Playtime Twincharged July 27, 2019 Share July 27, 2019 (edited) Woman arrested for causing commotion in Huawei store SINGAPORE - A 53-year-old woman was arrested on Friday (July 26) at the Huawei store in Jem shopping mall for causing a commotion. The woman kicked up a fuss when she was told that she did not obtain a ticket issued by the Huawei staff earlier, which would allow her to buy a Huawei Y6 Pro 2019 phone at the promotional price of $54, the police said. Under Huawei's National Day promotion, the price of the phone was slashed from $198 to $54 for Singaporeans and permanent residents above the age of 50. Police said the woman refused to leave the premises despite several requests by the store manage. The police were alerted to the incident at 10.25am. When they arrived, the woman refused to comply with police instructions to leave and was arrested for criminal trespass. https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/woman-who-wanted-to-buy-54-huawei-phone-arrested-for-causing-a-commotion-at-store-in-jem pwned by HW... Hong Kong: people March for freedom... Singapore: fight for 54dollar HW phone. Hong kong: police carry shield to "fight rioters" Singapore: police carry sub machine guns at the ready.. "fight" pioneer gen. We're Soooooo proud... happy national day lor.. Edited July 27, 2019 by Playtime ↡ Advertisement 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piyopico Supercharged July 27, 2019 Share July 27, 2019 (edited) All Huawei needed to do was get a marketing person to vet all promotional materials plus do basic stuff right such as: Put a disclaimer if required. State clearly items are limited to 20, 50 sets or whatever is the amount. Give queue number for the units avail. Put a stop to reservation which resulted in no units being available on day of promotion. Lastly be accountable and sack the bugger who failed to do all of the above. You can't position yourself as a premium handphone maker but exhibit the actions of a fly by nite business. Edited July 27, 2019 by Piyopico 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philipkee Twincharged July 27, 2019 Share July 27, 2019 Huawei marketing & promotion department failed badly , how could thy not, whatapps news blasted every 4 corners, publicity has already heated-up all telco coy to anticipate and act accordingly yet thy shot themselves own footing. It's like a burger chain having fillet-O-fish promotion for a whole weekends, yet ran out of fish breaded fillet, goodness gracious, didn't thy do inventory check ? well well, Huawei deserve it more than thy can chew. Did thy ever remb thy are in the headline news yet asking for more drama to unfold !! Actually something like this happened before. Many many years ago 1994-1995 when I was working in Macdonald there was a 50c cheeseburger promotion. Whoa. People just come and order 7 cheeseburger at one shot (it cost only $3.50 for 7). Some even demanded for cheeseburger without cheese (hamburger was $1.40). The promotion was supposed to be a month long but it ended after one weekend cos I remember the manager saying the bread factory could not keep up with the demand. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inlinefour Twincharged July 27, 2019 Share July 27, 2019 Copy Pussy lai liao 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueray Hypersonic July 27, 2019 Share July 27, 2019 Thousands see red as stores run out of Huawei's $54 promotion phones The company also said that some people who queued were able to get their hands on the Y6, although it did not say how many. Huawei declined to give the number of handsets that were available at each outlet. https://www.straitstimes.com/tech/thousands-see-red-as-stores-run-out-of-huaweis-54-promotion-phones When Huawei advertise big big that its a 3-day promotion, gave people the impression that stocks were aplenty. Never made known upfront how many phones available at each outlet. Only at a very late stage then info emerged that it was around 20 - 30 sets per outlet (?!). And Huawel themselves never officially disclosed the numbers. If only got like 30 units per outlet, then could have just done the promo online via a lucky draw or something, don't make everybody (incl SPF) boh eng. When Courts runs promotions, they will state clearly the number of units available for transparency and managing expectations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vid Hypersonic July 27, 2019 Share July 27, 2019 Thousands see red as stores run out of Huawei's $54 promotion phones https://www.straitstimes.com/tech/thousands-see-red-as-stores-run-out-of-huaweis-54-promotion-phones When Huawei advertise big big that its a 3-day promotion, gave people the impression that stocks were aplenty. Never made known upfront how many phones available at each outlet. Only at a very late stage then info emerged that it was around 20 - 30 sets per outlet (?!). And Huawel themselves never officially disclosed the numbers. If only got like 30 units per outlet, then could have just done the promo online via a lucky draw or something, don't make everybody (incl SPF) boh eng. When Courts runs promotions, they will state clearly the number of units available for transparency and managing expectations. The marketing dept should be fired. In other countries, the stores would be wrecked by those who couldn't get the phones. