Feedback on Bazaar Indulgence

prettydress

Hi Admin,

Recently Bazaar Indulgence advertised in pushcart forum bazaar stall rental in Far East plaza on 24th and 25th later change to date 16th /17th and two days before the bazaar starts they cancelled it, reason was Far East refused to rent the venue to them.
They did not secured a venue and start collecting money from the public.
Until now I did not do get a refund from them ($160) is this organser reliable?
Do Pushcart forum screen all organisers before they advertise in this forum?
If an unreliable person pretend to be organiser and advertise bazaar space rental in this forum and start collecting money meaning this person is using your platform to cheat.
I intend to go to police if Bazaar Indulgence do not do a refund,is not the $160 I am angry is the thousand over dollars of goods that I bought to sell in the bazaar.

admin

Hi there

Thank you for your feedback.

Event organisers, in general, advertise about their events in various media outlets including newspaper Classifieds section and various popular online classifieds websites, including our own. In the case of Bazaar Indulgence, she advertised on various websites throughout the internet, not just ours.

As you can imagine, it is not feasible to do a background check on every advertiser. Most media outlets only moderate the contents of the ad, not the identity of the advertiser.

In our case, we went 1 step further to require advertisers to state their full contact details and ACRA number and to add a statement regarding refund terms and conditions and to require issuance of official receipts.

While we do have a blacklist of barred organisers, the efficacy of such an exclusion list is limited given that unscrupulous organisers can ask third parties (like relatives and friends) to register on their behalf using a totally different set of contact details.

In the case of Bazaar Indulgence, there wasn't any complains about her previously until your present dispute, and the identity used did not fall into our blacklist, hence we had no reason to bar her.

However, we have suspended her account since last week because she persistently refused to comply with the footer requirements in her new entries she submitted in Retail Resources (these have been deleted). We take this ommission seriously.

If you think you are a victim of fraud, you may wish to file a police report. On our part, we will assist the authorities to the fullest extent possible in any investigations.

At the end of the day, in whichever kind of transaction, vendors must evaluate their counter-party to gauge their reliability and track record. Miminise your risk by:

• Asking for Official Receipt with Letterhead and ACRA number (using a fake ACRA is a criminal offense).
• Make sure contract specifies refund terms and conditions before signing.
• Don't make any payment until you can speak to a human voice on a phone.
• Don't be desperate to take the space just because the organiser says it is the "last few slots".
  

With this in mind, we (the admins) will continue to seek ways to ensure that event organisers are as transparent as commercially feasible so that vendors will have a high level of trust in their dealings with them with respect to the ads placed on our website.

Thank you for your feedback.

Regards

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prettycloset

I'm one of the victims too! Promise to refund by 18 Jan (Mon) but nothing. When email them no reply. Worst of all, there is no contact numbers. Yet they got the cheek to ask me to join in their other events! Have blacklist this organizer and telling all their bad deeds to fellow friends and sellers. Maybe we can group all victims like us and make a police report together!!!

tinytiny

Hi, anyone fell victim to LLevents? They still owe me rental fee which they promised to refund but never did It has been 2mths already. Several emails and sms were sent but no response at all!

Huihui

Hi,

The organizer should be 2 ladies... The last event that they organized @ Toa Payoh Safra (if not mistaken) was horrible.. space so small and I was told so far no one selling children clothing.. almost fainted when step in... at least 3 stalls are selling children clothes.

The following day.. seems most of the vendors never open their stall..

Seems they are only care about their earning and not us ~ vendor.

If you wish to have their contact number.. PM me.

prettydress

Hi everyone,

I told them I printed out all the email correspondence with them and not hesitate to take actions against them only this organiser refund the money to me yesterday.In future if join bazaar event I want to see ACRA reg. and contact number of organisers.Nowadays join bazaar have to take extra careful don't get carried away because of good location

Calamine solution event organisers are very reliable I join the bazaar organise by them last year July .After collecting money they email you a layout to choose your stall and contact numbers are provided.They are in the bazaar to help you to settle down before they go off.I had a bad sale in the bazaar but I think is safe to join bazaar organise by them.

KawaiiKingdom

Joined too. Not bad. They did things quite nice. I like. Just suay that the event not much crowd. A lot of problems with an event company call LL EVENT, reported police and etc and I got the money back. They did something like Bazaar Indulgence.

Hence in the end joined calamine.

Regards,
Takeshi

sweetcoff

me too had a v bad experience wt bazaar indulgence at toa payoh safra.. worst case so far in my 1 yr of doing bazaars. was promised 2x2m space but it was far too cramped. then they say e space is including walking space btw stalls!!! they were not around to help settle everyone n only came to collect balance payment from some vendors n issue receipts (about half hr in total). some people tried calling them but they wouldn't answer their phones saying they were driving. 2nd day quite a few vendors would rather forfeit e rental n not turn up to do biz..

prettydress

The more I think the more I felt this organiser is not reliable,usually after paying an honest organiser they will email you a layout to choose your stall .Who pay first who will got to choose a good location,but this organiser do not have a layout keep on telling me first come first serve, already felt not alright.I thought how are they going allot the stall to vendors it will be a chaos everybody will be dashing to get a good location.

Later email me with a big red cap change date 16th /17th and confirmed,2 days before the bazaar emailed me say cancelled because Far East Org.does not want to lease to them.
I knew they are lying how can a organiser without securing a place with a contract and dare to collect money from public ,this is call cheating.
Far East Org.will not do such a thing once you rent their place they want you to sign a contract and pay them and they will honour the contract.,Why I know because previously I am their tenant.
Is easier to check with Far East Org.whether this organiser rent the place in Far East Plaza on 24th/25th January.

I think this organiser did not lease the venue in Far East plaza,they collected the money first than later tell you change date and later last minute cancelled
and keep asking you to take other alternative venues.

Some vendors have no choice take up other venues because the organiser refuse to refund.For me is not only the $160 is the thousand over dollars of stock I bought to sell in the bazaar because the date is quite near to CNY maybe can make some money there.
I told them if they refuse to refund $160 when I take action against them it will be more then the $160.Immediately one hour later they make a refund,those can bully they will bully but not me.

minimeme

Hi, I'm one of the vendors who has yet to receive my refund of $160 from Bazaar Indulgence. Hope this is the right thread to post in.

Could someone please enlighten me, last week's flea was cancelled, yet they are holding another event this weekend and NOT refunding vendors?? (came across this info through google):

BAZAAR INDULGENCE
Event: Bazaar Indulgence
Date: 23-24th January 2010
Time: 11am to 9.30pm
Venue: Far East Plaza Atrium
Booth Rental: S$160
Contact: admin@urbanentertainmentasia.com