I posted about a special offer from HTC for three days, beginning today (9th October), at 10am to Sunday 10pm, where a total of 65 units of the Touch2 smartphone which comes with Windows Mobile 6.5 is going to be on sale daily at a steep discount of 65% off its retail price. As the retail price of the Touch2 is RM 1,599, this means that you can buy the Touch2 at RM 559.65. And as I tweeted, one would be either stupid or silly, or heaven forbid, both, to miss an offer like this. And since I do not like to call myself either, I decided to head on down to Sunway Pyramid to perhaps get a few to make some money. I kid, of course.
So, imagine my horror when I got there at 945am, only to see that there were already more than 80-90 people in the queue in front of me. Here are some pictures I took with my iPhone on the length of the queue when I got there.
So, here’s my advice if you really want to buy one:
- head on down there tomorrow or Sunday. Plan to reach there at 6am or earlier. You won’t probably get in, but I think you can queue up at the door right next to where they are holding the event on the “Blue Atrium” of Sunway Pyramid. Why 6am? The people in the queue were already starting to queue at this time, and today is a Friday, a working day. So imagine what one has to do when it is a weekend?
- bring a foldable chair or something if you value your back. Standing in line for more than 4 hours to enjoy a RM 1,000 discount is no fun.
- bring lots of patience. When I left at 1115am just now, the queue was still there, the sale of the Touch2 had not started yet. It was quite a disaster really. There were a number of frustrated looking faces in the queue.
- try to insist on a queue number from the organiser. You know the typical Malaysian style when there’s an opportunity to make easy money – people will cheat, lie, cut queue, murder, maim, etc to get what they want.
- only one unit per person. If you want 20 units, bring along 19 other friends with you to queue up.
Drop a comment here if you manage to get your grubby hands on a unit!
Does look like it has become another early morning $$$ grab to make a quick buck and nothing to do with the “fantastic” phone.
another fly by night ( or issit morning ) operator by touch
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what a marketing disaster !
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Da Alpha Dog Reply:
October 9th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
@toni, Malaysians are very good at teasing, but when it comes to actual thinking, very poor. That’s why all our best brains are overseas. Events and promos like this are never managed properly. When I left at 1115 the sales for the Touch2 hadn’t even started yet, and some had been queueing up since 6am!
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Hawke Reply:
October 9th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
Best brain should stay here turn the poor brainers to smart one (this should be correct). Best brainers go overseas are selfish people and egoistic. There are some best brainers here, but just act stupid.
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Da Alpha Dog Reply:
October 9th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
@Hawke, no la, the smart ones are overseas because they see no future here. That’s why they’re smart
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Hawke Reply:
October 9th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Well, they’re smart people. They should lead the no brainers people. What’s the point of calling them smart if they can’t help others out? Geez.
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Da Alpha Dog Reply:
October 9th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
@Hawke, last I checked, there wasn’t a law forcing smart people to help out morons!
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omg ! maybe those 65 x 3 = 195 phones are factory rejects !
Looks like they have degraded the image of the phones and
made it become cheapskate phones ! say NO to HTC !
haha
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Da Alpha Dog Reply:
October 9th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
@Jen, so bad la you…
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Hawke Reply:
October 9th, 2009 at 4:29 pm
Bad2
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This 3 day carnival ( fiasco ) has done more harm than promoting the touch, the opposite of Sony Ericsson Satio at Euro 550 where they have out priced themselves !
all on top of the boring Samsung Omnis || party
Hopefully we can all have a beer soon to forget about this terrible week !
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are u sure RM1599 is the suggested retail price?
i’m more inclined to believe that a new WM 6.5 PDA phone with HSDPA would cost more than RM2000, maybe close to RM3000 or even more…
perhaps RM1599 is the price AFTER 65% discount…
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Da Alpha Dog Reply:
October 9th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
@anon, perhaps come back with another comment once you’ve taken a closer look at the pictures I posted in an earlier post? Hint: click on the thumbnails in the other post to see a larger image
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may i knw the place
izzit the digital centre ???
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Da Alpha Dog Reply:
October 9th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
@M@ggie, if you read one of the earlier posts, you’ll know where it is! To save you hunting around though, it’s at the Blue Atrium, near where the entrance to the Jusco supermarket is.
