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Monday, February 21, 2005

I watched Constantine last week. It was a very entertaining movie. It had quite a number of funny moments i.e. the possessed girl speaking in tagalog and the ending. A lot of critics say that it wasnt nice (lacks substance, poor plot, bla bla bla) but i think they were just lost. They might have been out to watch Phantom of the Opera and stupidly entered the Constantine cinema.

Globe Telecom is now persona non grata with me. My friend had a nice globe number which she was going to discontinue. I figured i would rather have that then apply for a new hard to remember number. A globe rep said that if i transfer, i would technically be submitting papers for a new line and will be qualified for a new phone. I got my papers ready and when i got back, they said "no, a transferred line is not a new subscription so no new phone." I then asked for options on how to get a new phone because my mom was counting on it. They said "only new subscribers get a new phone. Only those deemed worthy by the Marketing department get rewards." It made me feel that once they have you in their clutches, there is no point in treating you nicely.

Before i left last August for the states, i asked Globe how much it would cost me to text back home while on roaming. They consistently said Php 15/text. Malinaw di ba? I checked their literature. Malinaw na Php 15. Lo and behold, when i got to the states, i was being charged Php 25/text. I asked them again. Now they told me that there is an extra Php 10 for the carrier. *@&#(!& Siyempre they didnt tell me about it before i left.

When i asked them what would happen if i lost my globe prepaid, they said "nothing." If you lose it then youre up a creek without a paddle. They wont replace it or help you in any way. Prepaid lang kasi e. Buti pa smart, if you lose your prepaid, you pay a fee to replace it. Your load and your number will be retained. They wont let you be hassled to tell everyone that you changed your number. In this light, i took the initiative to tell everyone that i switched to sun and using a smart prepaid for business and backup.

When i got back, i started texting my friends with the remaining load i got plus my 100+ free text. Funny thing was soon after, i got a "check operator services" error. It seems that globe used my load instead of my free text. I complained to the customer service number who basically said, sorry we dont care and cant help you there. I went to the Hub in Rockwell and the girl said i just needed to load again to use the free text. When i asked the girl in the business center in Gateway mall, i got the most incredible answer. Apparently globe will not automatically finish your free text first. On some days, it will consume your load and not your free text allocation. &@#)!(@*#)!( Talk about greed. And when you dont have a load, you cant even call customer service. Buti pa sun and smart totally the other way around.

I also setup a new website to support sun cellular, www.beeps.net. Hopefully, more people will support sun and sun will keep the 24/7 going indefinitely.

Go sun!

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