> That must have been in the indian locality of singapore, I am
> certain.
You mean Indian in Singapore are back ward? or are their logic false?
In Singapore it was Video camera. It was bargaining every where I went,
Indian or not.
>Because if you go to the main stream Singapore areas and
> jewellery boutiques, they know that they will lose out on
> business if they do not accept credit cards because not many
> singaporeans are likely to carry cash around. As such, they will
> definitely accept cards and give you discounts too for using it.
Ya, but when the shop owner already know I am carrying cash? then what
do they do? they also know I am going from shop to shop noting prices
and details. What do they do?
>
> And the main reason why those jewellery shops, located mainly in
> the indian neighbourhood of Singapore, offer discount for cash
> could be that, that sale will not be booked and thus they will
> evade corporate taxes by showing lower sales. Of course, then,
> they will not mind extending the small 5% discount to you.
You mean to say the statement that credit card actually charges a percentage
is false?
And they gave me full cash memo, in the cash counter. if they could so
easily cheat
all cash deals, it would surprise me too.
If you said, I agreed to pay without taking cash memo and stamped reciept ,
that would make
sense to me.
My point is, may be I am stuck in 19th century, but going as far us USA does
is also
too much.
>
> /amlan.
>