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M@ggie Reply:
October 9th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
blue atrium??
actually at where ya?
not so clear, but i knw where is the jusco la
which floor ya??
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Da Alpha Dog Reply:
October 9th, 2009 at 7:16 pm
@M@ggie, http://www.sunwaypyramid.com.my/map_lg2.htm
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hkboey Reply:
October 9th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
Hahaha! Bro, you’re good!! LoL~~~
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Da Alpha Dog Reply:
October 9th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
Hehe, thank you, I try to help la. Pity I’m not getting any commission for doing this…
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Hhhmmm….. I wonder if its worth getting up at 5AM for….? RM1000 savings… quite big also…. considering…. considering…… plus on top of that, I so happen to have a mini foldable little chair and I do have that book which I have yet to finish… hhhmmm… considering, considering….
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Da Alpha Dog Reply:
October 9th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
@Jack, andy, a reader of this site, is driving up all the way from JB to KL at 2am for this offer. So your deliberation may not be *that* extreme…hahahaha!!
And my advice is to get there by 4am. Why? It’s a weekend. And more people would have known about it by now.
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M@ggie Reply:
October 9th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
im 2am maybe
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Da Alpha Dog Reply:
October 9th, 2009 at 7:17 pm
@M@ggie, if you go too early, you may get arrested by the police on suspicion of being a thief!
Hide in one of the toilets la, no need to queue outside… 
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Jack Lee Reply:
October 9th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
Hide toilet??? Wah lan eh! No air con, can die inside loh! Just kidding ah, M@ggie…. heeheehee!
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ANDY Reply:
October 9th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
dad,there is tough job , i may give it up , i am old already , can not stand it….hide in toilet…goog idea….
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Waiting patiently at 5 a.m is not a problem for me,but i’m only worried when nature calls.I’m afraid ppl may cut your queue,when you are away.So if possible,don’t eat too much food and drink less less water..
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Jack Lee Reply:
October 9th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
Haha! Actually, I thought of that too! So ideally, we should go with a friend. Or maybe we can meet up and queue together…? That could be an option too! Haha! If you are keen on this idea, drop me a line at jackkmlee at geemail dot com to exchange hp numbers…!
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Ken77 Reply:
October 9th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
Yeah ok,thanks.Perhaps,those who are reading here and interested in queuing to get it… pls help each other out,go go go Malaysia Mobile Techies..
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Da Alpha Dog Reply:
October 9th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
Please, if anyone is going, do take a picture, and if you want, you can submit it to me and I will credit you!
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Jack Lee Reply:
October 10th, 2009 at 1:10 am
Might just do that , bro!
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Da Alpha Dog Reply:
October 9th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
@Ken77, maybe you can wear one of those army type clothes where you can pee straight into a bottle/container inside the pants! Muahahahahaha!!! Joking…
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What a jolly good idea Alpha , die hard my tech news fans can gather Saturday 11pm , go disco nearby then adjound for teh tarik , or fantasy pub then together wait outside the Lagoon then … Hey !
Presto we are the first team at 4 am Sunday for the biggie Touch 2 of the Year !
A grand welcome to the inaugural Saturday night Sunday morning MyTechNews Fan Club meet + special Bonus edition 2009 !
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Da Alpha Dog Reply:
October 9th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
@toni, the problem is, if you drink too much, you will fall asleep and miss it. And when you’re drunk, who cares about an HTC phone, eh?
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hey,
they accept cash or credit card?
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JK Reply:
October 9th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
both are accepted… no additional charges for using CC..
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Da Alpha Dog Reply:
October 9th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
Yep, like JK said, they accept both. I saw someone walking around with a wireless card swiping machine this morning…
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ok already set my alarm clock @ 4.30am
shall reach there by 5.40am
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Da Alpha Dog Reply:
October 9th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
@VX, aiyoo, you guys are really crazy la!
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are you guys joining me ???
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See you people there at 5!
