i just found out that rock records has intelligently allowed exclusive distribution of a mayday music video album (limited edition some more, i think) to a chinatown cd shop - visma. not that i have anything against them, in fact, i’ll probably buy all my albums from them if not for the frequency i visit chinatown. they’ve got terrific service from all the friendly uncles and aunties in the store, staff who know about everything you want to ask (although i’ve only asked them a few tricky questions on mayday albums), an amazing collection of albums dating back to dinosaur age and one of the best prices on the island.

problem is, all my marketing tutors said that the right product has to be sold to the right people at the right place at the right time at the right price. well, all of the factors are there - except location. chinatown leh! where got people frequent chinatown like they frequent orchard or bugis or jurong point or tampines mall etc etc etc. yah lah, this chinatown store is visited by tonnes of mayday fans, but then can’t they be more friendly to the masses?

wah liao, i just visited chinatown for dim sum a few weeks ago, now i got to make a trip down again. just for the damn album. exams period leh!

ugh, this kind of things irritate me to the core. got to spare some time from my one week study slot to go down and get it. the time factor isn’t the worst, it’s that consumers like me are extremely lazy and hate to take public transport when going out, whether it’s to jurong east or changi.

lucky shit for the record company it’s mayday we’re talking about here, otherwise i won’t even consider buying it.

last thing: there better be stock when i get down there. or i’m gonna be an incredibly irritated and whiny consumer.