Sneaky business

There’s just a lot of way to make money by being sneaky to your customer(s), but it sure isn’t classy if you’re doing it in the most obvious way.

So my watch needed battery replacement. I took it to a place which seemed professional. I wasn’t sure to take it there because I went there once for same purpose and within 2 weeks the battery was dead again. I let my watch died for months, the thought of having it done in Jakarta was ridiculous. But if it has to be done that way, no choice.

In the spirit of giving them a 2nd chance I went again. I asked how much. 60 k (quite expensive). I asked if there is any warranty. No. I asked if they could do it in front of me. No, the tool is inside, we take a new battery here, and bring it in. Pretty sneaky considering they could swap it with an old battery that will be dead in 2 weeks like they did before. What really annoyed me was her attitude when she said, “well if you don’t want it you can take your watch.” And that was exactly what I did. I’m not going to burn another 60k for an old battery!

After sharing with a friend of this sneaky way of doing business she recommended me a place. It wasn’t even a store, just a small corner in front of a mall. The guy was totally professional, the battery was only 30k, he give 3 month warranty (marked a date inside the watch’s lid), took a new battery, tested the power and replaced the old one in front of me.

It’s been 3 weeks and the watch is still working perfectly, so if you’re looking for a good watch guy, I would definitely vouch for him.