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I went there to check out the place,just now.The main entrance leading to the HTC selling booth is in between J.co Donut and Tokyo G. So there’s no other alternative entrance to go in there except this one.If you miss it,theres’ gone,is your queue.I have spoken to one of the security personnel,and it is confirmed,that there will only be one entrance going in,just for this selling event.Another tip guys,the security personnel also said once 65 people has reach the mark…they are allowed to go in,leading to the booth and form a straight queue line.From there on,you’ll be given a ticket number and wait wait wait.While the remaining people,they can’t come in to queue anymore.No point queuing it anymore and can go back home or wait for the last selling day.So my point is,the earlier you queue,the better is your chance.This is no joke people,imagine hundreds of people are going after this offer,while only 65 lucky people are able to grab it.Don’t slack even a bit,there’s no one to blame except us…..See ya all there,good luck on grabbing one!!!!
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There are only two choices of color,which is a blue and a brown.No black or white.I’ve made up my choice.I’m going for the brown one,because i haven’t own this color before and not much devices comes with brown,so it is something special….Which color will you all pick?
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going there now. chiow
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The guy wearing the yellow shirt – that’s me! I’m the first one to arrive and to purchase this phone. I arrived at 6, the next guy arrived at 7. At RM560 it is ridiculously good offer! PS. Yes you can be there at 6AM, the shutter door to the atrium is open at that time!
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Da Alpha Dog Reply:
October 10th, 2009 at 10:08 am
@Ridzuan, congratulations! What time did you complete the purchase? When I left at 11+ the process hadn’t even started yet. You must have spent at least 6 hours in the queue?
I hope you enjoy the phone!
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Ridzuan Reply:
October 10th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
I did enjoy the phone but I discovered a minor bug on the phone. Sunday I’m going there to complaint. If you enable Owner Info to display, when you unlock it, it hangs. You cannot do anything to unlock except plugging out the battery. Bummer!! However, if they say refund – I will say, I’ll wait for the patch
Too good to let go!!!
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Da Alpha Dog Reply:
October 10th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
@Ridzuan, thanks for the feedback, much appreciated. How did you find this site, out of curiosity?
With every new Windows Mobile release, there’s bound to be some bugs. As long as they don’t stop you from using the phone, at this price, it’s worth bearing it until the next firmware upgrade/patch. By Owner Info, do you mean the built in program or a third party program?
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i arrive at 6.30am. u know what i counted about 90+ people Q. i give up. Sunday morning i come again perhaps 2am or 3am star Q.
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Da Alpha Dog Reply:
October 10th, 2009 at 10:07 am
@VX, I think tonight you have to start queueing up at 10pm, right outside the glass door.
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so… who is right?? you arrived at 6am and in 1st Q… the 2nd guy arrive at 7am… how come VX arrived at 6.30am hv to give up???
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Jack Lee Reply:
October 10th, 2009 at 9:56 am
Bro…. they talking bout different days lah.
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Da Alpha Dog Reply:
October 10th, 2009 at 10:00 am
@Jack, haha, I was about to post, so thanks for answering!
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Ridzuan Reply:
October 10th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
Dude, I am the first one to purchase on Friday morning laa
The guy wearing yellow shirt right in front is me. When I purchase the phone I got at least 20+ eyes looking at me. There was also some minor pricing dispute after that but I snuck out quietly after that… They said pay mandatory RM140 for additional 1yr warranty and bluetooth headset and another mandatory RM120 for 4GB memory card and another optional RM80 for software installation. But after some heat, they finally offer the original price!
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Da Alpha Dog Reply:
October 10th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
@Ridzuan, good for you for standing your ground. Wave the brochure around if they insist, eh? And that is certainly (typical) crooked Malaysian business practice. Perhaps you want to share the name of the retailer with us here?
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I hv an idea. Hire a few an pay them rm5/hr. May be rm8, it good pay right. Their work is just to q.
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Jack Lee Reply:
October 10th, 2009 at 9:57 am
Pay them RM10 an hour oso wert…. actually I willing to pay up to RM100 for someone to queue for me…. RM560 plus RM100 = RM660 still cheap!!!
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Da Alpha Dog Reply:
October 10th, 2009 at 10:00 am
@Jack, wow, I can’t keep up with all these comments! Leave my site for 8 hours, come back, and wow, it exploded!
You know what – these guys know there’s an easy chance to make money. Why didn’t someone approach someone near the front of the line, offer RM 300 for that person to bugger off and sell you his place in the line? Anyone think of that?
