LG Optimus One Preview & Sale FAQ

We, Filipinos, are fighters, hopefuls and risk takers. That is why we fell in line to such event.

What we, who fell in line, were or are pointing @ is the way you/LG managed your consumers/customers in such event.

You/LG should be on top of this. The consumers/customers sensed the Ad before the consumers/customers fell in line. Your name as LG was on the Ad. Even if it is the lack of just somebody or part of the crew of such event, still you/LG(the Big Name on the Ad) should be blamed or questioned. That is the reality/true rule of the world or boundary you are working or moving in.

It is just like a family or organization. If a member made mistake/s or sin/s, then the PARENT or the PRESIDENT must be questioned by the affected factors(or persons — well in our case, CUSTOMERS/CONSUMERS).

In brief rationale, we are looking at you/LG, and you are looking at your staffs or members who worked under or for you.

CUSTOMERS ARE CUSTOMERS.

The event happened was an obvious way of telling that you/LG are more persuader than them(or the other side). Please, LG, do not make us ignorant or stupid. We, who fell in line, are not that naive. We, who fell in line, were really affected. Without customers/consumers, you can not make sales. Even if you say that we should not be there if we know that it will gonna happen(no chance), still we would come for/because again we are fighters(like Manny Pacquiao—who just recently won the Manny Pacquiao & Margarito boxing fight), risk takers(like Charice Pempengco) and hopefuls.

Fighter, risk taker and/or hopeful type of people are the people who live and who knows FREEDOM.

We, who fell in line, were sure buyers. The way you advertise was very obviously deceiving.

In short, your CUSTOMER’S CONVENIENCY skill was very disappointing and unethical in the world of SALES.

I personally fell in line. I was just 2 customers away from the cut off(last buyer of such promo–1 hour only). I even prevented my urine to come out just to get the chance. I started to fall in line at 8am until 3pm(when the 1 hour sale event ended), Philippines time. The host was still announcing that there are more items however he never said the possibilities of the pace of the transaction. The host did not even to manage to announce the difficulty of getting the chance so that we will not be wasting our time waiting. There were thousands of people waiting to get their chance out of 20 items only sold however still the host did not even announce to these thousands of people waiting about the possibilities of not getting the chance. LG, we have believed in you but because of what happened, thousands of people’s LIFE is no GOOD in that time due to broken hopes you were rendering. The host was only announcing that they are the only one who has that kind of event(1 hour sale 50 % off for unlimited–no exact number of such item/s). That is deceiving.

If you want more people but less items, why not do it in Entertainment instead?

Now LG, please confirm/answer this(simple yes or no question):

Were you up to the customer or to the sale?

If customer, then something good(or I shouldn’t be doing this) must have happened.

Else, if sale, then you are not a good example.

In other words, the question is, Sale before Customer or Customer before Sale?

Please answer all the questions LG. I personally beg you. We, who fell in line, were really badly affected.

Those who are complaining you can call up LG
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=458808296819&comments#!/mylifesgoodph?v=app_6009294086
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LG BOYCOTT!..meron pa kayong picture picture, para lng masabi na maraming pumila sa inyo…ginamit nyo lang mga tao sa promo para sabihin maganda product nyo pinipilahan….wala kayong kwenta…let’s not buy LG products…hindi nyo inispi pagod at hirap pumila…sana pila pa lang nagbigay na kayo ng stub na 20units at 20 na tao lang pwede makakuha…what a stupid product and promo…next time…no way damn!

Let’s not support LG! idamay nyo na rin yang si nokia…kawawa mga tao pumila dyan…tapos wala rin mapapala…boycott!

