Sunday, June 08, 2008

Last Day in Hong Kong

So as it was our last day today in Hong Kong we decided to go and get a camera and dive case we had seen earlier in the week. We had been comparing prices and went to the shop that gave us the best deal. We bought the camera and then the salesman started another pitch, about how this other camera (the same make) was this year’s model, and the better specifications etc. At the time we were being cautious and weren’t too sure about it. Adam tried it out and the pictures compared to the one we had just bought looked better. We negotiated a price and bought the newer model. Having gone back to the hotel to read the reviews we noticed that some of the information the salesman had told us were complete lies and it turned out that this camera was a lot cheaper than the one we were looking at originally. We were absolutely disgusted and phoned the shop to get our money back. Unfortunately consumer’s there do not seem to have many rights. We asked for our money back or even an exchange but they would not allow it. So we went back to the shop and argued the point, the manager was very rude and said he would not do anything to help. Eventually after threatening to stand at the shop and tell people not to buy any of their products Adam managed to “sell” the camera and case back to them minus £30. We were so upset by this whole episode but were glad in a way that this had happened now so we know to be a lot more cautious in the future.
As it was our last night we went to find the restaurant we visited on our first night. They had the best noodles in town! We enjoyed a lovely meal and I even tried the duck – a bit chewy and their steamed bread was a bit different!
We headed back to the hotel and continued packing our bags.

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