I just want to warn everyone to AVOID going to unit # 02-76 in
Sim Lim. They are grotesque scammers that has the tendency to be
physically violent to customers. I was one of their unfortunate
victims. Their signboad says 'Evolution Gaming LLP', but as I was
researching on the net, they apparently regularly change their
store name. They used to be called MH Electronics, or Mobile House
Electronics. And a neighbouring store that's unit # 02-72 also used
to be 'Evolution Gaming'. They were also called 'Compact Camera'.
I've read a lot of complaints from that store too.
Anyway, here's what happened. My girlfiend and I went to Sim Lim to
buy a PSP. I know, it was quite stupid of me to go there for a PSP.
It's all over the net that the last place to buy a PSP is in Sim
Lim. I went anyway, thinking it's "not gonna happen to me" (i was
dead wrong). So we went to different shops to ask for prices. The
prices we got were 360, and 340.. complete with all the necessary
stuff like battery, 4G card, cable, case, and modification. When we
got to unit # 02-76 (Evolution Gaming LLP), they quoted us $308.
That was too cheap.. but it was almost 9pm and I was just tired and
wanted the PSP. So I said I'll take one. The sales guy was
friendly. He's tall, fat, and had a lot of pimples on his face. He
took our money and said he'll modify it in front of us. After the
so-called modification, he showed the PSP to me... and it was
lagging! He said the modification took much of the RAM and it
needed an upgrade, and that we had to pay $200! Holy sh*t... and
while he was selling the upgrade to me, he kept calling me 'my
friend...'. That was just annoying. I said we don't have that kind
of money, and we'd like to get our money back. From here, things
got ugly. The store owner (tall, skinny, and also had a lot of
pimples) started shouting at us, saying just take the PSP, the
we're wasting his time, etc. And another guy tried to talk to
us,this short little guy with glasses, squeaky voice, introduced as
the store manager. He tried to explain about the upgrade. But we've
heard enough. We just wanted our money back, and we were not
leaving. Finally they said we could have our money back, but since
the PSP has already been modified, we should pay the GST (wtf!).
After much debate, I just said fine.. if that's what it takes to
just leave this place, then ok. So they gave us our money, less gst
(that's $21 - not bad, but still hurts). We were so pissed leaving
the store. I decided to take a photo of the store premises so I
could have a 'souvenir' for the event. Suddenly, this little guy
with glasses (store manager, they say) started to slap me in the
face! (I'm not sure if it was a slap or a punch.. looked like a
punch, felt like a slap) He also shoulted at me with his small
squeaky voice. I prepared to hit back, aiming at his small face..
but suddenly I see this tall lanky guy running from the store
carrying a metal stool. And the fat pimply guy who tried to sell
the PSP also came out running towards us too. The little guy's got
backup! So now there's 3 of them, and one of me. I remember
thinking, if I fight back, this is going to get ugly for me. But
then, the short guy took a plastic chair and continued to hit me,
as well as this tall guy with the metal stool! Unit # 02-76
Evolution Gaming LLP is situated at the corner of the floor. The
beating continued until we reached the escalator. They hit me on
the face, the arms, and body. My girlfriend was just shouting
'please stop!'. Suddenly they demanded for me to delete the photo..
i had no choice but to comply. After deleting (they continued to
hit me by the way), Sim Lim security came in the scene. The little
guy gave me one last hit on the body with his reliable plastic
chair. After that, security called the police. The police came to
talk to me, then went up to talk to the store owner (tall pimply
guy). The guys that attacked me where no longer there (of course).
We went to the police station, I gave a statement, they gave me a
medical form, we went to the hospital to document the scratches I
obtained from the attack. The police said that they were going to
launch an investigation about it.
So now here I am writing about it. The net has got loads of warning
stories like this about the scamming happening in Sim Lim. Let this
be an additional story about it. I haven't actually read about any
violence happening, so I think this is the first.
Reading up on the net, here's a few more stories/complains about
unit #02-76 / Evolution Gaming LLP for scamming and bad
service.
This one is when they were still called Mobile House Electronics
Pte Ltd (signboard MH Electronics):
http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=1696186
Here's another one about #02-76 where they have bad attitude:
http://talkback.stomp.com.sg/forums/archive/index.php/t-10687.html
Here's another one about Evolution Gamming LLP:
http://imcomplicatedyetsosimple.blogspot.com/2007/12/scammer-from-sim-lim.html
And another one for Evolution Gaming LLP:
http://forums.gameaxis.com/showthread.php?t=1476878&highlight=Sim+lim+square
And another yet one... "Extreme Lousey Service in Sim Lim Sqare".
This time it's in #02-72 but still called "Evolution Gaming LLP"
(it's either they like exchanging signboards, or its the same
owner): http://forums.gameaxis.com/showthread.php?t=1482761
Here's another on #02-72, but it's no longer called "Evolution
Gaming".. This time their signboard says "Compact Camera":
http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=1793609
And another one on #02-72:
http://sgforums.com/forums/2535/topics/313622
So I guess # 02-76 and # 02-72 exchange names, and has the same
modus operandi. Everyone beware of these shops!