BOYCOTT!BOYCOTT!BOYCOTT!…kahit mag sale kayo…lokohin nyo sarili nyo!

magkano ung optimus dun sa sale? ung srp magkano kaya?

ano p man ang phone ang issue dto is kng tlg gugustuhin ng LG na tlg mgbenta ng phone magagawa nila ng mas maasyos at mabilis.. at mas madame unit ang pwede nila m-release in span of 1hr, hindi un wla p ata 15 phones un nabenta ng LG during their 1hr sale.madame din nmn pumila sa nokia pro still naayos nila n mk pg out ng 60 units sa sm north edsa annex.bulok un cp? d nmn cguro…kc d rin nmn pipilihan ang nokia kng bulok..:).. ang nkpgpagulo lng tlg sa nokia sales is un lalaki mataba nk stripe.. kapal mukha.. :)

Lang kwenta LG! Scam!!!! sinayang ko lang oras ko! bwisit!

i was there sa Sm north, nkpg takbuhan kame pr lng mkpila.. gladly nkpila ako sa NOKIA store un husband ko sa LG cya pumila..sa NOKIA as is super ok ang pila nun una ni wla isa security guard o martials n nk supervise kc nasa LG sila kc ngkakagulo ang tao..hanggang nun mga 12 noon na nku dun na ngkagulo ang Nokia customers, paano ba naman meron lalaki nk stripe na sobra laki na bumaba from 5th flr at my tindahan cya dun imagine nk pila kame dun ng before p mg open ang mall at nkpgtakbuhan p kame, samantala un lalaki makapal ang mukha na un bumaba ng mg 12 noon ha at ang dame p dala tao pipila kasama nya samantala 4 n house keeping ng SM lng nkpila pr sa knila imagaine 14 tao nksingit sa harap namin..at wla nmn nagawa nokia ng dhil dun sbra effort kame kakareklamo pro useless pa din.. mkakakapal mukha e.. pro ako luckily nkkuha ng 1 nokia unit.. sulit n din pghihintay kaso nkaawa un 14 n tao nalaglag from original count dhil ang dame sumingit sa harap as in family sila my mga bata p nkpila ages 10-12 yrs old lng pr ibili ng nokiac6 e singit lng nmn sila.. grabe kakapal ng mukha..ganun tlg e.. makapal mukha nila e. d pinansin un mga sinasabi ng iba tao pr lng mkakuha ng cp but for me ok nmn sale ng NOKIA kc in span of 1hr nk almost 40 plus n sila units n nailabas sa customer ang bilis ang dame cashier. 60 units sa NOKIA all out.. ng d p tapos ata un 2 hrs sale nila :)..and ngpunta na kame sa LG n pila nmn, biruin mo un kakilala namin png 14-15 sa pila d p nakakuha ng unit imagine.. so ilan unit lng ang nilabas ng LG db..hay naku LG at karamihan p employee ng SM nakakuha.. hay naku LG…

I HATE LG, their event coordinator sucks big time. NOT GOING TO PATRONIZE. sobrang di organized walang kwenta.

“ONE DAY. ONE HOUR. ONE CHANCE” – Dapat di one hour ‘to eh, dpat 40 mins., pagdating ng 2pm, 10 mins. nagdadaldal yun emcee, tas 10 mins. nagset kung sino mauuna, tapos 20 lang yun nabenta. LG, curse you if you’ll say that the event was a success!

unfair. nandun ako exactly opening ng mall pero may nauna na pala ng mga 8am. san sila pumasok??

or Life’s Garbage

“One Day, One Hour, One Brand (LG) out of my life!!!” spread it and make it LG new slogan,
just read it on LG facebook, then delete agad

“One Day, One Hour, One Brand (LG) out of my life!!!” spread it and make it LG new slogan

LG fucked up!!!!!

such a waste of time! Don’t buy LG products!!!!

Poor Service!!!

i was in sm north edsa annex nakaka disappoint lang kasi hindi well organized yang promo ng LG na yan, i think tinagalan nila transaction para di masyado madami mabenta na naka sale, i asked one personnel kung ilan ibenebeta nila they say na madami daw supply….tsk tsk tsk…., so dissapointing talaga i’ll stick with SE na lang….

