First part of the review tells a funny experience, second half gives some feedback on Hutch Hyderabad Prepaid service.
Of late several ladies have been calling me, almost on a daily basis, not that my market value has catapulted overnight or any such reasons, just because I’ve chosen not to fall pray to any of the marketing strategies adopted by some companies.
My most favorite lady caller is Miss Caller Tune. She is very much upset(when people are upset they stop calling, but this strange lady is not like that) with me because I’ve not opted for Hutch’s caller tune subscription. She calls me everyday and complains about this. Once I accept her call, before I can say anything, she starts speaking like below:
kya yaar…Jab bhi koi tumhe phone karta hain vahi purani tring tring sunai deta hein. Pata hain, tum apni man pasand gaane ko caller tune bana ke apne callers ko suna sakte hon. Iska kimat hein sirf 30 rupayee…Hum aap ke liye laaye hain DED saare super hit gaane jaise.
shaka laka laka laka laka laka laka laka ….bhooom boooom boom…is gaane to apni caller tune banana keliye 1 dabao…aur Tere Bina…chain aata nahin….agar ye gaana tumhe pasand aata hein to 2 dabao…nahi to pal pal pal pal pal pal pal pal pal pal pal pal kaise katege ye pal… -is gaane se apni callers to diwaana banana keliye 3 dabao…)
(For non-hindi people: It is a pre-recorded voice which plays bits of films songs and asks me to press a particular number to set that song as caller tune)
(I’ve not kept a count of how many’pal’s, ’shaka’s, ’laka’s and bhooms are there in the song. Excuse me if there is a count mismatch)
Why can’t she go on singing every available song on this planet? Probably I might choose 631940th song as my caller tune! But I think she gets tired after singing 5-6 songs and call will disconnect eventually if I don’t respond. I never end her call myself as she gives me my daily dose of music.
Second comes this lady(real lady, no recorded voice this time). She begins in Telugu .
Nenu Hutch-shop nunchi matladatunnanu sir.Telugu for: I’m calling from Hutch-shop
I respond promptly Naaku telugu raadu ammai, dayachesi hindi/English lo cheppandi-Telugu for: I don’t know Telugu lady, please tell me in Hindi/English)
She usually shifts to Hindi. In sharp 7 seconds she completes her statement(practiced and perfected by repeating thousands of times daily): Her offer is that if I recharge for Rs. 75 I can make hutch to hutch calls and 30 paisa only, Hutch to other mobiles at 45 paisa only and so on. For this I politely say Avasaram lEdu-No need)
Next comes the follow up question: Why sir? It is good no sir? OR Isn’t it useful to you sir? At this point, I feel the urge to explain the lady my detailed analysis(including ROI, minimum number of calls I’ve to make in order to reach break-even in that scheme, my usage for past one year etc) based on which I’ve reached the conclusion this scheme is more useful to Hutch than me. But since my time is precious I resist my temptation and end the call.
Bunch of other ladies are also after me. All they want is that I should waste my hard earned money on several stupid products and services-including cricket updates, ringtones you name it. Wish god had given me enough money so that I could please all these callers by buying whatever they had on offer…
(But biggest question is, if I buy will they ever call again?)
I’ve been using Hutch prepaid in Hyderabad for over an year now. Below are the feedback:
Price: Slightly lower than Airtel, so cheaper
Billing: Has been precise. No issues
Customer care: OK OK
Value added features: GPRS and many others: I’ve not used any of them. I use mobile for basic calls and occassional SMSs.
Other incidents: When I bought a SE k750i these people activated GPRS without asking me. I was not interested in that and had to manually go to hutch shop to get it deactivated
Get lot of unsolicited calls and SMS. There is an option to tell them you’re not interested.
Coverage: Had no issues as such, though slightly weaker than airtel.
Over all: Can be considered.
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