The thing is, it says she KNEW other stores sold them for $300. Who the hell pays 8x what they know other people are charging? I guess they tried to scam her into thinking the other ones were black market or something? I still wouldn't pay that much without first going to the other guys and looking more closely.

Yes, scamming people is bad, but it's at least partly her own fault.

Are you kidding me? If you'd done as little as one minute of research (Wikipedia search, anyone?), you'd come to the conclusion that Singapore is no third world country. She was likely reasonably well educated - just not well versed in technology, similar to how you're not well versed in, say, knowledge of foreign countries.

Which is what I was referring to. Did I ever once say she was living in some one-room hut cooking gruel on a pot suspended over a fire? I was saying that it wasn't likely she would have known what the hell the salesman was talking about. If you would hop off your "lololol I KNOWZ ABOUT ASIA LOL!" e-penis boosting train of thought you may have considered that people other than you happen to, you know, know things.

that's what you were referring to? the context of your original comment doesnt come off that way, "It's Singapore. I doubt she's terribly well educated. I don't know how she got that money though o.0" So you say its in Singapore, then you doubt she's well educated without a qualifier and then you question her income or financial status..
Sounds like an ignorant comment to me..

Oh, please. Who do you think you're fooling?. You assumed that the woman was both uneducated and poor because, well, "it's Singapore." Just man up, admit that someone caught you in a spoke-too-soon-about-something-I-knew-nothing-about moment, and create a new user account to save yourself the future embarassment. And yes, many people know about Asia, just not you, evidentally.

As a person who LIVES in Singapore, I can assure you, this woman was most likely a very well educated person. The country has a stellar educational system, and is one of the cleanest and most technologically advanced cities on the planet.

As for Lucky Plaza, I can see why this would happen there because several of those stores to deal in some rather shady business Before the crackdown on piracy here, that used to be THE place for fake Game Boy games, illegal software, and pirated DVDs. Other locations in Singapore have far more trustworthy service.

She was what, 41? That's your god damned explanation. There IS civilization outside the USA, believe it or not (and they don't have to pay for college).

As a lady born and raised in Singapore, i'd like to educate YOU and say that education is made compulsory by the law and that the woman in the article is most likely educated. Yes, we're an island nation but we're also a developed country with no trillion-dollar debt (unlike the states) and yes, we can speak English. I, for one, can say i speak English better than many Americans (I live in L.A. now and everyone's surprised at my fluency in the English language). We're not your typical 3rd-world or developing Asian country. Look up Singapore and maybe you'd learn a thing or 2 about how advanced our infrastructure and technology are. Sure, the woman in the article isn't very IT-savvy, but to say "It's Singapore. I doubt she's terribly well educated", displays your ignorance and lack of education.

Not really, no.

Hey Ben, you know something? I'd really like to preserve the name of my country and all that shit but what you said really fucking ticks me off. The fact that you stated "It's Singapore" really pisses me off. So can I ask you something jerkwad? Have you been to Singapore? Have you conversed with Singporeans? Have you in any way been related to a Singaporean? Who the fuck are you to describe another one's country as an ineducated state, if you say no, then wtf was up with the "not really, no". You uncaring incoherent cock mucher, in the end it does not boil down to a arguement of the civility of a nation it's a fucking talk about your cold ass attitude to the outside world if you simply assume the rest of the world is like that then I'd like to see what kind of background you've hail from. Your life must've simply comprised of people living in a fucking barrier, potemkin bitch. No country is fucking perfect but Singapore does no comprise of a bunch of retarded old people, and I'll give you that, if you can't even get that into your head then shut the fuck up, stop judging people by their country and fuck off. By the way you talk it sounds like your country comprises of whining adolescents and bunch of motromouthed IT-savvy judgemental bastards. How does that sound? Just because one 41 year old lady gets scammed for a psp doesn't mean they all fucking pay 1000 for it. It's a fucking global thing getting scammed, just ask your self how man old ladies in your country have been scammed for shit.

A ton of them have? Well. Post succesful. Massive trolling achieved. I bet my friend 10 bucks I couldn't get my comment chain this long. Awesome.

"She went back to ths store and demanded a refund -- but she agreed to pay $1000."

She already was informed that she was being ripped off but still agreed to buy it for $1000. But if she tried to get a refund and they didn't pay her back, then she could complain.