The event was an EPIC FAIL.

Ang haba ng pila sa Megall, I came there roughly 11am. Hanggang basement daw yun, sabi ng guard. Lumapit na lang ako sa LG store para maki-usyoso kung ano meron, saka para inggitin na lang sarili ko. :))

Kaso pagdating ko naman dun, may mga taong halos magwala na sa galit/disappointment. Kasi yung pila, hindi malinaw. One guy said na may kotse pa sya, asa parking lot na sya maaga pa, at saktong 10 sya pumasok ng mall, pero may mga nakapila na kagad. Wth. Yung isang ale naman, nakikiusap na sana bigyan na lang sila ng stubs, or kahit anong confirmation na makakabili sila ng phone, at hindi yung maghihintay sila pero mauubusan din pala.

While on the other side of the store, may isang guy na may DSLR at kuha lang ng kuha ng pictures. Wow di ba, napaka-cheap ass na publicity stunt.

well, na-karma na naman sila.. ang panget ng performance ng mobile division ng LG

http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_mobile_reports_poor_q3_results_lge_still_holding_strong-news-2036.php

express yourself on their facebook wall & twitter so everyone know what they did to the consumers.

im now officially boycotting all LG products…

@honestconsumer
nice 1

EPIC FAIL!!!!!!!!

it has DTI promo number, it should be complain through DTI & mark it as a scam, they should not ask people to line up that long if they have no intention of selling to all who line up,

imagine if any untoward incident happens, can they take responsible of it? its fooling all the suppose to be supporters of LG Android phones, now they have all the UNsupported people on their any products, including me, I will never buy any LG products again, I have an LCD pala ng LG, will donate it to charity (Will erase the branding) when I upgrade to LED,

its a CHEAP gimmick, they use this to save on their advertisement,

and again our DTI allows it, if they don’t penalize LG for this, nakakahiya na talaga tayo sa mundo, walang kuwenta ang mga promo na may DTI supervision,

wait & we will be a laughing stuff of the world again because of this event, government & cheap company get together to fool consumers,

ONLY IN THE PHILIPPINES,

lets boycott all LG products.

lol PR nightmare for LG perhaps?

Hi. I just came from this sale. And it was a nightmare. They did not plan ahead, lines were disorganized. Singit ng singit mga tao. And get this, only 20 or so units were sold. That’s right twenty. All hell broke loose at around 2:30 when they stupidly asked the other line to move, and since there were no barriers between lines, nagmerge yung lines. I was among the first 30+ to get there. I didn’t even get close enough to get a stub. Sa SM North ako pumila. Shame on LG. This was a poor publicity stunt. Pansin ko din tenants lang ng SM nauna. Mga employees ng JBL, Fujifilm and other stores yung mga nauna since pinapapasok sila before 10. I for one am never supporting an LG product again. The word for this, is scam.

hahaha kakatawa mga comments nyo.. uto sale lang yan para mabili talaga orig price nyan.. kalain mo kakabukas lang ng mall may naka pila na… anong tawag dun.. lukuhan?

nag sale na rin daw sa HTC!

@leemar

don’t worry coz i’m pretty sure the price will stay at 6-7k, same goes for the C6. Hindi na nila mabebenta yung mga models na yan at 12k.

fuck LG, 20 LANG ANG BINIGYAN NILA NG STUB. ANG SIS AT MOM KO NANDUN AT 11AM, TAPOS ANG HABA NA NG PILA UMABOT DAW NG 500+ ANG PUMILA, TAPOS 20 LANG ANG PINAGBILI NILA. SANA SINABI NA NILA IN ADVANCE PARA ALAM NA NG TAO KUNG PUPUNTA PA SILA OR NOT.

babagsak din ang presyo nyan, kasi alam ng LG na pag binalik nila sa 12k ang price nyan eh wala na bibili.