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Da Alpha Dog Reply:
October 10th, 2009 at 10:06 am
@Gsl, they can make a lot more money buying it themselves and selling it off 5 minutes after they get it. People are not stupid nowadays la. Maybe you can get a beggar to do it, but students? Nah, I don’t think so…
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Bloody hell, I arrived there at about 5:20 am. Parked at the basement car park… hurrah, lift allows access in.
Made my way the Blue Atrium. Eh? I was the only one inside there! Hurrah! Then I saw lots and lots of people outside at the main entrance already queuing up but the glass doors were locked and they couldn’t get in. So I lepaked on some chairs around the roadshow area, thinking to myself, those fellas, why dun they just come in through the freakin’ basement carpark? I was feeling pretty smug and lucky at that point in time! heh heh heh!
However, I was shot down and brought down to earth shortly after. Some guards came over and told me I have to go outside and wait with the rest… kena shooed! But the guards were very polite though. They said they can’t allow me to wait inside as the rest outside sure complain kaw kaw and they told me people started waiting from 1:30am!!! One guard told me, “Eh, why dun you come back tonight to try your luck?”. I was like… wtf…. and all I could do was laugh and go quietly outside. Really “potong stim” la! LOL!
By that time, easily about 80 people outside in a queue already…. I was like, bloody hell, should have continued my beauty sleep. But I decided to wait awhile in any event, hoping against hope that some of the gals or guys there are only there to accompany their respective friends, boyfriends or galfriends and not there to actually buy a phone too! Hahaha! Talk about lying to myself! LOL!
ONLY to find out 2 hours later that some of those boys and girls decided to take things into their own hands much earlier on, to manage things a little due to lots of people jumping queue (typical Malaysians).
They had decided to do up a list of names and IC numbers of people who were there first and they had already listed 77 people. And there were lots of other people there whose names were not in the list. The list would later be handed to the retailer to see what could be done. I asked the “organiser” of the list at what time they started to take down names and he told me they started at about 2-3 am! Siao! One guy said he came at 3 am and he was already number 65! Wtf man!
Overall, it looked there were a lot of teens or students there… not surprising due to the college(s) and unis nearby. Aren’t these students suppose to stay in and study and do assignments, or something? Not go to queue up at 1:30 am for phones! Hahahahaa!
I left soon after I found out about the list. On my way home, I was thinking to myself, “How to “fight” with all these young kids to get the phone la! Aiyoyo.. sigh.. old liao, cannot “fight” liao…” LOL! But they truly deserved to get the phone if they have been there since 1 or 2 am!
I didn’t take any pics as I wasn’t really in the mood liao…hahaha! I was snapping some pics while I was inside, pics of the oh, so beautifully empty area, devoid of people except me! But I dun think those pics are relevant now… kah kah kah! I tried to snap a pic while outside but with me just having a camphone and it being still dark outside at that point in time…. I won’t bother submitting the pic, DAD. When it was lighter, I no mood liao, just wanna go home! LOL!
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Da Alpha Dog Reply:
October 10th, 2009 at 10:05 am
@Jack, I actually told andy to forget it. If you think you’re early, there is bound to be 65 other people in front of you who are earlier! But I guess one has to experience it to feel the occasion. I’m just wondering if this time HTC has managed to piss off more people than they have made happy? Perhaps next time they should have a tiered pricing system with more units for sale. Example – first 65, get 65% off. Next 50, 50%. Next 25, 25% off. Last 10, 10% off. More motivation to queue up this way, and keeps more people happy.
This is an easy way to make an instant RM 1,000 or so profit. Imagine – buy the phone at RM 560, sell it immediately for RM 1,599. Who doesn’t want to do it for a few hours work in the dead of night when these students aren’t even sleeping anyway? RM 1,000 goes a long way in KL, you know. Tax free. No need to report income to gomen.
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Ken77 Reply:
October 10th, 2009 at 11:18 am
Wow, you’ve really lived and tell your tale.Don’t get dissapointed,still have i more last chance.Be early tonite,bro!
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today become terrible, my fren reached at 5 something in the morning, the queue alredi 100+ ppl.. so for those who are eager to get the phone gotta be camping since the night before..
