Comments on: Why the Electrozan Blackberry offer isn’t a good deal

By: shimmy

shimmy — Sun, 24 May 2009 12:47:29 +0000

So, I just got a Blackberry Curve 8900 from Eureka.
Good pricing, just a bit less than 130kd but only 1 week warranty.
So, I play with the curve sample they had, and it had a normal QWERTY keyboard, so I go like alright, I’ll get the curve.
Later on, as I open the package, I see they gave me a QWERTZ keyboard Curve :s and I really got pissed.
So, I went to them and told ‘em that I wanted the QWERTY ’cause that’s the one I played with and that’s the only reason I agreed to take it, they can’t just place samples and trick you into buying the different BB.

Anyways..
So it turns out they didn’t have any QWERTYs so I was sorta obliged into taking the ‘1-week-old’ sample (as they say)..
I took the sample with the battery etc. etc.
I go get me a line from zain, sign up for the BB and go home.
No msg, so I call zain, they say take out the battery put it back in and it’ll all be well..
I took out the battery, waited for half an hour, put it back in and guess what? The ‘edge’ was still in small letters that indicated it wasn’t working…
I called Zain, and they said everything looks ok to them but just for the heck of it they’ll resend the package incase there was an unidentified error, turned of the BB, took out battery, put it back in, switched it on..
NO USE!!!

I called again this morning, still..
In the end, they told me the problem is from the blackberry itself coz the whole service and stuff is activated on my BB..

So, I’m going to Eureka today and either they fix it or I get a refund :s..
It’s bad enough I had to get the sample that people have been touching and using for 1 week… UGH.

I’ll post what happens when I go there..
But as far as I know at the moment, Eureka have supplied me with a faulty device.. So, that’s what you get for having stingy pockets I guess.

By: Yusuf

Yusuf — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:54:41 +0000

Apart from everything, QWERTZ is the joke man..
US keyboards rock all the way.. prolly because thats the only type ive been using since i first laid my hands on any keyboard.

By: fastidian

fastidian — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 08:09:35 +0000

student: you have much to learn still for there are QWERTY, Dvorak, french, UK english and dozens of other keyboards and that’s just considering the latin characters.

that’s why I avoid buying UK-spec computers since the keyboard is a pain with the ‘@’ symbol placed somewhere on the lower right instead of atop the number 2 as we are used to in US keyboards among other things. the return key also is awkwardly shaped relative to my preferences.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:00:39 +0000

You would think but no they aren’t. I only realized there was a QWERTZ keyboard when I was at the Frankfurt airport. Was typing an email and couldnt understand why all my y’s were turning into z’s (i touch type).
Also on US keyboards for example the $ sign is on the keyboard, on european ones its the euro.

By: student

student — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:51:14 +0000

call me stupid but aren’t all keyboards supposed to be the same?

By: dazzle

dazzle — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:19:30 +0000

I’d like to say something to ElectrozansABIGJOKEATtimes.

If you really want to fairly judge a company’s marketing team, then have a look at Eureka’s. Remember their i-phone ad in AlWatan newspaper in March? Electrozan had an i-phone ad on just the opposite page. Eureka’s marketing theme was “war on prices” selling the phone for 229 kd while Electrozan was selling it for 219 kd.

When I saw the 2 ads, my 1st reaction was like “OMG is Eureka ripping us off?!” I mean how are they marketing that they’re fighting prices when another company is offering the i-phone for a lower price. Now THAT was a big marketing joke!

And yes, I cant deny that I am a fan of Electrozan :) I do appreciate their work.

Cheers

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:53:42 +0000

Realist when its your blog you can decide what you think is counted as inappropriate, racist, spam or whatever but as long as i am responsible for this blog its my decision to delete or keep comments. if i allowed all comments to go through then this place would turn into a zoo.

By: Realist

Realist — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:39:16 +0000

Mark I think we are the ones that will judge whether bdayers comments are innaccurate <—- will my objection to the deletions be deleted too ?

Anyways, turn on Latitude on Google maps on the BB. You guys can no longer hide from your wives and vice versa :)

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:27:22 +0000

bdayer your post contained misleading and inaccurate information so it was deleted.

By: fastidian

fastidian — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 06:53:58 +0000

* HB – i hope you got the warranty in writing and signed. the local dealers have a weak memory in that area even if you have a receipt.

* ALL – forget bb. get iphone.

* zaydoun – wataniya have been promising it forever as well as iphone. i’ve given up but as long as their network is stabler and their service is decentest (people service) then i can live with it as opposed to the crap that zain sells for a ‘premium’.

* related note: Viva is far from impressive. brains and cell operators no longer go together.

By: bdayer

bdayer — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:34:51 +0000

This is bullshit mark, This is what you regularly do? Filter out comments to make the movie look well edited in the end? Thats just pathetic. I tried to post 4 times, and this is the first and last time I will ever post on your blog, and let this be the reason from now till eternity. Good luck being a phony.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:03:15 +0000

HB: The employee told me all their curves are T-Mobile branded. There shouldnt be any logo on the outside, the logo appears when you start the phone.

Ayman: If you don’t shop online its a good deal, my post was targeted towards people who buy stuff online.

By: ayman

ayman — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:41:33 +0000

I believe it unfair to put down Electrozan’s efforts for providing good deals for local customers. If you previously tried to buy a Blackberry from Zain you would know its always out of stock and sold for KD 230. Alghanim also sells it for KD 230. Electrozan never mentioned that it’s deals are better than the internet.

By: HB

HB — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:39:23 +0000

Hey everyone!

I just bought 2 pieces yesterday from electrozan, one for myself & another for my sis. Mine was without any logo while hers was with the T-mobile logo. It is misleading Mark to inform your readers that all phones have the logo. Both are actually working perfectly fine with no issues whatsoever. Additionally they gave me 6 months replacement warranty. I think, in my humble opinion, that this was a great deal (due to the warranty).

The guy who sold them to me, a Kuwaiti, appeared to be experienced in all types of iphones and blackberries. He promised me support for future software updates and upgrades.

By: BT

BT — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:13:49 +0000

sorry about the double post, too much coffee redbull through out the day @@