@qwertylover56

sana kayanin pa ng pantog mo :) Wrong timing lang talaga

This LG and Nokia sale only shows that next time there will be a similar sale, they better [1] plan it _well_ and ahead of time, at hindi ung “tara sale tayo” (and in Nokia’s case: “tara tapatan natin LG”; [2] have at least 100 units _per_ participating store (100 is too low for the number of people that turned out in these two sales Nationwide, I want to suggest at least 300 :p ); [3] organize it with the mall authorities – especially announcing which particular entrance “line” is the official one.

I am trying to remember a similar sale inside a mall that I participated in years ago, the store and the mall worked together and told us to go to the other entrance of the mall because that’s where the line officially starts.

Hindi sya magulo, people who woke up early got what they want, it was fair and square talaga.

pumunta anak ko sa gaisano mall-davao, both stores (LG and NOKIA)para bumili ng Optimus One or Nokia C6 pero di pinalad. Pareho day may pila na more than 70 people. Ang masakit sabi pa daw ng mga sales people ng LG ay 28 units lang ang available for sale at sa Nokia naman ay 30 units lang ng C6 ang available for sale. Bakit ganun?!!

I received reports just now from people I trust that when SM Megamall opened and the all ran to LG, they were surprised to see a _long_ line of people who are _mostly_ “relax” already. Indicating that [1] employees of the other stores lined-up themselves (say those with day-offs today); [2] some part of the mall let the people enter the mall earlier than the synchronized 10:00am clock of the mall.

Relaxed people in the line. In other words, they’ve been there for some time already before the opening of the mall. That is so unfair. I hope next time stores doing this kind of promos will consider their “neighbors” and disqualify them.

Better yet, announced which entrance the line will officially start, handout number stubs right there and then. This will prevent such incidents from happening.

pics naman kung sino ang panalo sa pila….nokia ako 100% sure mahaba ito ang kilala ng ordirany people eh

haha, siguro yung pila ngayon parang pila sa bentahan ng NFA rice o nagpapamigay ng relief goods.

magsabi ka ng sunog sunog ewan ko na lang kung di magtakbuhan ang mga nasa pila hahaha

grabe ang pila sa mega at north

ang gulo na daw sa sm megamall at sm north according sa forums sa tipidcp.

tae, ang gulo! galing aq north edsa, umuwi n lng ako. super dami ng tao!.. wla man daw stubs, sbi ng organizer nila. prang gus2 nila pumila mga tao up to 2pm., bd3p, tae kyo lg!! :P

here at sm north edsa super crazyyyyyyyyy hahahha… andaming tao.. ang haba ng pila… everyone’s so competitive… LOL

@ madpoet – Hahaha. Why not! Headline ka mamayang gabi. Lalake ng hostage sa mall dahil sa LG Cellphone Madness! :))

Hayz, andaya naman pay ko sa Monday pa.. hanggang tingin na lang muna ako.

Update niyo ako guys about the phone. ;)

@Wreek
dude yan rin sinabi ko sa sarili ko but it’s the only pro of the Spica against the Optimus One :/

andito na ako sa labas nang mall nag aantay, ang tagal naman mag bukas. uuwi pa ako ng probinsya mamaya. mabuti na lang may wifi itong china phone ko pangpalipas oras.

Good morning! I appreciate the post. :) Just want to clarify and add some announcements.

1. ITEM 3 – To manage the number of people going inside the store, we will be handing out stubs by batch at exactly 2PM. This will help us make all transactions smooth and fast. Only 1 person will be served PER STATION inside the concept store.
• There will be three counters – brief checking of completeness and quality of product – Payment – (optional) product inquiry to ensure quality purchase experience.
• Only one unit can be purchased per customer
• Promo is valid for cash and credit card straight payments only
• Make sure you have enough credit card limit so your card won’t be denied. Otherwise, he/she should pay the unit in cash or the slot will be forfeited and given to the next person in line.
• Consumers who plan to buy other LG phones at the LG Concept Shop during the promo will be assisted and directed by our staff to other LG affiliate stores.
• Make your money safe, be careful of pick pockets
• To those who will need of first aid, please ask our staff for assistance
• Employees of LG Electronics, its distributors, dealer network, accredited advertising agencies and suppliers and their relatives up to the 2nd degree of consanguinity or affinity are NOT qualified to join the promo.

