Friday, August 26, 2011

Is this How Globe Telecoms Looks at Loyalty?

True story.

My wife went to a Globe outlet in a mall and talked to the customer service personnel on getting her Iphone 4 unit based on her loyalty points.

Yes, there were available units that day. Guess what? They can't give her any of those units as those units were allocated ONLY for walk-in new subscribers.

I understand that part. But in marketing 101, it takes you more than 10 times the cost acquire a new customer than to service a loyal one. So how come they don't have stocks for loyal customers in their branches?  Shocking indeed!

Hey Aissa, can you sound off your clients? There's something a-miss here.

Cheers all!



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Homer Nievera
Business Development. Digital Marketing. Social Media.
http://homernievera.net

My Samsung Series 5 LCD Quit!

What a crappy sales pitch...and a crappy product!

My Samsung 40-inch LCD Series 5 Full HD TV (model# LA40B530P7RXXP, serial# AZ8F3DG5400026V) simply quit on me last weekend.

In their sales pitch at Automatic Center in Alabang where I bought it, they said the LCD screen's life is at least 10 years. Guess what?!? It conked out in less than 2 years! WTF?!?

So there we went to the authorized Samsung service center, Lenwon Electronics, to have it repaired. Surprise! Surprise! It will cost me at least twenty thousand pesos! You gotta be kidding. That's the cost of a brand new 40-inch LG LCD!!!

Hey Samsung guys, you gotta do something about your crappy service and your crappy product!

p.s. notice the exclamation marks in this entry)





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Homer Nievera
Business Development. Digital Marketing. Social Media.
http://homernievera.net

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Warning Warning against new carnapping modus

THIS PERTAINS TO EVERYONE--MEN INCLUDED.

Warning..!!!! Warning....!!!!

Just last weekend on Friday night we parked in a public parking area. As we drove away I noticed a sticker on the rear window of the car. When I took it off after I got home, it was a receipt for gas. Luckily my friend told me not to stop as it could be someone waiting for me to get out of the car . Then we received this email yesterday:

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"Warning from Police"

THIS APPLIES TO BOTH WOMEN AND MEN BEWARE OF PAPER ON THE BACK WINDOW OF YOUR VEHICLE--
NEW WAY TO DO CARJACKINGS (NOT A JOKE)

Heads up everyone! Please, keep this circulating. You walk across the parking lot, unlock your car and get inside. You start the engine and shift into Reverse.

When you look into the rearview mirror to back out of your parking space, you notice a piece of paper stuck to the middle of the rear window So, you shift into Park, unlock your doors, and jump out of your car to remove that paper (or whatever it is) that is obstructing your view. When you reach the back of your car, that is when the carjackers appear out of nowhere, jump into your car and take off. They practically mow you down as they speed off in your car.

And guess what, ladies? I bet your purse is still in the car.

So now the carjacker has your car, your home address, your money, and your keys. Your home and your whole identity arenow compromised!

BEWARE OF THIS NEW SCHEME THAT IS NOW BEING USED.

If you see a piece of paper stuck to your back window, just drive away. Remove the paper later. And be thankful that you read this e-mail. I hope you will forward this to friends and family, especially to women. A purse contains all kinds of personal information and identification documents, and you certainly do NOT want this to fall into the wrong hands.

Please keep this going and tell all your friends.

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

The Medvedev Girls

Source: Business Insider 
No one knows exactly what to expect from next year's Russian presidential election.
Sources have been saying that Vladimir Putin is mulling a return to the presidency, while Dimitry Medvedev himself has recently been looking increasingly independent of his mentor.
More importantly, a response to the mysterious "Putin's Army" has been found -- the "Medvedev Girls" (h/t Miriam Elder).
Apparently affiliated with the group "Medvedev - Our President", the girls are planning to meet on August 4 to show their support for Medvedev. 
Worth noting -- at the time of writing the video has 6 likes and 47 dislikes. A good sign for Putin?


Read more: Business Insider

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Homer Nievera
Business Development. Digital Marketing. Social Media.
http://homernievera.net