I have been asked to do a couple of live blogging sessions from 2 of the Pro20 cricket games starting today, and am really excited about it.
I love cricket, and really enjoy watching Pro20, because it is quick, the amount of 6’s and 4’s are unbelivable, and its over in 3 hours.
I will be at the Dolphins vs Eagles on the 28th March and the Dolphins vs Warriors on 6th of April.
Check out www.standardbankpro20.co.za, and follow the live twitter feed at http://www.twitter.com/pro20
WOW, blogging does really work :) In the last 2 hours since my last post, I have had no less than 7 unique hits from Mweb/24.com IP addresses.
About half an hour after posting about my unfortunate experience with Kalahari.net, I received a call from the category Manager – JP Van Der Merwe, apologising personally that they messed up. Explained what happened, gave me the correct link, and then said they would refund me the money, and give me a R100 voucher. The voucher was issued almost immediately, and he gave me a call back after to confirm I had received it.
Thanks JP, you have restored some of my faith in Kalahari. Will place my order for the correct product and see how it all goes from there.
2 weeks ago, Stefanno alerted the twitterati to a Notebook backpack on Kalahari.net, for a great price of R216.95. Having been looking around for a while for a notebook backpack about it, I jumped at the offer and ordered 2, the other for a colleague.
Last week, when I went to check on my order status, I noticed that the product name and picture had been changed to a Carry case.
Obviously this is not what I wanted. So I called up their support desk, and spoke to a Funiswa, who was really unhelpful, after I explained the whole story. She said I should mail their support desk, which I did. No reply, or even acknolwdgement email. Next day, No reply. Soon after this, I receive a confirmation that the order was dispatched. I replied back to the order dispatched email, with my original email. No Reply. Knowing full well that the order was to be delivered this morning, I called them again, eventually getting through to a guy by the name of Ashley. Luckily Ashley was a lot more helpful, and I forwarded him the email. After the bags were delivered, they were indeed the wrong ones. I mailed Ashley to tell him that they were the wrong ones. He has since arranged for them to be collected and a refund to be passed. How long that takes who knows.
What grates me the most about this is that the just changed the picture and name, but the description was still the same. They could have at least offered me a similar backpack case, at a similar price. I wouldn’t even mind paying a bit more, but they simply said, we will come fetch it, and refund you.
I have used Kalahari plenty of times before, as I think they are one of the better e-tailers in South Africa, but this time, they have left a sour taste in my mouth, and highly doubt that I will be using them again in the future.
UPDATE: All’s well that ends well
Time has come for the 2008 SA Blog awards. And I’m asking for your vote. I don’t usually ask to be nominated or expect to win anything, cause I feel that the best man always wins :)
I think I have quite a good chance in Best New Blog in 2007. After my newly found inspiration after organising the 27 Dinner in Durban, I started up this blog. I know I’m not the most regular poster but hey, I think I’m doing an OK job
But if you can, take 2 minutes and click on the widget below, or in my Sidebar on the right I would greatly appreciate it :)
Nudjit, a new South African gadget website, was launched this week by local gadget geeks Gregor Rohrig, Justin Hartman and Nicholas Haralambous, and as many people have pointed out, a much needed niche in the local blogosphere. As other bloggers have mentioned, this is something I have thought of time and time again, but have failed to do anything about it. I have added this one to my reader and can’t wait for many more updates :)
On the Nudgit website, the guys let us into why they claim to be gadget geeks, by sharing a list of the gadgets they use. Interesting additions include a iPhone, many Camera Lenses and even a Gameboy.
Being a self confessed wannabe Gadget Geek, I thought I may as well share mine too :
Laptop
Fijitsu Siemens AmiloD Pentium 4 3.20GHz (Time to Upgrade)
Windows XP
Cellphone
Nokia E50
Camera equipment
Canon 400D
Tamron 70-200mm Lens
Mp3 Player
iPod Nano 8GB
GPS
Garmin Nuvi 200
Garmin eTrex H
Gaming Consoles
Nintendo Wii
Dance Mat for my 3 year old (R149 from Reggies)
Link back to this post and share your list of what classifies you as a Gadget geek.