
Daily Briefing: China warns tourists of electronics purchases in Singapore; Phone scam victim aided by concerned Singaporeans
And car dealer refuses coins payment of customer.
China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a notice on their website on Wednesday evening asking Singapore-bound tourists to exercise caution when buying electronics from merchants who have received many complaints. View more here.
Singaporeans outraged by an electronics shop that left a Vietnamese tourist in tears after a phone-sale scam have raised thousands of dollars to compensate him, a crowdfunding site showed Thursday. View more here.
A luxury car dealer in Singapore complained that his showroom smells like a market after an "unhappy" customer paid him Sg$19,000 ($15,200) in coins smelling of fish. "He did this deliberately because he was unhappy," Tang told AFP. View more here.