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueray Hypersonic July 27, 2019 Share July 27, 2019 Woman who failed to get S$54 Huawei phone arrested after causing commotion SINGAPORE: A 53-year-old woman was arrested on Friday (Jul 26) for causing a commotion at a Huawei outlet at Jem shopping mall in Jurong East after she failed to buy a phone at a promotional price of S$54. The woman kicked up a fuss after she was told by Huawei staff members that she did not obtain a ticket required for her to purchase the phone for S$54, police said in response to queries by CNA. Police added that the woman refused to leave the store despite requests by the store manager. When police arrived on the scene, she failed to comply with the officers’ instructions to leave the premises and was subsequently arrested for criminal trespass. Investigations are ongoing. Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/54-huawei-phone-woman-arrested-after-causing-commotion-11758034 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sdf4786k Twincharged July 27, 2019 Share July 27, 2019 (edited) You let everybody queue and make sure at least 70% of those who came get the promo, most people will be happy. Those who did not get it will look forward to the next promotion. But this one, 5000 people queue, only maybe 500 phones to sell .. CMI. Best is to get staff to take orders from the queue, and those who are after a certain number, put up a big sign to say the queue ends here. It's quite common in Japan they do this since they have seasonal promotion like every month. In the US, black friday you will find super long queue starting from the freeway. Again, big big signs outside store to tell you what's available and what not there. They also scared consumers sue them, put down everything in writing first. I heard un confirm news that per outlet is about 25 pieces.. or only 500 pieces allocated. For a population of 1.4 mil FT (PR) and Singaporean, thats a very cheap global marketing event where International news media is carrying. The bad news is its makes the 54 year old and older who queue looks bad .. Edited July 27, 2019 by Sdf4786k Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ysc3 Twincharged July 27, 2019 Share July 27, 2019 Copy Pussy lai liao their slogan for this promo .... we will chop till we drop !! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ender Hypersonic July 27, 2019 Share July 27, 2019 Thousands see red as stores run out of Huawei's $54 promotion phones https://www.straitstimes.com/tech/thousands-see-red-as-stores-run-out-of-huaweis-54-promotion-phones When Huawei advertise big big that its a 3-day promotion, gave people the impression that stocks were aplenty. Never made known upfront how many phones available at each outlet. Only at a very late stage then info emerged that it was around 20 - 30 sets per outlet (?!). And Huawel themselves never officially disclosed the numbers. If only got like 30 units per outlet, then could have just done the promo online via a lucky draw or something, don't make everybody (incl SPF) boh eng. When Courts runs promotions, they will state clearly the number of units available for transparency and managing expectations. They expect 30 sets to last 3 days of promotion. Their sense or judgment really off. 1st day, before the shops opened, already reserved and sold out. LOL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueray Hypersonic July 27, 2019 Share July 27, 2019 They expect 30 sets to last 3 days of promotion. Their sense or judgment really off. 1st day, before the shops opened, already reserved and sold out. LOL.Think huawei seriously is maths, EQ and IQ all fail. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustank Hypersonic July 27, 2019 Share July 27, 2019 Think huawei seriously is maths, EQ and IQ all fail.Purposely one lah 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman888 Moderator July 27, 2019 Share July 27, 2019 I doubt they have a strong team here, maybe just handle by a local distributor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanCoe Hypersonic July 27, 2019 Share July 27, 2019 Woman who failed to get S$54 Huawei phone arrested after causing commotion Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/54-huawei-phone-woman-arrested-after-causing-commotion-11758034 Must be @jamesc MIL again 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesc Hypersonic July 27, 2019 Share July 27, 2019 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inlinefour Twincharged July 27, 2019 Share July 27, 2019 last time I tot Donald is siao lang but now I knew he is right about HW... 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angcheek Hypersonic July 27, 2019 Share July 27, 2019 I only remember queuing for Dis phone for prudential insurance holder during the 90s. Super long queue. Quite a successful promo... Lucky U bought Insurance 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kb27 Supersonic July 27, 2019 Share July 27, 2019 (edited) CIA probably have a hand in HW screw up. for those who like conspiracies theories. Edited July 27, 2019 by Kb27 ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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