DBS Treasures benefit?

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Check out the (weekend) crowd and the profiles hanging out at the lounge, you will have a new meaning to exclusivity.
 

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Bank lounge got free newspapers, drinks & biscuits. No wine, OCBC HQ lounge got wine.

Airport KF lounge no more access in April.

the airport one is a major turn off....

dun see newspaper and cookies.... heard many old ppl always go one...
 

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Don't understand.. people who qualify for these are rich (or at least fairly well to do), why do they need to go to the bank lounge to squeeze with others?
Cannot afford Starbucks ($8) at most? Even if they go twice a week, it's still less than $100 per month. Some students spend even more than that on coffee. Really mind boggling.
 

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Don't understand.. people who qualify for these are rich (or at least fairly well to do), why do they need to go to the bank lounge to squeeze with others?
Cannot afford Starbucks ($8) at most? Even if they go twice a week, it's still less than $100 per month. Some students spend even more than that on coffee. Really mind boggling.

rich people know how to scrimp & save, that's how they became rich

i prefer kopi-o kosong di lo $0.80
 

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Don't understand.. people who qualify for these are rich (or at least fairly well to do), why do they need to go to the bank lounge to squeeze with others?
Cannot afford Starbucks ($8) at most? Even if they go twice a week, it's still less than $100 per month. Some students spend even more than that on coffee. Really mind boggling.
at least you are honest when you say you don't understand the thinking of rich people..

most get rich from all the scrimping and saving even till the cents.. then dump all these savings in the thousands into dividend stocks just to get back a few dollars and get laugh at by others who doesn't understand the power of savings and compounding interest..

by the time they are 40-50+ years old.. they are mostly already retired and visiting lounges of all the HNW clubs and banks and traveling the world and still drinking $0.80 kopi and chasing all their RMs for free calendar at the end of the year and buttloads of free CNY red packets while those that laugh at them 30 years ago are still living paycheck to paycheck while drinking their expensive $8 Starbucks thinking when can they withdraw their CPF money..

hard truth. :(

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I'm just simply asking a qns cos if that's indeed the new waiver requirement, it might be applied to all existing members as well. So I will need to trade more frequently to qualify for waiver. What's the Knn for?

Knn. Big small eyes.
 

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So any summalee for benefit? Can just walk in to drink coffee and eat? How to say that to the cso at the entrance?
 

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Don't understand.. people who qualify for these are rich (or at least fairly well to do), why do they need to go to the bank lounge to squeeze with others?
Cannot afford Starbucks ($8) at most? Even if they go twice a week, it's still less than $100 per month. Some students spend even more than that on coffee. Really mind boggling.

that is how to be rich....
 

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So any summalee for benefit? Can just walk in to drink coffee and eat? How to say that to the cso at the entrance?

just have to sign in and say u are there to take a break... they dun bother ask more... if u see a pretty RM, of cos u can be interested to buy a product or 2 from her too, well i did that~
 

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Don't understand.. people who qualify for these are rich (or at least fairly well to do), why do they need to go to the bank lounge to squeeze with others?
Cannot afford Starbucks ($8) at most? Even if they go twice a week, it's still less than $100 per month. Some students spend even more than that on coffee. Really mind boggling.

It's very simple: you can take a guy out of Singapore, but you can't take the Singapore out of him. The term "yao kui" fits very well. I've see similar behaviour among those who go to AGMs.


Another thing, some of us may scrimp to save money, but we don't do so by engaging in shameless harvesting of freebies.
 

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just have to sign in and say u are there to take a break... they dun bother ask more... if u see a pretty RM, of cos u can be interested to buy a product or 2 from her too, well i did that~

Holland villange branch any lounge with food and drinks?

I'll try "take a break". Any other reasons to say?

Can bring family in?
 

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just have to sign in and say u are there to take a break... they dun bother ask more... if u see a pretty RM, of cos u can be interested to buy a product or 2 from her too, well i did that~

Holland villange branch any lounge with food and drinks?

I'll try "take a break". Any other reasons to say?

Can bring family in?
you don't need to sign in and inform anyone you are there to take a break??

I mean the main banking hall for Holland V closes at 4.30pm on weekdays, but the lounge is open until 9pm.. you expect banking staff or even RMs to be there from 4.30pm till 9pm to take your attendance and serve you beverages?? :s13:

just use your treasures/treasures private/private bank debit card and scan at the entrance and the door will unlock already..

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that is how to be rich....

That's bullsh*t.. you don't get rich by saving $100 more per month. You get rich by making $10000 more per month.
I go to Starbucks regularly because it's a nice place to chill and get stuff done (plus I love the nitro cold brew), hitting gold membership soon, but I also save 70% of my salary. The effort to go all the way there, to enjoy free coffee etc could be better spent to generate more $. Plus, Starbucks coffee is definitely better than that free coffee crap.
 

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All the benefit of Treasuers members will be slowly taken away, now they removed the access to SQ lounge wef April, next they willl reduce the lounge in the city as I see is getting crowded....
 

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All the benefit of Treasuers members will be slowly taken away, now they removed the access to SQ lounge wef April, next they willl reduce the lounge in the city as I see is getting crowded....

Give and take.
I only hope they don't take the minimum trading comms away, otherwise I see no point liao.
 

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I think all depend on what you are looking for, for me as frequent travel the access to lounge is very good for me.

I dun trade so that won’t make a different for me.

Give and take.
I only hope they don't take the minimum trading comms away, otherwise I see no point liao.
 

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I think all depend on what you are looking for, for me as frequent travel the access to lounge is very good for me.

I dun trade so that won’t make a different for me.
but tbh the kf gold lounge is like worse than coffee shop leh... :( any PP lounge at changi is better than the kf gold lounge..

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That is quite true, it is like fish market sometime, initially they let all Treasurer members to use, them few month ago they limit to 30 pax per day. Now they totally removed the privilege.

Just opposite the kf lounge there is one DBS treasure Asia lounge for Asia Treasuer member only but I can see inside is always under utilized, dun understand why they dun open it for all DBS Treasures member.

but tbh the kf gold lounge is like worse than coffee shop leh... :( any PP lounge at changi is better than the kf gold lounge..

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That is quite true, it is like fish market sometime, initially they let all Treasurer members to use, them few month ago they limit to 30 pax per day. Now they totally removed the privilege.

Just opposite the kf lounge there is one DBS treasure Asia lounge for Asia Treasuer member only but I can see inside is always under utilized, dun understand why they dun open it for all DBS Treasures member.

reason is too many Treasures members will turn it into a fish market
 
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