I have always been a shock absorber as far as I can remember. For some reason, friends, colleagues, even people I hardly know seek me out whenever they need help, advice, input of any kind, or at the very least someone to listen. Being somewhat empathic, it can be a very draining emotional experience, listening to people pour their hearts out, as they share their concerns regarding life, love, work, hopes, dreams, and what have you. The irony is, I myself have never been the type of person who seeks out other people to listen to my problems. I have always been a private person, and I've always preferred to keep my thoughts to myself. One of the reasons is that while I make friends easily, I don't readily give my trust to just any Tom, Dick or Harry. Trusting someone, whether it be a friend, or perhaps even someone more than a friend, takes time. And once lost, it can take a long time to build that trust back up, assuming that it even ever returns. Consequently, the people tha...
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A DTI Asst. Sec. wrote to me reacting to a column (unrelated issue) and in my response to her I took the opportunity to "bring" certain matters to the attention of the DTI with a "request" for feedback.
If you're interested, here is the link.
Cheers.
My letter to DTI...
Closure...sort of...
Enough is enough....
What the....
No end in sight....
When will it all end?
Finally....
PLDT myDSL's idiotic policies....
I read your column with interest. Its strange that there are indeed a lot of companies, some even virtual monopolies which resort to underhanded sales tactics and business practices just to fleece consumers of their hard earned money, and yet, hardly anyone is complaining.
I can relate to Family First being quite crude when it comes to marketing their services. Their approaches border on "ambush marketing", misleading you by pretending you have won something or reeling you in on the pretext that you have already won something. Next thing you know, you'll find yourself in line for an unwanted seminar if you're too polite to complain.
Maybe you've heard some complaints about prepaid load expirations as well. I wrote a post on it some time ago ( Cellphone firms pocket unused prepaid credits). Its one of those marketing ploys which artificially increase the need of a prepaid subscriber to purchase credits, when in reality he or she doesn't need to. If you add all those credits up, undoubtedly it could run into the millions.
It's too bad you aren't really interested in politics or being in media. You could probably make a lot of difference particularly along the lines of consumer woes. But knowing how politics and popular media can be corrupting to one's principles whether we realize it or not, its perfectly understandable. Besides, blogging might just be a better venue to tackle these issues.
Good luck with your crusade Ms. Connie. Hope you can make the DTI understand our woes as consumers. :-)
Cheers to you too. :-)