Be Smart!

Yesterday, after a hearty sushi lunch at Wagamama Asia City (yeah...it's 50% off on all sushi items!) after discussing some matter with a paintball counterpart I went to Kompleks Karamunsing to get the lappy fixed.

While waiting...and waiting...and waiting somemore, the installing new drives and softwares all that is necessary took quite a looooooong time that I even managed to get a manicure, trimmed my eyebrows and get a good foot scrub at the nearby beauty centre, and still, it was not yet done. So I took a stroll going in and out from computer shops to clothing stores and then was about to decide to sit in KFC when I walked pass by a shop known for selling water filters, electric stove thingy, the appointed salesperson stopped me and insisted me to give me a 'free gift' in order to 'support' them (yeah, I seen this lots of times already...berapa kali mo minta 'support' dalam satu tahun =p) so since that fellow insisted, and paksa-paksa..and I got lots of time anyway, I decided to play along and see what these people got to do or say ^^

Okay...they first asked me to sign a receiving gift form...then inside the box where the free gift, nothing fancy and the talkative sales staff and his colleague started to talk nonsense, cracking lame jokes and bodek sana sini with those sweet words that seems like being repeated over and over again to other people like a broken CD, asking where I live lah...this and that..which doesn't even related to free gift giveaway thingy. Then, inside the box where the water bottle supposed to be in it there is a some kind of sealed coupon in which they insisted me to open it.

Now, pay attention here. On the sealed coupon, I spotted some obviously Hari Raya Greetings, and yeah, I even show it to the 2 fellows and they keep on asking me to open it. Here comes the 'funny' (or is it 'fishy'?) part. I opened it, and saw that I was entitled with free 2 items worth RM5k plus. I scanned carefully at all corners and the list of the T & C of getting the items (too good to be true mah...) and yes, it was printed boldly "Buy 1 Promotional item, get free 2 items". Got it?

So the two guys were like 'surprised' when I show the coupon and they were like recite the same lines like programmed robots and told me "Eh, kak...hairan ya, ni Hari Raya punya promotion ni." (Sis, this is kinda funny, it's supposed to be only valid for Hari Raya promotion.) I was like "What the....I just show you the coupon before it was opened and now you 'realised' that it was meant for the recent offer?" Well off course I didn't said it to them and still wanna see how they wanted to jump around the bush. The two fellows act 'blur' in which to me it didn't convince me at all, and by 'coincidence' when one of them said wanted to call 'boss' and ask about the coupon matter, the so called 'boss' pandai call pulak one of the guys! Huahahaha...coincidence eh?

Then the guy talk to the boss, said that this lady got this coupon but it was for Raya promotion, bla bla bla...and even asked me to talk to the 'boss' cause 5k worth of items wor....the so called 'boss' tak percaya...and I spoke to this lady...didn't sound like a 'boss' to me since she asked for the code printed on the coupon, and she didn't sound surprised at all. Just by mere a minute she just say "owh, yes...the code is valid and congratulations, you are entitled for the free items!" So, I immediately snapped at her, "Is it? What's the catch? I got a feeling that this is not as easy as getting free items away from your store without having to give you guys a favor or something." and guess what she replied to me? She said "Owh, nothing, we just want you to get the items and introduce us to your friends." Hahahahahahhaa....~~~~~~~~

Then she requested to talk to the staff and after a brief talk, he hung up and turned at me and said "Tahnniah, Kak, sebenarnya cuma ada 10 saja kupon ni dan kakak antara orang bertuah dapat barangan ni kak!" (Congratulations, sis! Actually there are only 10 coupons printed for these and you are one of the lucky ones to have it!). I told him back "Apa barang free, sama juga mau sa beli barang baru dapat!" (What free items? It's still the same when I still had to buy something in order to get it!)

After still insist on jumping around the bushes trying to convince me that those items are free, finally they fell on my bait when one of them remarked, "Bukan mau bayar sekarang juga kak, kakak ambil hari ni, bulan depan baru kakak boleh start bayar." (You don't have to pay now, Sis. You can take the item today, and start paying next month.) Gotcha!

Well, actually I don't blame those 2 young fellows. They had to make a living too. You might think I sound cruel by posting this in my blog today. Well, from the beginning, they had pulled the wrong person, and I did say 'No' before. =p

My point here is...if you are doing sales, please do not recite the same script that seem so obviously a rehearse line. For us consumers out there, remember, there is no such thing as free...so be careful and ask/read the Terms and Conditions before laying our hands on something. Be a smart consumer, be a smart salesperson! ^^