Not always true as those are housebrand vs housebrand...Originally posted by shade343:but certain products in NTUC is cheaper than Cold Storage....
Because there is a service charge inposed you see...Originally posted by kops21:giant accept CC....for $20> purchases....
got meh??Originally posted by FireIce:can use ezlink rite?
TPY mrt tt NTUC gotOriginally posted by Kenashi:got meh??
MacDonald's can.... can collect points somemoreOriginally posted by FireIce:can use ezlink rite?
If that's the case, cashcard better...Originally posted by FireIce:TPY mrt tt NTUC got
limited to 1 or 2 check outs nia......
Yeah to themOriginally posted by sbst275:If that's the case, cashcard better...
Anyway, dun think NTUC would change, they still want to keep cost low for better margin
or go wet market do ur shopping? *imagines elin haggling with hawkers over price of fish*Originally posted by elindra:Yeah to them
Makes me feel like taking the trouble to go to Cold Storage to shop.
Thing is, I hardly step into NTUC so I didn't know about this no Credit Card thingy. My new place only have a NTUC so unless I really don't have a choice I think I might take the trouble to go to Cold Storage
Originally posted by elindra:
$54.60 and I was short on 4 bucks
Preach one and do another. Use NETs or CASHCARD to buy 4D also got to pay 20 cents.Originally posted by kops21:alot of merchants though have credit card machines but consumer have to pay 3-4% to use it....
i am informed this method for using credit card facilities are not allowed in accordance with the Credit Card companies that the merchant applied to get the machine. If we complain, they might lost the machine.....
Cant u ask the cashier to cancel one item?Originally posted by elindra:I asked the cashier to put my stuff aside and called my husband to come pick up the tab
... Me here rather go TAP for Cold Storage... NTUC high profit margin, the worst poor food safety practices and always bully suppliers for getting lowest cost priceOriginally posted by elindra:Yeah to them
Makes me feel like taking the trouble to go to Cold Storage to shop.
Thing is, I hardly step into NTUC so I didn't know about this no Credit Card thingy. My new place only have a NTUC so unless I really don't have a choice I think I might take the trouble to go to Cold Storage
... Me here rather go TAP for Cold Storage... NTUC high profit margin, the worst poor food safety practices and always bully suppliers for getting lowest cost priceOriginally posted by elindra:Yeah to them
Makes me feel like taking the trouble to go to Cold Storage to shop.
Thing is, I hardly step into NTUC so I didn't know about this no Credit Card thingy. My new place only have a NTUC so unless I really don't have a choice I think I might take the trouble to go to Cold Storage
Originally posted by KittynMeow:NTUC used to have affordable prices... but its been going up in the recent few years...
nowadays buying groceries at Giant or Seng Siong seems a much better choice than NTUC....
better yet... keep the wet market alive!!! can really bargain if you know the hawkers well... kekekekeOriginally posted by the Bear:yeah.. i remember buying shampoo at the provision shop for $8.90 when the price of the same thing was $10.90 at the NTUC...
oh well... these days, i usually get my stuff like toothpast from those shops in the town centres of the heartlands
SUPPORT THE LITTLE MOM AND POP SHOPS!!
Originally posted by KittynMeow:better yet... keep the wet market alive!!! can really bargain if you know the hawkers well... kekekeke
hmm...Originally posted by the Bear:heh.. my folks know the hawkers so well that the hawkers actually reserve some of the better stuff for them!
can't find that in a soulless supermarket, can you?
So that that NTUC FairPrice CEO pay can go upOriginally posted by KittynMeow:NTUC used to have affordable prices... but its been going up in the recent few years...
nowadays buying groceries at Giant or Seng Siong seems a much better choice than NTUC....