The frame of an old pair of my spectacles broke into half. It is the pair that I have been wearing since Dec 2002. Mm.. I like the pair very much for many different reasons. And strangely, for replacement purpose, I somewhat feel that I am also making an effort not to get back the similar design. Contradicing? Yes.. but.. erm..
Anyway, some time back, I got a cash voucher that I could use in Optic Point. I thought this voucher certainly comes in handy this time. I could get a $100 direct cash rebate with that cash voucher. That’s cool, many people might think.
Maybe I approached the wrong branch. Heh.. It has about 12 branches, sounds like a pretty big group. But the collection of design at the branch I went to was simply pathetic.
Okay, fine, went come to design, different things appeal to different people. The shop assistant (optician?) was not pushy, which is a good thing. But he wasn’t very helpful also. I was only looking for something very simple, erm.. so I don’t really mind looking around myself. It is a really small store anyway.
Finally, I picked a very simple one and asked for a quotation if I were to get the lenses done there too. He was prompt. Di-Ti-Di.. A neat number surfaced from the calculator and he showed it to me. Mm.. What?! Such a simple looking pair of spectacle can cost $180 (after discount)! That is to say, the original cost is $280. 黑店 lor.
I was frank to express :
老板这个价钱那里有便宜？
扣到来还不是跟别处的价钱相当。似乎还有一点偏高呢。
His reply was more interesting :
对啊。我们的价钱是跟别处差不多啦。
我们提供这个现金礼券是要吸引顾客先进来参观。
I was thinking (to myself) :
参观什么？货色又不齐全。
打折后的价钱也只不过是与别处相当。好受骗哦。
Erm.. Anyway, we’ve all learnt to be polite and so I politely said “我回去考虑一下吧。谢谢。”.
I know I will not be stepping in again. Mm.. Nothing against the stall or the optician, just find the company’s policy a little weird / not that truthful.
它也是一种简单的装饰物品。
是否真的就因此而亮丽起来？
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有一位圣者这么说：
因为你们做不到不逾矩，所以不可以随心所欲。
程度不够而要随心所欲，随后就会走入旁门左道。
迷真逐妄，术流动静有什么好？
奇奇怪怪、真不象真、假不象假，把自己的心放在邪魔歪道上，有好处吗？
变来变去，能变得出天理良心吗？
变东变西，能变得出孝悌忠信吗？
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