I hate shopping for clothes. But I guess I needed some new ones. Usually it’s my parents who buy stuff for me. Or gifts that I get from friends. Or the occasional T-shirt from quizzes and cul-fests….
Hmm, so yesterday I was deciding what to wear to office, and I came across this long-forgotten envelope filled with gift vouchers – 2000 Rs worth of Wrangler gift vouchers, in denominations of 500, won at IIM-Bangalore, and these were valid even at Hyderabad, at some authorised store at Basheer Bagh. So off I went in the evening.
Those bloomin’ morons! They make me wait for 15 minutes while they discuss the pros and cons of whether or not the gift vouchers should be accepted or not. Seems that’s a Wrangler “showroom” and not an “outlet”. I very decently point out that the name of the showroom, or outlet, or whatever, is printed at the back of each voucher. Ahem, ahem. “No sir, actually this was issued in January, and this store was a showroom then.” OK, I point out the words that say “Offer valid six months from date of purchase”. Some wiseguy decides to phone the Boss who’s hiding out somewhere in Malagasay, because he has to shout over the phone and go “Haan, sir?” “Haan, sir?” five times after every line.
Finally, the jury comes to a decision. “Sir, actually”, the “phone”y wiseguy starts.(you can almost hear him going “eh heh heh heh” in his mind)”ACtually, each voucher is valid only one product. So if you buy something above 500, you need to pay for it in cash.”
Right then, I decide I am not paying anything. Gave the shitheads a hard time while searching for T-Shirts, and T-Shirts that cost precisely Rs. 495 each. Fine, so I lost 20 Rs. overall, but that’s ok.
Next week, am getting Anil and Dhaaji to go to the same shop with their vouchers.
Morons! Why give out vouchers at all if you don’t want to honour them? And why need to add asinine “conditions” ?
Morons! Why give out vouchers at all if you don’t want to honour them? And why need to add asinine “conditions” ?
Life’s goddamn unfair, isnt it?
(paranoid android voice)
Life? Don’t talk to me of life!
Hahahaha
Calvinistic statement: Ok, why isn’t it unfair in Beatzo’s favor?
Saale! hastaa hai mere pe!!! :-P
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Coming soon, in the forthcoming editions of the Beatzoian chronicles……Veeeeeeeeeraaanaaaa
hate it when the ‘freebies’ turn out to not to be free after all! Takes all the fun out of having earned it.
That’s what! I thought that we’d get cash prizes at IIMB, infact that’s how the whole shebang was advertised. And first, after winning the stuff, we find that it’s gift vouchers, not cash. And then, here, it turns out that it’s conditional gift vouchers.
Sucks, man!
I remember 1 such incident, I had a gift voucher of Rs500 from a shoe shop in Warangal and when I went to claim my stuff. These morons were exactly like your morons but a little more on the -ve side. They made me wait for half an hour! I was so pissed I tore that voucher into as many peices as I could, threw it on them said M@#@%!*d and left!
Way to go, man!!! :-)
if going thru that was bad for vouchers worth 500 bucks….imagine my plight when i walk into an adidas store with vouchers worth 5K in hand and they make me drink a coffee while an elaborate conference took place !!
harris
Et Tu?
And what happened next? More conditional buying?
:) jus a lil tempers flaring from my end…end result unconditional buying fr that ammount…think i left a Rs.10 “tip” too at that place ;-)
harris
> Hmm, so yesterday I was deciding what to wear to office, and I came across this long-forgotten envelope filled with gift vouchers – 2000 Rs worth of Wrangler gift vouchers
Only a man can forget such a thing :|
Can a woman understand the frustration one feels when the money mentally reserved for cds at Planet M gets transformed into USELESS gift vouchers? :-P