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Buying an iPhone in Shanghai - READ THIS SINGTEL ASSHATS

Buying an iPhone in Shanghai - READ THIS SINGTEL ASSHATS. Only RMB4000 (about SGD800) gets you an iPhone that’s unlocked and ready to use.

Those the 2G iPhones in that post. Actually 800 is to high for that. 650 is what I would pay at MBK in BKK or Mongkok. Having said that 2g iphones are getting rarer and the demand is high. Actually Singtel’s unlocked 8gb iphone 3g prices are around 800S$. They might sell them without contract sometimes in the near future. That’s the price they quoted me when I asked them if I can buy a new 3g phone if the current one get’s stolen etc.

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I like the Singtel Asshats bit! Spot on my friend.

I am PISSING mad at Singtel’s monopolistic behaviour. Some lame excuse about irregular payment patterns, and they require me to pay a deposit of $800 to sign up as a new mobile customer with Singtel for the first time in 10 years! And whats even more ridiculous, you can negotiate the $800 down to $500 and finally $300. Has Singtel became the new Pasa Malam??

I really regretted I signed up 2 broadband accounts with Singtel, having moved from Starhub.

End of the day, I decided to walk away, take back my deposit. If I buy direct from the states, its only SGD$288.

SINGTEL.. PUI!