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Da Alpha Dog Reply:
October 10th, 2009 at 10:01 am
@JK, like I said, I think tomorrow maybe it’s best to start queueing up once the event closes for tonight. Which means, errr…start queueing at 10pm tonight outside the glass door…
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andy Reply:
October 10th, 2009 at 10:49 am
good…aftere bb celcom show…dad where is the republic sunway… in lagoon is it
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Da Alpha Dog Reply:
October 10th, 2009 at 11:30 am
@andy, I think it is this one? -> http://www.therepublicbar.com/
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@Ken77,
Did you go this morning? I SMSed you but there was no reply… so I wasn’t sure whether you went in the end?
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Ken77 Reply:
October 10th, 2009 at 10:57 am
@ Jack,I was late to arrive because too tired and overslept.I blew it.No one to blame but myself.Well,i’ve learnt my lesson.I won’t make the mistake twice.I’m going to make things right,by queuing right after the shutter door comes down at 10pm.I’m going extreme…hoping you guys who missed it follow my acts too.No point going at 2am or 3am,some ppl might just not sleep during those crucial sleeping hours.
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Da Alpha Dog Reply:
October 10th, 2009 at 11:30 am
@Ken77, good God! You guys are hardcore!
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Anonymous Reply:
October 10th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
Ha Ha,yep i guess that’s a little bit hardcore.I’m not young anymore and i haven’t tried it before.I don’t know whether my body can stand this kind of stress.I will console myself,to hang on…if i really want this phone so badly.Sometimes doing a crazy stuff,is also part of life.If not,there’s no tale to tell.Wish me luck…
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Da Alpha Dog Reply:
October 10th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
@Anonymous, whatever it is, I think I’m still older than you la
So, good luck!
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Da Alpha Dog Reply:
October 10th, 2009 at 11:35 am
@Ken77, well, if Jack is going again, perhaps both of you should exchange some messages, and queue together to facilitate toilet breaks!
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Jack Lee Reply:
October 10th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
Actually facilitate toilet breaks and sleeping breaks too, come to think of it!
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Anonymous Reply:
October 10th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
Yep,that’s the whole idea,helping each other out.Perhaps,if there’s a mamak stall nearby,even better.Can order some drinks,sitting there and let the time flies by more swiftly.12 hours of waiting marathon is no fun at all.I just wish tonite won’t be so cold,to wear a jacket.If it rains,i’m fine with that too.Rain or shine won’t dampen my hope,stick and stone won’t break my bone…………………….
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Ken77 Reply:
October 10th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
@Jack,I’ll be there early.Hope you do the same.Anybody else from this blog want to join in to queue?Please help each other out,if ones’ need a break.Thank you.
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kev Reply:
October 10th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
yea, i gonna tonite!
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Da Alpha Dog Reply:
October 10th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
@Anonymous, respect! Hardcore!
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all of us should say sorry to dad. dad posted this offer in earler
. as i know friday still lot of ppl dont know the offer.
i did google. only shown dad post….
if we go on friday in bit ealier. i guess we can get.
as dad reader none of get it. i feel sorry. if any one get it on friday and saw dad post. should say big tq to dad
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Da Alpha Dog Reply:
October 10th, 2009 at 11:29 am
@andy, sorry? Maybe I should be apologetic for posting this offer late, if I did it earlier, maybe we could all have gotten it on Friday itself, when there were much less people!
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I want to thank D.A.D for bringing up this post,without you,i don’t even know there’s such offer.Keep it up,alpha dog…..
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Da Alpha Dog Reply:
October 10th, 2009 at 11:37 am
@Ken77, well, I wish I was told about it earlier so that people would have gotten more of a heads up…but I guess that’s life. Small fries like me get to know things late…
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Anonymous Reply:
October 10th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
@D.A.D,no need to be so humble,you’ll be one bigshot one day.You see,i’m already,one of your followers.This blog is getting bigger and bigger by the day.Whether the news broke out late is not the point,it’s the perseverence and patients in a person,who waits,counts the most.I guess that’s life too……
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Da Alpha Dog Reply:
October 10th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
@Ken77, I think this is you, right, judging by the IP you’re posting from?
Thanks for the kind words, and hopefully with the growth in traffic, some companies may take notice and pass me early notices of some special deals to spread around! 
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