Online Shopping

I finally got my package from Brando!

 

Last month, I bought an HTC HD7 from Hong Kong on the cheap. After reading a lot of tourists’ horror stories, I staunchly resisted the store owner’s upsell—extra batteries, chargers and screen protectors—only to find out, upon returning here, that local electronic shops don’t carry HD7 accessories yet.

As with previous HTC devices I owned, the HD7’s battery life is pretty bad. So I ordered a 1500mAh battery (the stock HTC battery is only 1230mAh) and a device dock with a slot for the second battery. Total bill is about PHP2,300.00 (shipping is free).

I finally got the notice from the post office last week that my order has already arrived. Included with the notice is a pamphlet about “duties and taxes” which I may be required to pay. A quick perusal of the same, however, shows that the information contained therein is pretty inaccurate.

To cut the long story short, I was able to claim my parcel without any hassle and without paying  “duties and taxes.”

On another note, I want to go back to Hong Kong.

Table hunting

Went table hunting with Diane before going home. She’s got a new Mac Book Pro and her old desk just won’t cut it. Earlier today, I searched the web for possible places where we could buy Diane’s desk because last month, when I was table hunting myself, the SM-Parksquare-Glorietta area proved to be poor hunting grounds. My search did not provide satisfactory results.

Three weeks ago, Diane saw cheap tables at the supermarket in SM Marikina, so we initally visited the SM Makati supermarket. After a brief survey of the area, we decided to ask a guard, who , eventually directed us to go to the 4th floor.

On to the furniture section.

After about 8 minutes of comparison, Diane decided to get a PVC-laminated desk (she calls it “faker kahoy”)  priced at P2,999.00. Remembering the difficulty I had last month when I discovered the the instructions included by the manufacturer in the table I bought was for an entirely different model, I asked Furnline (I swear, that’s how he introduced himself to us), the guy who assisted us, whether or not they could assemble the table already and whether it will fit the back area of Diane’s Montero.

Long story short, we got the table and I just learned that Parksquare 1 has 8 levels!