Thank you!

gaano kaya kadami yung unit na meron sila… baka naman konti lang… balak ko pa rin bumuli kahit tapos na yung event eh.

parang mali nmn ung per batch ang pagpapapasok (per 10’s). Dapat pagkatapos ng isa sa isang transaction, another 1 will next para walang nasasayang kahit na segundo.. Db?

@spanishboi
Do u have evidence that they are defective? You’re just guessing hence the use of the word “probably”. This is not an event that not does concerns you.

did anyone get it? the units for the philippines sale are probably defective – these are test units and you are the guinea pigs.

oh well. wala naman masamang maging maaga. let’s see na lang tomorrow. goodluck!

@elysse I know right, ang dapat sana nilang gawin ay kontrolin na lang yung pila ang ang pagpasok s store diba??? Ano ba naman ung simpleng paglalagay ng guide para sa pila diba, at may harang s entrance… GRABE!! ASAR TLGA KO KANINA!!!

edi parang useless din ung stub niyan? kasi magbibigay sila ng 10 stub, tapos ang papasok eh ung 10 person na may stub. edi dapat di na nag-stub. walang silbi ung stub. -.-

sorry mali ako ng pagsabi, may stub pero by 10 lang ang pagbigay, yung mga papasok lng ng store un, so from harang ng store, bigay ng stub, to clerk dun nyo papakita ung stub. Gets nyo? ang bottom line, wala silang pakelam sa pila sa labas ng LG store… basta may mapapasok silang 10 at a time, un na! they’ve done their job.

cinonfirmed na po ni sir yuga na may stub. :)

sana naman maging maayos ang trato ng mga LG employee sa mga pipila bukas.

at maging fair. may mga naglalabasan na yung mga ibang malakas ang kapit o may kakilala sa loob ay nagpareserved na raw. wag naman sana ganun.

What a mess!!! They shouldn’t hand out stubs starting at 10am if the sale period is from 2-3pm. The advertisement says all the customer has to do is be in the store between 2-3pm to avail of the discount. Stubs should be handed out to everyone entering the store between 2-3pm, not starting at 10am.

tanong lang guys pwd b laruin dito yung app ng angry birds?

thanks thanks thanks sir abe!! all the info I need!! :)

sir abe what about a review on nokia c6????
please??? im travelling to manila tomorrow to line up but for the big sale! im really torn between LG and NOKIA…

Wow! Grabe talaga! Wala ng tatalo sa LG! Hindi na ko makahintay, isang 2log nalang! kitakits :)

siguro ang use ng stub is para walang singitan and pagnabigyan siguro pwede munag umalis at bumalik na lang ng 2pm. by number/stub naman siguro ung pila.

they should clearly state & tell how many units available & sold all to people line up in between 2-3pm.
kawawa naman ang pumila & di umabot.

HOY LG & DTI.

paano if they process 1 unit per hour, di 3 units lang sold for the 1 hr time frame,
magulo yang, why DTI approve such promo,

there is no clear instruction, they should tell if you guarantee a unit if you line up in between 2-3pm or tell there will only how many units is available. so no wasting of time line up for nothing.

thanks sir yuga! ready na ko pumila at magantay bukas.weeee!

natakot ako sa #3

Thank you very much sir, i love you haha, question sir yuga, what if nakakuha ka ng stub, with number between 1-50 kunwari, then umalis ka, bumalik ka na lng pag 2PM na, macacancel ba yung stub mo? or ihohonor pa din nila un???

nice…hirap tuloy mamili between this and Nokia C6…pag di ako nakaavail nito tomorrow…Ill buy this na lang sa Pasko..