with me look for PRAM... we took a quick dinner, grab my princess and we are off.... the cab took us right to the door step...the place was easily spotted to my surprise...
was thinking that there should be more models for us to see to get a suitable one for us. but apparently they carry mostly Eurpean models..slightly bigger and also much heavier.... KLKK and was not very excited about any models there.
there is another shop a few house down..called BabyKingdom... but after the Hypermart experience we just cannot be bothered with such places again. But I must say the hyperMart have a very good collection of items.. the PRAM are good but it is just me.. they have a very good collection of car seat and baby Cot and... too many to name.. and prices are very reasonable... it is good if you are begining to shop for stuff... it is a one stop store..POWER
and they open till 9pm... with enough staff to help/...
very good service.....I will return only if i have a car......
as mentioned it is located in an industrial estate.. so...CAB was a bit of a pain..
the empty ones were always ont he other side of the road. bummer!
... we deciede to cross the bridge to get a cab. but when I was still waiting for a cab on my side, I heard 2 kids... "zoot zoot" for my attention on the opposite block of HDB flats.. I kn wait boh cab see bay toos lanz already stil got funny people "zoot zoot"...
While we were crossing the bridge I saw the same to kids walking across the bridge.... knn I was about to slap them liaoz... but Surprise (No.3) again!!!
They came up to me and told me they zoot for my attention to tell me that
there are rarely empty cab on my side of the road.. and ask me to goto the other street but we had to walk a bit..... knn i was damn taken back... THERE IS HOPE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION!!! :D Thanks again guys!
- Bugis (Seiyu)
while waiting for the cab which came finally in a shor 5mins wait on the other side.. We decided to go Bugis (Seiyu) for a look. My wife have been there for a look before here delivery and found that the collection is pretty okie. So off we went.
After looking at so many designs we roughly had a idea what we want... it was to choose either
- Light weight one
- Sturdy one which would be heavier.
the final 2 models were
- Brand COMBI... very light very spacious, 1-hand operation, big wheels, stand upon closing and reversable pushing direction. S$198
- Brand LcukyBaby... it has all the stuff we had asked for.. only that it is slightly heavier.. but a lot sturdier compared to the COMBI. S$249
make a guess which one we bought.... :D
Surprised one more time!! :D (No.4)
the PRAM @ Seiyu were all chained up...(not the surprise yet) So we aksed for some assistance from the lady over there..(IIRC her name is jennifer..have to confirm again) We asked to see the PRAM in other colour and to test it (lucky this festive season Seiyu opens till 10.30pm :D)So Jennifer (not very tall) dragged the brand new Pram still in the Box out... very pai seh... she did this for us for 2 models that we had requested. She was very helpful and informed us on the weight and even told us which model is customers buying more... I am totally taken back again... 2 time fo such surprises is just too overwhelming..
I would like to thank all that have helped to me our hunt such an interesting one.
May you are blessed with the same for what you have done....
Cheers!
bOo!
