All About Luggage

[tankee]

MMM:

...My hubby bought a hardcover Samsonite for our honeymoon (11 yrs back). Those hardcover and it's still very solid. So I really associate Samsonite with reliability.

must be the Oyster Case series ....

I have one, survived many overseas trips, many scratches, but still hardy.

[tankee]

Yong HL:

thanks tankee..

i asked before, the trade in promo is only for specific range - the black ones.. i passed by the suntec branch yesterday and i no longer see the promo lei.... considered before but still err.. thinking then...

I last saw the advert sign was last Friday 19.03.10 at Samsonite shop at IMM.

yes, specific range, but i recall 2-3 colours and 2 sizes available. well at least that was what available at the start of the promotion.

[tankee]

MMM:

...I think it really depends on your needs. Eg. are you a frequent traveller. If so, it's good to get a Samsonite. If you are only going to use it once a year then do reconsider.


Yes agree on the light weight. This is very true if you are buying lots of stuff and there is a weight limitation. If the luggage itself is already so heavy then what else..... .

I agreed on the weight factor.

Personally, I preferred hardy suitcases. I do not want to risk the suitcase breaking down on me while I am on a trip, worst while being loaded / unloaded from the plane. I have seen people wrapping their broken suitcase with tapes at the airport.

[outsider]

My luggage’s rubber wheels were damaged. Any recommendation for repair shop? Thanks in advance

[MMM]

outsider:

My luggage's rubber wheels were damaged. Any recommendation for repair shop? Thanks in advance

For Samsonite, the repair centre is at Plaza Singapura. I do see another shop at Shaw Shopping centre that repairs luggage as well. But I've no idea how much it cost. Have you tried those yellow pages?

[outsider]

trying to get recommendations from the forum first b4 using other sources.

Thanks MMM.

[corneyAmber]

outsider:

My luggage's rubber wheels were damaged. Any recommendation for repair shop? Thanks in advance

I came across this ad many years ago and my husband had his leather shoes repaired by them. Since then, I have recommended them to quite a number of friends and all came back satisfied.

Haha, I sound like a salewoman, but no, not related to them and of course, no commission involved! :lol:

http://www.mirrco.com.sg/

[MMM]

tankee:

I do not want to risk the suitcase breaking down on me while I am on a trip, worst while being loaded / unloaded from the plane. I have seen people wrapping their broken suitcase with tapes at the airport.

Just wanted to share this.

We bought a delsey luggage during the warehouse sale last year. Pil brought the luggage for their China trip last year. Hubby brought it to the US recently and he was supposed to do many transits in between and we were supposed to meet in Korea right after his US trip.

On his arrival in US..... the luggage actually tore :x I happened to be in US (different parts) at that time with our samsonite. As I will be going back to Spore before meeting him in Korea, we decided that he need the bigger delsey luggage. It was really terrible.... Yes, they had to tape it. Fortunately, we have the habit of bringing extra folder bags. So he actually packed all his stuff into the extra bag and then pack the bag into the torn luggage. I saw the torn bag in Korea.

Couldn't believe the quality. My samsonite survived many trips with me but this delsey only lasted 2 trips. Told hubby that we will stick to samsonite for good. It's not a pleasant experience to be stranded overseas with a torn luggage.

[Pen88n]

MMM:

tankee:

I do not want to risk the suitcase breaking down on me while I am on a trip, worst while being loaded / unloaded from the plane. I have seen people wrapping their broken suitcase with tapes at the airport.

Just wanted to share this.

We bought a delsey luggage during the warehouse sale last year. Pil brought the luggage for their China trip last year. Hubby brought it to the US recently and he was supposed to do many transits in between and we were supposed to meet in Korea right after his US trip.

On his arrival in US..... the luggage actually tore :x I happened to be in US (different parts) at that time with our samsonite. As I will be going back to Spore before meeting him in Korea, we decided that he need the bigger delsey luggage. It was really terrible.... Yes, they had to tape it. Fortunately, we have the habit of bringing extra folder bags. So he actually packed all his stuff into the extra bag and then pack the bag into the torn luggage. I saw the torn bag in Korea.

Couldn't believe the quality. My samsonite survived many trips with me but this delsey only lasted 2 trips. Told hubby that we will stick to samsonite for good. It's not a pleasant experience to be stranded overseas with a torn luggage.

Looks like Delsey's quality not so good now. I've an old Delsey bag with me (>15 years old). It is still in good usable condition, and it has travelled with me on countless business and family trips. Though it doesn't look very big, it is very roomy and able to put in a lot of things. We had trips whereby we sat on top of it to close it due to the amount of shopping we have done. Only thing is it looks old as it has scratches all over.

I also had a samsonite, but I regretted buying it as it cannot hold as much things. I learned that it is better for luggage bag to be \"deep\" (so it can hold more), vs those which is \"half-depth\" and the cover provides for the other \"half-depth\" - those can hardly hold much. Maybe I will go for Samsonite trade-in to get another \"deeper\" luggage.

[tankee]

Delsey's quality is so bad now? :shock: :shock:


Since you had just bought it recently, it should be under warranty. Do bring it back and get it exchanged & see what the Delsey people say.