its just weird that one has to queue before even knowing what the heck is on offer

granted the fact that its the first chain in Singapore, and opened with much fanfare, the shop was seriously miserably small as observed from the OUTSIDE

yet, there were like long queues of people who I feel most just wanted to have a look at what’s on offer

Mum wanted to bring me to get a pair of jeans, but the long queue totally killed every shopping mood we have

The least they could have done was to offer shoppers catalogues for those who just wanted to know what they sell!

It’s really one of those consumerism tricks. They make you queue for long time, then it makes you feel compelled to buy something at least after all you have ‘queued for several hours’.

And to be honest, the complaints against Tampines 1 are coming in seemingly faster than the praise.

Everyone looked forward to it, but barely less then a day since it opened, the Straits Times carried interviews with disgruntled shoppers and tenants who are upset with parking slots.

I for one felt the 203 slots made available was a big joke.

Tampines Mall and fellow Mall Chain of Asia Malls, Century Square, had excess of 600 parking slots, and yet, it was already not enough for the shoppers of these 2 malls.

Add a third mall, and add at the very least another 5000 shoppers a day? 203 parking slots for both shop tenants and shoppers is way too little.

Moreover, it seems to me T1 has a lot of high end boutiques and pretty good restaurants.

Didn't they see the need for parking slots?

But that’s besides the point.

Queuing to enter a shop may be evident during big sales at places like EXPO or Suntec. But in a mall, I don’t see the need, and it killed the shopping mood when they said this “Yes you have to queue to enter” without a single smile or whatsoever.

Its just crazy.