Home Sonic: Strike 2!
I suddenly remembered a blog entry I posted last July 2008 entitled, “Back To Back Inis Sa Imus” after I answered a foolish phone call at home last Saturday…
Caller: “Hello, pwede kay (my mother’s name)?”
Rowjie: “Ay, wala po siya eh (which is true). Sino po sila?”
Caller: “Tiga (I cannot remember what she said)… Wala ba akong pwedeng makausap dyan?”
Rowjie: “Ako po.”
Caller: “Sino ka ba? Ka-ano-ano ka ba niya?” (My temper started to rise…)
Rowjie: “Anak po niya”
Caller: “Sigurado ka bang sasabihin mo sa kanya?”
Rowjie: “Opo…”
Caller: “Nanalo kasi itong number niyo through an electronic raffle. So pwede po kayo manalo ng blender or… blah blah blah… May ballpen ka ba dyan? Ibibigay ko yung confirmation number…”
Rowjie: “Ah sige po, saglit lang po…”
I started to think that the caller might be from Home Sonic. I continued searching for a pen and paper.
Rowjie: “Sige po, okay na po”
Caller: “Wala na bang ilalakas ang boses mo?”
I started to lose my patience… I started to shout since the caller said if I can’t make my voice louder.
Caller: “Ito po ang confirmation number…”
I wrote down the number she gave me.
Caller: “Dito niyo po i-cle-claim sa 3rd floor ng Robinson’s Imus… Sa Home Sonic…”
Rowjie: “Ah Home Sonic ba ito??? Hindi kami interested!”
And that’s how I ended our stupid conversation.
Again, this experience is a FACT. I wouldn’t waste my time inventing this story. But since this is true, I want to share it to others who might encounter the same situation as mine. This is the second time I had a stupid encounter with Home Sonic in Robinson’s Imus. The caller lacks courtesy… actually, all of them lacks courtesy. They are doing stupid ways to get customers.
So guys, beware of Home Sonic!
usually pag ganyan malamang na pagod na sa trabaho pero sana kahit ganun ay sana yung proper way lang sa pakikipagusap sa telepono ang implement. nasa telepono na nga lang naguusap bastos at parang sarkastiko pa paano pa kaya kung personal na? kahit ako magagalit sa ganyan. sa taga Home Sonic in Robinson’s Imus umayos kayo..
Warning: guys i had an unwanted phone call just few minutes ago… certain Sofia Diaz from PGU company said that they had an eloctronic raffle draw and my landline number was selected… she said that anytime i can claim my home appliance as my prize at Home Sonic near Rob Dep’t Store at Metropolis now Starmall.
i kept on asking her…if her call might be a scam because i was not expecting anything nor join any raffle draw. After we talked i immediately search the net and found out that it is really a “scam”… and they victimized people already… since then and up to now they are still at large.. internet is such a big help but still we need to be careful… Thank God I searched first before going there… please be careful you might encounter the same situation as mine.
he should be sacked actually…hays…
ano ba yang home sonic?
sana nung tinanung niya kung wla ng ilalakas yung boses mo, sna sinagot mo ng bulong: “wala na eh..”
hmm.. wla lang..
hahahaha
napadaan lang si Gudang.
ge po!
may kttwag lng skn ngayong hapon from home sonic. buti n lng ngsearch aq s net ’bout sknla. hehe
kmusta naman sa lahat ng mga negative comment ng ibang tao na walang alam sa nangyayari sa pligid…
there are two kind of person isang manluluko at isang magpapaluko!!!!san ba kau dun?
Beware!! May nabiktima nanaman!! May tumawag din sa aking kaibigan. hindi nya alam kung san nakuha yung phone number nya sa bahay. Napanalunan daw nya ang isang massager sa Home Sonic Tutuban branch. Icl-claim daw nya doon.
Pagdating nya doon, Inikutan sya ng napakaraming sales agent na ginamitan ng mga panlolokong stratehiya sa kanya. Sa huli, napabili sya dun ng package which costs around P60,000 using his credit card na kinuha daw ng sales agent at sinulat na agad sa receipt.
isa akong applicant ng home sonic..totoo ba tong mga blog nyo?
ayus sa modus operandi yang HOME SONIC na yan ah!!parang ang sarap resbakan!! but anyway, God will punish them s mga gnagawa nla..hay…..grabe na dto sa pnas…kaya i will not be surprised kung bkit ayaw ng mga dayuhan d2 sa lugar ntn dhil tau mismong mga plipino, naglolokohan… nkakaAWA ung mga ganyang tao…though at first, oo mgagalit ka….pro guys, BEWARE of them!!! wlang cnisino yang mga yan…………
kitam!!! friday the 13th pa nman ngaun..bingo sna ako knina…buti nlng i surf on net……..hayyy…. INGAT SA ATING LHAT!!
Tol thanks for the story. At hindi kalang nag-iisa ako mismo nakatanggap ng bwiste na tawag nawan!!! Kung di ka magiisip sa mga sinasabi nila at madadala sa mga pangbobola nila , naku malilintikan ka!!!
buti nalang may internet at bago ako nag punta sa kanila nagsearch muna ako at sobrang daming same scam story ang nakita ko at nabasa. Halos parehong pareho lang sa story mo nasa SFAR MALL EDSA unit 52 ground floor
(old manuela mall). Alam kong medyo nasayang din time ko para mag search pero para sa mga nakakatanggap ng tawag naganito tulong lang poh at wag magpapadala sa kanila
DTI nasan na kayo kala ko close nasila?
naku tumawag din saken kanina lna PGU daw sa Home Sonic Sofia Diaz daw name.. buti na lang nag search muna ako sa Net hahahahaha… ayaw saken nung Sofia kasi 22 p lng daw ako dapat daw 28 above.. siguro kasi pag matanda na eh madali na lang bolahin di tulad pag bata eh alerto…
WOW! i never thought maabot na diri sa CEBU. “makarating yan dito sa Cebu”
thank Guyz for bloging your story now i know that it is really a scam. like insurance company that tells you at the mall that you have gift items but only to find out that you must avail their promo offers…WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY
Guyz, naa daw sa park mall tupad sa LBC? if you dont want to spend on something napilitan lang kayo huwag kayong maniwala.! Okie…thanks ulit
me and my mom got scammed last sunday (jan 24) by arysta marketing at elizabeth mall here in cebu city.. they claimed we won some items and have to promote an item which we have to pay for P49, 000.00.. all the free items cost P175, 000.00 total so we thought it was really a bargain.. when we got home, I checked the internet for the prices of the items we won and found out they were actually cheaper than what we thought and they cost P49, 000.00 more or less so it was like we were paying for the items we allegedly won.. and I also found out that there were also other victims that experienced the same scam we had.. I hope they will stop this lie they term as marketing strategy because not only did they violated the consumer’s act but also broke our trust and confidence to their company as well.. my mom used her sister’s credit card to pay for the promoted item so we are still in the process of canceling the transaction..