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Thursday, July 10, 2008

Professional make up and products used from Estee Lauder.
Hair styled professionally
2 outfits
2 professional photographs (digital for you to keep)

The above sounds very tempting for girls right? Well, someone called me up the other day offering me the above services for free. No strings attached. Just come in and they'll do everything for you. The whole process takes about 2 hours. They dont offer it to anyone or anybody thats why its so "special". Gawd.. please save me from these marketing techniques.

I asked them what is the purpose for them doing this. And they replied "for you to spread our services through word of mouth". They asked me to come in the afternoon. I told them I'm working! They said, can you take half day off? Siao ah.. hello, just to go for a free make over. You think you so special meh? So they said, ok lets do it after work. Skeptical it may be, they (note that they insisted I come in) booked an appointment for me for them to do the above services. Fine.

I missed the appointment. oops. And I thought they would just leave it as an disinterested customer.. after all they are offering it for free right?

No. Today they called me again. Asking me if I would like to book another appointment. I told them you can book but its not guaranteed that I will be free. And I told them i'm just NOT interested. After all, if I were interested, I would have already gone for the first appointment. Then they chided me like I'm an idiot for not taking up the free offer.

"BUT WHYYYYY.. ITS FREE AND ITS ALL VERY CLASSY STUFF" (emphasising on the word "classy")

At this point, I got really irritated and suspicious. If it is free and no strings attached, just give it to someone else who is interested in a make over and being photoshoped to death. I'm sure it'll be taken... somehow. But this is like forcing me to take a free stuff. Sheesh. I hate people like this. If I am clearly not interested in your free stuff, you dont have to belittle me for it. Just take it back and go far far away.

I'm suspecting its their marketing ploy to lure unsuspecting people to their shops and then hard sell them of their "offer/special" packages which requires you to pay a lump sum upfront fee and if you want to go back home and "think about it" they will tell you the offer is only NOW NOW NOW NOW. I hate that kind of marketing. If people are clearly not interested.. dont force them [a quick search on google made me found this (http://www.trevvy.com/sgboyx/index.php?act=Print&client=printer&f=2&t=23547]. I hate it when they offer free stuff without strings attached, and if you reject their special once in a lifetime packages their attitude towards you will change like 180 degrees and you are no longer welcome. WTF.

The lady over the phone kept on insisting that I make another appointment for me (yes she did make it on my behalf) eventhough I said I was really not interested and I just dont have the time to go down to do a make over (after all, I still have my wedding shots and I pretty much know how I look after being photoshopped to death and with thick makeup). I'm not going to keep that appointment thats for sure. I hope after that they will just get the hint and move on to another unsuspecting victim.




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