Hari ini shopping nih... sekedar review, pake bahasa inggris soalnya sekalian post di threat MTB gw hehehehee
Hi all, I just went back from Expo fair AND taka fair. Yup, took one day leave (actually I need to clear leave by march so thats why lol) so may as well use the time for something useful aka nursery building lol
Expo Fair > Warning. People are really kiasu. My husband today work around Changi business park and he overheard a convo between this mother and her friend, they are going to expo and that time it was only 9 plus! OMG, the Expo starts at 11am loh lol
But since he wanted the baby bjorn carrier that was 30% discount, okay i come earlier at 10.30 AM. By the time I reached there, the Q is very long already. By 11AM the Q are super long. I noticed the goodie bag run out before 12AM (that means, more than 1,000 visitor within the first hour).
Moving around was very difficult since it's very crowded. A lot of mummies with stroller (actually, I pity the small kids as they also got to stand in the Q...) and a lot of pregnant mummies too...
Now on the goodie bag, actually not so worth it if you go there just because of the goodie bag. Only 2 pampers, samples from palmer, pizza cutter (yes!!!!) floor cleaner, bottled water (that make the goodie bag significantly heavier! ) the rest are vouchers.
Discount wise, not so bad. Majority giving 15-20% discount with some highlight product, normally discounted at 30%. Some booth giving away freebies (e.g. MAM booth give you pacifier and breast pad samples if you sign up with their mailing list)
My suggestion would be to mark down where do you want to go because the crowd may make you feel like you wanna cabut ASAP (at least to me, as I don't really fancy crowds). It was very hot despite the aircon due to the larrrrrrrgeee number of people.
As for Taka Fair, it's pretty quiet and we can take our sweet time browsing [IMG=http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/forumboard/clipart/happy.gif] BTW, you can also go to the third floor (children's department) the items there are also discounted. Because sometimes the colour you want may run out on the baby fair area, but they have it upstairs. As it was pretty quiet, service was good.
From Expo : Stroller, baby carrier, pillows
From Taka : Toys, Stroller add on pillows (as my stroller a bit too big for newborn), Cot mobile
Total damage almost 800 bucks lol
Conclusion : Expo had better deal than Taka, but some items are not available at Expo and you have to brace yourself against the crowd.
@novi & Wens > suamiku maunya beli yang comfort carrier, yang itu bisa buat pake sampe baby besar (3 months ampe 2 years) Mestinya gpp sih soalnya suamiku fotografer jadi udah biasa bawa barang yang berat-berat hahahaha kameranya berapa kg tuh sama lensa-lensa...
wens > aku beli combi sih... disana 10% discount, di cheong choon harganya pas kalau buat combi. Yang di taka dikasih free gift tapi kalau aku mending di diskon daripada dikasih free gift
JY > so sorry can't remember the offer for pigeon [IMG=http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/forumboard/clipart/sad.gif]
Another tips. You can actually call takashimaya customer service and ask them to check the price for you, so you can easily compare price without going there and plan ahead which items you want to get from taka, which items you want to get from somewhere else e.g. expo