HotProfile™: Tick Tock

Hi, I would like to know if you still sell Brother sewing machines. I bought one from Tamuning store 26 years ago, and it still works, however, we had to leave it in Palau when we came back to Guam.

Here’s the run down, Tick Tock is a general electronic store. They service companies looking for electronic office supplies, like cash registers/paper, labelers, calculators, home phones, office phones etc. they also stock a large array of handheld cameras (point and shoot), as well as DSLRs and video equiptment (sorry no surveillance equiptment)in an array of brands; Sony, Canon, Olympus, and the occassional Nikon are stocked, with accessories, i.e. batteries, chargers, cords, and tripods. Aside from that they carry one of the largest (if not largest i’ve seen) stock of flat screen TVs on Guam. Apple products, Coby products, Laptops, sewing machines, mp3 players, cd players, home theatre systems, wall mounts, Car Audio equiptment, alarm clocks, and much more is also available.

A lot of people have complaints about the prices. What some people fail to recognize is that the mark up margin for electronic items are usually a lot higher than other necessities like food or clothing. If I could make a suggestion it would be this, alot quality and care are put into bringing these items together, and the prices reflect their manufacturers. buying an acer laptop made in china is always going to be cheaper than a sony laptop made in japan..get it? I hope that people remember, you get what you buy, so if you’re going to spend 50bucks on a camera and expect HD quality and other special features, you’re pretty much asking for champagne on a beer budget.

shopping online is always an option, however, coming to this store to spot and test items to buy online is not welcome. A lot of people get annoyed when a sales rep doesn’t seem to want to help them if their motivation to purchase lies elsewhere. Keep that in mind and Happy shopping!:)

I just went to Tick Tock. I was looking for a point and shoot Canon camera. The manager was rude and the store is extremely over priced. I whispered a comment to my friend about how much amazon was selling the same camera, and he immediately turned into an asshole and said I was wasting his time because I wasn’t going to buy anything from the store. He then didn’t want to show me any cameras. When he asked about my budget I said that for the right camera I don’t have a budget. However, because I needed to find out which companies made underwater housings for the Canon cameras, he told me that Canon didn’t have any housings for the model. I told him that I wanted to check with Ikelite to see if they had a housing and for which Canon models. He was rude. I asked about a spare battery for my Canon 60D… $100. I can get the same one from Canon online for $40 something. He was rude and has no personal skills. I asked him if he wanted me to leave his store and he said, well if you’re not going to buy anything then why am I wasting my time showing you any cameras. I had $3000 to spend and I will never go to that store again. He just lost a customer.

The last time I was at Tick Tock was March of last year. I was looking for batteries for my cordless GE phone all over Guam and I found it at Tick Tock.

Did I not look hard enough in the other stores or could it be that only Tick Tock stock the GD-501? I prefer to think the latter, but there is no way of proving it.

Keep up the good stocks Tick Tock!!

Kino S. Ruben
Chuuk, FSMicronesia

Great Buys and I think the user below might not be able to read a receipt; I enjoyed my shopping there. They walked me through buying a new camera after four years of struggling with trying to use one. Greatly suggest for your camera needs!

– Michelle Bark, 60 yrs.
From Boston, MA

This is a general electronic store for Guam. They also do electronic repair as well.