From Chinahighlights ，here's the story
Wow, Beijing is really impressive very nice and educational for my children ....
My family joined Super Travel & visited Shanghai & Beijing between 14/11 to 21/11 2009
In Beijing but a lot of our tour members spent thousands of S$ at 同X堂 to purchase after
their so called free diagnosis...also at silk factory outlet claimed their silk is 4th generation silk all
APEC delegate wore their silk dress during APEC in Beijing their is
冰丝 can last for life no dustmite。
also we visited the jewellery shop 龙宝轩（LongBaoXuan) in Beijing near the Bird Nest our tour guide claimed the shop owner donated 8 million RMB
to Olympic project and 6 million RMB to 四川地震. We met up the partner of the shop( 林岩，泰国华侨) he spoke extremely slow and soft in Mandarin and their staff told us his boss seldom come to the shop ,today, it is consider a surprise visit because he heard there are guests from Singapore visiting his shop.He personally welcome us at the same time announced to us this morning his wife in Beijing just gave birth to a pair of twins son, he was so delighted his 1st twin is 2.6kg but the 2nd twin was born under weight only 1.3 kg and his fong shui master advised him in order to overcome this obstacle he must gather 9,999 Chinese to bless for his 2nd son and he decided to give 28( our tour group) each one piece of round jade coin (he told us he supply jewellry to SK Jewellry in Singapore it worth about S$100 and requested us promise him we will not re-sell this jade coin or give away this jade coin to friend ) in exchage for our blessing to his son so everyone give their blessing to his son and so surprise and happy to receive the free gift ....on going round the shop he said today he has not intention to do business due to arrival of his new born twins becuase he doesn't want to earn our money ...& explained to us how to assess good jade & use used the white jade bead to cut one piece of glass into two ...soon he announced he will let go the white jade necklace at RMB200/- per chain(abt 15 inches) everyone thought it was a bargain . Everyone trusted him so much and after tour around his shop he further announced that he decided to give a bigger discount onl selling all items at cost plus workmaship to everyone who like to purchase the jewellery, soon everyone rushed to pick their items the discount was up to 80-90% can compare to 秀水 街（Silk Street Pearl Market) bargain.
and my wife got excited and under the impulsive mood also bought a blue sapphire ear ring/ring/pendant set( in total about 20 carats) price at RMB 8,000 + and now discounted to S$500/-Mr Lin Yan claimed it is Sari lanka origin with quality certificate .I thought we got a bargain but came back to Singapore I showed to my friend in jewellery trade he told me it is Thai origin not Sri Lanka at all and very dark blue worth the most S$2-300 per set . After we settled the payment Mr Lin asked for my phone no. and exchange his to me and say he like to make friend with me and invited me and my wife to his VIP room and asked what is my religion I told him we are Catholic and he ask his stuff bring out one large blue sapphire pendant with a cross on it ( approx 90 carats) he told us this piece worth 77,000 RMB but today because his got a pairs of twin son he is very happy and decided to give us a very special irresistible discount to RMB8,000/- and I told him the colour of the sapphire is not blue very dark , Mr replied not to worry asked we better grap it as this pendant is very rare rank top10 in the world and my wife thought it is a bargain and decided to buy I took out my visa card reluctantly. Again my jewellery expert friend in Singapore told me this 2nd piece worth less than S$300/- . This is really eye opening for an experience chemicals trader like myself. I really dun believe a charitable person and using blessing of his twin son to tell his sales story and conned us.
Do you have any comment on our encounter? Do you aware of this shop and the owner林岩 reputation in Beijing?
Can someone stop them continue using this unethical sales tactic? are they illegal?
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