empire rose sale and deals too good to be true

When deals sound too good to be true then they are, right?

Deal 1 (no deal): I've been looking for a full frame DSLR (i.e. Nikon D700 or D3). Last night, while I was browsing eBay half asleep I came across an unbelievable deal. One eBay seller claimed that she was selling D3 for less than $2,000 AUD as supposed to the usual price of $6,500 AUD. You'd think that's a scam right off the bet. Well, I didn't. You see..I can be very gullible. As I really wanted that particular model, I wanted to believe that it was true. I sent the seller an email asking various questions. Basically, she had five units of D3 and she is not that greedy blah blah. She even had a feedback rating of 99%. There was six hours left to go for the bidding to end and it was nearly midnight. I didn't believe I could make any kind of offer so I went to sleep. Looking back I think it was totally stupid but I thought that could be a real deal?! After having a lousy night sleep, I went to work sheepishly. It was a good thing that I talked to my buddy Hiep who told me that the kind of scams were rampant on eBay. Specially those don't take regular biddings and asking to transfer money via Western Union are to be avoided at all cost. That woke me up. Although I wanted to believe, it was too good to be true. I would never find out if it was a genuine deal or not but I can be sure that I won't be losing $2000 AUD for a camera that may not arrive.

my dream kit: Nikon D3 with 70-200mm VR F2.8{photos from www.kenrockwell.com} These are not cheap. Handsome 10K.. I could buy quite a few WendyB's jewellery for that price.

Deal 2 (real deal): empire rose is a West Australian(WA) label designed and made in Fremantle in WA*. I absolutely adore all of the designs from ER and some of you have already seen the winter 08 collection in C'est si belle some time ago. The only issue is that everything from ER is out of my price range. Imagine the joy I had when I received a mail announcing a outlet sale. Knowing how expensive garments can be I was rather dubious at first but I did score three fabulous shirts and a pair of trousers. Shirts usually go for $375 each but I got them for $75 each. The trousers were a sample design so there was no original price tag but knowing what it is I can guess that it would have easily been between $300 and $400. I paid $50. Real deal? Hell ya.

Empire Rose Studio, 10 Elder Place, Fremantle WA 6959 Phone: (08) 9433 6781 Fax: (08) 9433 6782

I'm in no shape to dress up and pose for you so these will have to do for today. The pin tuck shirt looks fab on me!

empire rose has some incredibly beautiful sheer dresses, ruffled tops, great basic items and unusual designs which I tried all but couldn't buy as I couldn't face going bankrupt over clothes.

*I could have said Perth but people in Freo will kill me for it. Freo is a port town which is about 20 minutes out of the Perth CBD.