Bazaar Scam - Page 2

dingdong5770

I m starting this thread to share with everyone who are interested in joining an event, bazaar, flea market , etc. I have recently received a few feedback regarding this issue and I believe it is very important to share with everyone.

Recently, there is an organiser that is going around telling people that the company has events at Takashimaya and Star Vista. The company is advertising in the internet forum as well as sending emails to individual vendors.

For those vendors who have received the email, please TAKE NOTE that there is NO events held at Taka from 26-30th Nov 2012. I have checked with the management and they mentioned that there is no such event held on that date. I understand that some of the vendors have made police report against the organiser. This company (Ideal Solution) is also publishing other venues. I have not check on other venues but please be very careful.

If you are new to the bazaar / flea market / event industry, please take note of certain things listed below:

1) Is the event organiser a regular event organiser? A simple check in the internet will let you know whether the event organiser organises regular events with feedbacks given by vendors.

2) If you have not heard of the company before, please do not rush to make payment to the organiser. You can always call up the management of the venue to check and verify whether the company has booked the space.

3) I understand that a few regular event organiser always asked payment to be transfered to a POSB Savings account. I always do not encourage people to transfer to a personal savings account as that is not following procedure. In anyway, as long as you have join from the same organiser before, it should be fine.

4) Do not be tempted to join an event urgently when the organiser says that you have to transfer the payment immediately to secure the spot. Better be careful then to be sorry in future.

This is just my sharing. I understand that Christmas is coming and there are a lot of organisers organising events everywhere in Singapore. I wish everyone a great time earning good income during this period of time but also be very careful when you booked an event during this period. Good Luck!