FROM FT :
so sorry but we should have made certain points clear right at the beginning. some of u readers may be clear of these stuff because u all have been reading the site from the very beginning. but for the "newbies", they probably don't know about it.

so here it is:

Price Comparisons.
well it may not be an appropriate 'name' to some. so, shall we change the title? we were thinking of changing it to "alternatives". just that.

and also, some readers may not know why prices differ so much. is it because the sellers just want to make a higher profit? or are there reasons behind it?
here goes : [have been widely discussed in the earlier stages of this blog]

prices may differ because :
1. some sellers wanna earn more, some sellers settle for less profits. some sellers just want to price their items lower than the popular blogs just to attract more customers.
2. sellers do get cheated by the suppliers. different suppliers charge differently.
3. some sellers hire models to model their clothings
4. some sellers do have an 'offline boutique'. offline boutiques are usually more expensive than online boutiques
5. occasionally, some sellers import their items from overseas, but they didn't know that their items can be bought locally at a much lower price.
6. some sellers MAY HAVE included COD charges & postage charges into their stated price.

[do email us at fashion.truth@gmail.com if we miss out any! ]


anyway,
for now...
the SITE IS UNDER 'CONSTRUCTION'. do bear with us for the time being. lol. not major construction, just wanna draft out a proper "header/intro" so new readers dont get the wrong idea.

sellers/buyers/readers, do email us and give us your feedback on what else we should add on this blog / this header-or-intro / anything to clarify. thank u very much

*wont be updating for the next 3 days. meanwhile, we urge readers to write in to us ya!

thanks!
[edited on 6.1.09]

blogroll
e-shops that wants to be added into the blogroll, please send us an email at fashion.truth@gmail.com
would appreciate if u all could link us up too

price comparisons
1. only items which have a price difference of RM7/8 and above will be posted up.
2. the price used for this price comparison is the price stated on the e-shop's webpage. (i understand that sometimes prices for items may vary depending on customers. some e-shops just put a high price as to allow further bargaining by the customers.)

mailing list
we appreciate it if eshop owners remove us from their mailing list. we are not a fashion review site thus there's no need for us to receive mails from u all telling us that u've updated. just add us up and we'll link u up at the blogroll. with that, readers will know when u update.

thank u

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Stories from Readers 20

From a reader…

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Dear readers,

Online shopping, being an upcoming trend in Malaysia, is getting very popular today. But I find the site's contributors' need to do price comparison posts is pointless. I mean, when we are physically shopping, it doesn't really bother us that much, right? If we know this particular shop is more expensive, we tend not to shop at that place anymore. So why must it be such a big deal if e-shops sell stuff more expensive? The items still sells out as fast as ever anyway.

If you are not a blog-shop owner, and yes I am one, you'd need to know that these blog shop owners go out to hunt for items (which requires a lot of hauling, sweating and walking around) and it's even worse for those like me who takes the LRT and bus (imagine carrying a crazy amount of stock on your back from KL and all the way back home in PJ using public transport)

Although some e-shops might be selling the same item, they could have purchase it from a different supplier. Did it occur to you that the suppliers charge differently as well? Not all of them sell the same item for the same price as well, so if an e-shop owner were to buy from a supplier who charges more for the items, she would not have a choice but to price her items higher or she wouldn't be able to make a profit.

Truth to be told, despite e-shop owners 'claims' to bring satisfaction of affordable clothes to everyone, it all comes down to business. And business needs to rake in profits, or it isn't worth going through all the hassle for it.

As shoppers, you do have a choice of buying or not. So if you think a particular e-shop is too expensive, just don't view the site or purchase from it. Why use up all your energy doing price comparisons and bitching about site owners? Trust me; it's not all that easy to handle an e-shop, especially when there are some troublesome or rude customers to deal with, so if you think you can criticize how an e-shop should operate, I suggest you try it yourself sometime.

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