By this time, both the LG Optimus One and the Nokia C6 sale are both over and we’ve got multiple reports from various locations about how it went down. Estimates put hundreds to thousands of people lined up for both sale.
Our ground correspondents tell us there were a lot of people who were in the malls even before the gates were opened. Here’s a photo of the line in there today.
People were running from floor to floor just to line up for each of the sale. As expected, the events were disorganized and for the lack of a better term, chaotic. At the end of the sale, people were booing and shouting to boycott LG.
Unfortunately, only an estimated 20 to 30 people were able to buy the Optimus One per location in the one-hour window. We’re still getting numbers for the Nokia C6 but I imagine it will be like double that number for the 2-hour period.
Share us your experience below if you were there today.
I really thought I would still buy the Optimus One for the original price just in case I didn’t get one on this sale, but after seeing what happened in the sale, I changed my mind. I am pissed with how LG has handled this situation.
Unlike Nokia, LG didn’t go straight to the point with the people who waited in line. Instead, LG decided to constantly “fix” and “organize” the lines in the picture posted above as if they still had plans of selling the product to them. The fact is, though, that none of those in the picture above got the phone. The only people who got the phone were the ones right in front the LG store, which was probably composed of less than 30 people (not in the picture above). That being said, the issue is far more than LG just being disorganized or unprepared. It is about LG being completely dishonest with the people. They KNEW they would only have ONE cashier. They KNEW they would DEMO the phone to the buyers (As a matter of fact, it was as if they purposely did it to stall people). HENCE, they KNEW that ONLY A HANDFUL of the Optimus One units could be sold. LG deliberately took advantage of the people. Amidst the fact that they KNEW they can only sell to a HANDFUL, they DID NOT cut the lines short like Nokia did. Cheers to Nokia for not being the attention whore LG was (although their promo was obviously an attempt to steal some of LG’s thunder too). Shame on LG for deliberately fooling those in line (by rearranging them and making them sign “contact sheets” as if it was going to change anything).
I must admit LG’s Optimus One is truly a competitively priced product, but it is against my conscience to even think of contributing to the company that was behind this fiasco. I choose not to support a company that deliberately fools its customers. This is an issue that goes far beyond just not being able to give everyone phones (of course that won’t happen because of the multitudes of people who went to the event). This is an issue of honesty and credibility. Hence, even if the LG Optimus One might be a good deal even at it’s full price, I have decided not to buy it. Making money off your customers is just business, but making a fool out of your potential customers is shameless.
Kudos to Nokia for honoring their potential customers. Shame on LG for deliberately fooling them.
@taz
I understand the frustration. So near yet so far… But come to think of it, you did not shell out money for LG. Relax lang tol. Large crowds are a reality especially with that price drop. Magandang phone na mabibili mo sa 7K kung kailangan mo talaga…
LG already lost I think 1.5M for such an event. Di na siguro nila trabahong mag-ayos ng pila kasi they’re already losing money.
was also there and i must say, mukhang disorganized ang LG well, at least sa nokia eh kahit may onting tension, talagang di na nila pinaasa yung ibang tao
lesson learned from this event: if you want to boycott LG, go ahead, i know how it feels. If you don’t want to buy their products, it’s your choice.
Antay nalnag sa iba pang sales after…. i’m sure meron pa yan
@raymond: what the hell. r u the alien in this earth? can’t u see. u seem so so different,alienated and doomed. you’re a failure men. such an arrogant bastard just like LG or LuGi. let me guess, r u the new LG FAN BOY? or an idiot running around and crying “wolf” when nobody else likes to believe. again i say, SHUDDAP MEN. *victorious laugh*
Guys, wag nyong sisihin mismo ang LG.
Sisihin nyo ang marketing dept. ng LG!
I’m one of the few who got the unit, all I can say is “patience is a virtue” talaga. It was a horrible experience and I wouldn’t do anything like that again! Nakakaawa ang mga tao, good thing I was 17th in line kaya nakaabot pa ako.
As for the unit, first impressions, very responsive, though it feels a lil’ heavy (comparing to my Nokia 5800), panalo talaga ang Froyo 2.2.
I feel pity for those na hindi nakakuha kanina (sana tamaan ng karma ang mga may pasimuno nito).
(I’m from Davao btw)
I was so disappointed talaga na hindi ako nakabili ng optimus one pero meron after sale ang LG. Disappointed man ako na hindi makakuha ng optimus one nakakuha naman ako ng LG Renoir original price na 21,000 slashed down to 9,900 8MP pa camera… android lang ng habol ng tao dun ako discount na malaki so kht papaano worth it parin pila ko…
@raymond, i guess you weren’t there at the event hence there’s no way you’d understand.
i went to SM today prepared to come home empty-handed. but any marketing promotion has a target, given the mechanics, rules they will implement in-house, etc (that we as customers don’t know until the start of sale). the system they imposed could not have accommodated more than 50 max in one hour.
yet, LG let a thousand people waiting, standing, pushing and shoving in queue for at least 5 hours, resulting in a lady collapsing and few got hurt?
surely, there must be a better way to promote products, don’t you think?
