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by Ed.YEO » 02 Jul 2012 23:51
To be frank... i'm not going to be bull shit here.
I understand why you're going to hunt for the cheapest Seiko in the market here.
If i'm in your shoes, few thing will come into my mind.
1. Affordability to be use as a gift, presentable with reliable built quality.
2. Affordability to be sacrifice, using the watch you buy to live thru bashing and harsh environment, aka the workplace.
3. Affordability to be use for modding, without feeling guilty when the piece you buy, gets "strip" apart later for modding.
Ok... what to choose and where to choose...
I dare to say, the cheapest Seikos you can find in the market, is in little india. But Mustafa is not the only place where you can go. Generally, in little india, you can find 2 types of Seikos. One with local warranty, one totally not! The one with warranty is available in Mustafa, the non-warranty one is available there as well, but Mustafa is not the only one player in that district. Look around, you'll find the best lowest tag there. But should you prefer to get those export ones without warranty, anything wrong, your pasa...
Next, the regular sellers as well as other retailers. Generally, there are also 2 types Seikos you can find from them. One with local warranty, another parallel import sets with in-house warranty honored by the seller themselves. The parallel imported sets are of course lesser than the ThongSia warranty local sets, which mostly come with a hefty price tag, that tends to chase some customers away. Those who're impatient to wait for parallel imported sets, will most likely to go for ThongSia sets, aka the latest releases. Comparing the price of the parallel sets against those that offered from little india, of course you'll have to pay a little more like $30 extra to these sellers. $30 for a year warranty from these parallel import sellers, do you think worth it?
Last but not least, the totally parallel import seller, like Skywatch aka Watch Fashion @ Chinatown, or CreationWatches from the internet. Their watches are mostly parallel imported. So the price is competitive to those retailers who sells parallel sets as well... But what's the diff.? Well... if you ask me, i'll say it's about after sales service. If i buy from a retailer from BrasBasah or Bencoolen, at least i know where to claim for the warranty service on the movement. If it's somebody like CreationWatches, i will have no idea where to claim for the warranty lo...
So... your choice lo...
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