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March 25, 2005
Gundam and the fineprint
Do you know Gundam? Here is on picture, just in case you don't know:
But basically, it is a fighting figure, like many others (sorry, I might offend real Gundam fans here! - no harm meant).
My boy loves them and he loves to by a model set and puts the different little pieces together. Way smarter in that than I am.
Last weekend, we went to Toys R' US (probably spelled wrongly) in 1 Utama.
They had nice models there - but we would have bought ours in Jaya Jusco although the shop had a nice 20% discount offer
You know why?
Look at the picture ...
The fineprint says that the discount is only applicable if you buy another item of normal price.
No discount if you buy only one product. No discount, if you buy another product that has a discount.
What a cheat!
Posted by Andreas at March 25, 2005 03:52 PM
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i know of numerous situations where I've seen these 'traps'. fortunately i've managed to avoid most of them [to my knowledge!]
another common 'trap' is failing to read the second half of the price tag, i.e. per 10g / 100g/ 1kg. i nearly got caught there just a day ago!
Posted by: patrick at March 26, 2005 03:16 AM
always read the fine prints. ;) marketing gimmick!
Posted by: Eileen at March 25, 2005 09:12 PM
"fineprint" ....hahaha, yeah i get a lot of those, damn those lawyer-typed clauses ><
Gundam IS NOT A FIGHTING FIGURE
http://www.gundamofficial.com/
Posted by: Leo Goh at March 25, 2005 09:12 PM
I hate fine print because I have to read it everytime to avoid getting cheated. Yeeeesh. Oh, anyway, just so that REAL Gundam fans don't chase you with sticks and profanities, Gundam isn't a fighting model. It's just a model kit, because it's not as flexible as other figures. Sure you can pose it around, but it's quite fragile. Think of it like those model kit ships and cars. It's based off the Gundam animes. Hehehe..
Posted by: Silencers at March 25, 2005 04:05 PM