I passed by the cyberzone at SM Cebu at about 2:30pm kanina to peek at the LG and nokia sales. There was a line surrounding the LG booth, but it wasn’t that bad and didn’t even extend beyond that area. Nothing unruly, and everything looked calm. I didn’t bother lining up though since I already read that they were only going to sell about 50 units. No idea how many people actually got a unit though.
Sa nokia naman, there was no line but there were a handful of people inside the nokia store so I went in and asked about the sale. The salesgirl apologized to me and said they were only selling 30 units first-come first-served, and the list was already full. So the Nokia shop did a better job by not keeping people waiting for no reason. The handful in the store were just the ones who made it onto the list of 30.
@aaron: i agree. HTC is far way better than this cheap shit.
@whatif: hey you man. SHUDDAP if nakikisali ka lang ok? u don’t have the right. so SHUDDAP and don’t be such a JOINER. OUTCAST.
to LG people, next time wag na kayo mag aksyaya ng time ng mga tao kung palpak lang ang promo nyo….
@raymond whatever? in the first place wala naman sinabi na mag subsidize sila ng phone in expense of the time and effort of the people. I am there and tlagang chaotic. Dont speak like a know-all dumb ass…
ang masaklap nito pwd naman ito naiwasan ng maaga kung pinutol nila yung line pero hnd pinabayaan lang nila humaba hangang basement ng mega
@Larry Miranda: why not huh? you can’t force these people not to express how they feel. If you were there in the event, I bet you’d be the first one to post your negative comment about the said agenda.
Oo nga mga tao wag kayo mag comment na prang naranasan nyo ung traumatic experience! Alam nyo ba na muntik an magka stampede???? LG put people lives at stake! Tapos sasabihin niyo na amrketing choo2x whatever2x lang yan??? E kung kayo kaya maka experience nun tignan ko kung matuwa kayo. Mga cold hearted kayo… You guys will never understand…
@debbie
I agree with you. Nakakaasar to, nakipareho pa ng alias ko:
jologs replied on Nov 13th, 2010 at 11:39 pm (190)
That goes to show how shallow tayong mga pilipino. Sale lang yan. If you didn’t get one well too bad. Pero chill..
I’m going to speak once.
ALL I CAN SAY IS:
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Next time, there will be no next time. I wont buy any LG product for the rest of mylife.
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wala namang issue sa 1 hour sale nila kaya lang sana nung nagbigay sa LG ng stub,sana sinabihan ung mga nde nabigyan ng stub na umuwi na kasi malabo na silang makakuha ng phone. sa bagal ba naman ng bentahan nila,malamang 20-30 lang talaga ang makakakuha ng phone.ang dami kasi naghintay hanggang 3pm (to think na as early as 7am andun na) tapos ung mga LG sales assistant iba iba pa ung mga sinasabi,keso i-extend daw ung sale perios at 1000 units daw ung available sa sale. sobrang disorganized talaga at walang pakialam ang LG sa mga prospect customers nila kaya they deser a “boo” from the crowd
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I was there around 3-4 PM. From what i gather, Nokia also had some problems of their own. And, yes, some people went home disappointed and angry at the store. Particularly those who were inside before 1 PM. The customers in the tail end also had to endure lining up until 6PM because of a long delay in the releasing of units to be sold.
But here’s the thing, Nokia increased their stock allocation from 50 to something around 113 units for the sale. I also saw some representatives talking to some clients and listening to their complaints and frustrations. And since there was a delay, they also adjusted the sale time period and extended it to accommodate the people they already gave numbers to.
So at least they tried to make amends. They even absorbed more losses by selling more units than what they initially committed to and advertised.
Disclosure: I’m an authorized Nokia dealer. But i saw what i saw and i know what i know. I give it a 7/10 event.
Just to give everyone a different qualitative perspective:
-Supposedly savings to consumers: about 80 units sold in all 4 LG concept stores * 6500 discount= P520,000
*50% of retail price is probably very near their factory cost
With that amount of “consumer savings”, LG has absolutely spent more in advertising fees in major newspapers, radio shows and other media. and more on additional staff expenses, bouncers, security, and (gasps!) sound system!
-What we as consumers spent: 4000 people X 200 pesos (for lunch, transportation fee/gasoline & parking fee) = P800,000
-Effort put in by 4,000 people to go to their stores yet were made to stand for a good 6 hours and few had ulcers acted up because of long wait= NO AMOUNT THAT LG CAN AFFORD
-Opportunity cost for 4,000 people who could have spent their day/ half of their day on other more productive things had they been informed properly by LG= NO AMOUNT THAT LG CAN AFFORD
-Losing LG brand’s integrity- PRICELESS
now, LG, you think this is a solid marketing promotion? what you were thinking?!
@ihateLg – i totally agree with the logic. LG CANNOT PAY THE DAMAGE THAT HAS BEEN DONE..