Hi there, Just to share an experience with a lighting shop at Balestier. Wanted to get all the lights at a shop so as to make the installation a breeze. How wrong we were. The boss was all nice and accommodating when we were choosing lights, telling us bulbs supplied are GE bulbs from hungary and not osram china bulbs that die very very fast, plus good ballasts from australia ..yaddah yaddah. I mean, sounds all nice and all, plus showed us the bulbs that were to be used. And there were really quite a no. of customers before us there who bought lights for the entire house as well. Not that their in-store service was poor or anything. It was quite good. The problem came during installation. This is why it is impt to be physically present when the electrician comes down. Checked through the things that were packed by the boss. So not the electrician's fault. Found that ballasts were indeed from aussie. ok fine there. Really thot this would be a reliable shop that can be recommended to frens. but then came the problem. Checked the bulbs, and guess wat. They slipped in osram bulbs togetehr with the GE bulbs. Pls. If u dare to make the claim that u are supplying european bulbs, make sure tat u are doing wat u preach. Not apologise when i call and complain and then in the backgrd murmur abt me being too smart and spotting wat u tried to slip in and make a profit out of it. I mean if u know exactly which box u added the osram bulbs to(there were 2 boxes), u perfectly well knew that u were trying to smoke us. So if anyone ever steps into a shop along balestier with them telling u abt european bulbs and ballasts, run out as fast as u can.
