Suckered!
Last Wednesday (30th August) I had to leave work early because I felt really ill. I felt uncomfortable the whole morning in the office. I was feeling weak and cold. Couldn't stand it anymore so I took off to the nearest clinic where I spent an hour for the slowpoke clinic (Clinic Medic... must remember to avoid them next time) to be done with me. The doctor was slow and unfriendly and the nurses took their god damned sweet time to dispense the medicine. All this and I paid RM58, for a simple flu case! I took my MC back to the office and took my leave. Had lunch with ST before going back home to rest.
Later that evening I met up with ST again. We had an appointment with Ivory Romance to view the photos we took the other day. I think they turned out well. Not every picture was a winner but we managed a decent selection.
Our package originally was for 21 1oR sized photos in a simple photo album without any digital touchups. However the guy who spoke to us really managed to hard sell the design album. What's a design album? Well it's basically an album in which your pictures are nicely composited by computers. Some of the effects are quite stunning. Plus they also do better touch ups for you.
I think most people opt at first for the cheaper package without design then on the day they come to view their pictures Ivory Romance throws the hook with bait attached. The bait here is quite interesting. They take a few of your pictures and create rough mockups of the design album for you. I don't know if the other couples that day got pulled in but I was really attracted. Sigh...
Obviously we had to fork out additional money!!! We also upsized our room sized portraits and chose the print on canvas option so we had to pay an additional RM2,000+ for it. Is it worth the money? I hope so. We'll know when we see the "designed" pictures.
