Our Wedding Package (long post!)

Dear and I went to the wedding fair at Suntec today. Before we went, we said that we will be treating this as a comparison to Penang's bridal package, and we wont be signing anything. First we walked around all the ~19 booths, ALL of them were like playing prey and predator games, jumping straight in front of us and started pulling us close to them to talk about their packages. We walked passed all and finally got out to buy our tickets to Sherlock Holmes.

We went back to the wedding fair, wondering which one should we start first, and aimed to "complete" our comparison tasks by comparing at least half the number of booths there.. So we started on the one that I took an interest with... and that was when we put both our feet into the grave....

They started by showing us lots and lots of albums on their photography skills and gowns.. then came the discussion of the package part, where they auto-slash their prices for us, throwing us a lot of FOCs (that are quite standard).. but the most impt thing is the number of poses and pages of albums they are giving us... In the end, they sorta force-sell to us and we had to make a decision on the spot. I called my sis and ZX for help, asking about their packages they took last time.. and dear called his buddy to inquire as well.. in the end, all price were about the same.. and the only thing left was the decision to sign or not to sign. We seriously wanted to leave for another to compare.. but the sales person used up ALL her persuasive powers to psycho us.. she left us and gave some time for us alone to talk about and dear did some breakdown...

Most important if we are signing the package, I need to LIKE their gowns, which I did. I didnt gave much comments, leaving dear to decide. The only comment I think I said was the package given to us was quite standard, and I like their gowns. So I think somehow, somewhere, dear knew that there's not much difference in getting the package over here and Penang, probably just a few hundreds bucks difference... so we signed. Tadahh~~~ $$$ gone. Without comparision. Just from 1 shop. That's it.

It's worrying coz after we signed and left the booth, sis called and mentioned there were some bad comments about the bridal studio from the forum.. but too late. we SIGNED. that left our hearts hanging while we were watching the movie. We were afraid to have made a wrong decision. A haste decision.

Anyway, my consolation was probably, or definitely saving a lot of time and convenience about the leaves I need to take and the traveling fees (although dear still doesnt think so). Anyway, I feel much better, seriously, taking the package from singapore... although i tried to put it behind my mind when I agreed to give Penang a chance when we initially discussed about pre-wedding shoots. It's funny, in the end, I have the package from local. I wonder if dear regretted suggesting to go for the wedding show, coz I didnt know about it until he told me. hee.

Oh, I forgot to mention, my package was from Z wedding, with Chris Ling photography. I got a free photo album (that the sales person said it costs $800) upon signing. That's all I think.