strikingreality 0 Report post Posted July 3, 2011 i only know cos previously i kept trying to look for info on royal franco and fanco kept turning up, quite hard to find info online for their shop anyways. i dont know if they accept cards as i decided that i didnt want to buy anything from them after going down to take a look.Oh, why the decision? Was it a bad experience? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mookie 0 Report post Posted July 4, 2011 Oh, why the decision? Was it a bad experience?Last year I went down to royal fanco after reading all the good comments on renotalk. I bought a brown round glass basin. Was charged slightly more than $100. there was no stock in the shop so i paid a small deposit. Immediately after that, I saw the same exact sink a few stores down the road - poh joo- going for $70. I was shocked! So i cooked up some excuse.. I told royal fanco my id bot the basin for me already so they refunded the deposit. And I bot the basin from poh joo instead. I dun uderstand why rf has so many positive feedback when they overcharged me by so much. SO my advice is - do ur own research.. chekc the prices from a few stores. dun rely solely on renotalk. But generally, prices are lower in jalan besar then balastier. Good luck! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gerby 0 Report post Posted July 15, 2011 Hi WestiecoastieAre you at Blk 7xx near the Sheng Siong supermarket? I'm staying around there too! Is yours a 4-room flat? May I know how much you paid for your flat? What was the valuation?Happy renovating! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mabaricows 0 Report post Posted July 15, 2011 Last year I went down to royal fanco after reading all the good comments on renotalk. I bought a brown round glass basin. Was charged slightly more than $100. there was no stock in the shop so i paid a small deposit. Immediately after that, I saw the same exact sink a few stores down the road - poh joo- going for $70. I was shocked! So i cooked up some excuse.. I told royal fanco my id bot the basin for me already so they refunded the deposit. And I bot the basin from poh joo instead. I dun uderstand why rf has so many positive feedback when they overcharged me by so much. SO my advice is - do ur own research.. chekc the prices from a few stores. dun rely solely on renotalk. But generally, prices are lower in jalan besar then balastier. Good luck!Weirdly enough I saw things in Poh Joo that were almost 30-40% Higher than in Royal Fanco..With your experience, I suppose they don't give the best price to everyone but rather price their wares according to the day and their moods.. Who knows..I bought quite a lot of stuff from them, they were quite helpful with information and insider knowledge of wares..But I suppose its also because I did my homework that I was able to get good prices from them, in the end I told them what prices other shops were offering and they counter-offered a lower price. In one case, I even managed to weasel an almost $100 discount off a $450 item in another shop because I told them RF could offer me a good price..Learnt a lot about bargaining, body language and tone of speech during my time shopping along Balestier and Jalan Besar.. Great experience! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
