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  1. <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781310</id><updated>2024-03-23T23:37:04.026+05:30</updated><category term="internet"/><category term="google"/><category term="technology"/><category term="india"/><category term="market"/><category term="mobile"/><category term="browsers"/><category term="airtel"/><category term="computers"/><category term="apple"/><category term="social networking"/><category term="broadband"/><category term="car"/><category term="security"/><category term="blogging"/><category term="chennai"/><category term="facebook"/><category term="samsung"/><category 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  2. Following is the copy-paste of a list of enhancement requests I sent to All India Radio app development team for their app. If you like them, please send a request to them too.&lt;br /&gt;
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  4. To:&amp;nbsp;&lt;span data-hovercard-id=&quot;itdivisionair@gmail.com&quot; email=&quot;itdivisionair@gmail.com&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:itdivisionair@gmail.com&quot;&gt;itdivisionair@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;&quot;&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:Airlive@air.org.in&quot;&gt;Airlive@air.org.in&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  5. &lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;
  6. &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;&quot;&gt;
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  8. &lt;i&gt;Hi AIR app development team,&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  10. &lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  12. &lt;i&gt;For long I&#39;ve been wanting to get the AIR news on internet, especially via Tune In app. When I found the AIR android app just a day ago, I was delighted, but felt it could use some improvements to make it more user friendly and popular. Below is a list of suggestions. Please do let me know what you think about them and if there&#39;s any chance you can make them happen.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  14. &lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  16. &lt;i&gt;Have you considered the following for AIR services (in general)?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  18. &lt;ol&gt;
  19. &lt;li style=&quot;margin-left: 15px;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Publish AIR stations on Tune In&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  20. &lt;li style=&quot;margin-left: 15px;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Available to run on on Amazon Alexa and Amazon Fire TV Stick&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  23. &lt;div&gt;
  24. &lt;i&gt;Have you considered bringing in the following capabilities to the Android app?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  26. &lt;ol&gt;
  27. &lt;li style=&quot;margin-left: 15px;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Casting via Google Chromecast&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  28. &lt;li style=&quot;margin-left: 15px;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ability to stop playing music / stations after X minutes (sleep function).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  29. &lt;li style=&quot;margin-left: 15px;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ability to choose quality of stream - low, medium, high or something on those lines.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  30. &lt;li style=&quot;margin-left: 15px;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ability to record, rewind past few minutes, etc.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  31. &lt;li style=&quot;margin-left: 15px;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ability to mute in one click, instead of having to turn down the volume bar.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  32. &lt;li style=&quot;margin-left: 15px;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ability to set a wake up alarm and choose a station to start the day with.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  33. &lt;li style=&quot;margin-left: 15px;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;How about providing a program schedule for each of the stations? And ability to mark some programs as favorites and remind us when they are going to start. And possibly record the show when it happens.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  34. &lt;li style=&quot;margin-left: 15px;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ability to provide feedback from within the app for a particular program/hosts.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  35. &lt;li style=&quot;margin-left: 15px;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ability to comment on a program from within the app for others to join a conversation on the AIR website regarding a program, along with the ability to share the comment via social media like Twitter/FaceBook/Google+/&lt;wbr&gt;&lt;/wbr&gt;Whatsapp etc., which will link back to the conversation on the website.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  36. &lt;li style=&quot;margin-left: 15px;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ability to share status of what I&#39;m listening to, via social media such as Twitter/FaceBook/Google+/&lt;wbr&gt;&lt;/wbr&gt;Whatsapp etc.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  37. &lt;li style=&quot;margin-left: 15px;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ability to request songs / ask questions etc to live programs or pre-scheduled ones, from within the app.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  38. &lt;li style=&quot;margin-left: 15px;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Download programs for listening offline (when there is no internet connection).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  39. &lt;li style=&quot;margin-left: 15px;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Have a separate channel for news, or create a mashup of all channels that only publish news (maybe even in various languages).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  40. &lt;li style=&quot;margin-left: 15px;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ability to choose languages of interest and then choose for genre of programs within those - for eg., if I choose English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada - and choose genre music - the app should be able to cycle through the various channels and give me a continuous (or almost) play of music from various languages. So is the case for news, talk shows, etc.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  47. &lt;i&gt;Thanks,&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  48. &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;&quot;&gt;
  49. &lt;i&gt;Sudhir&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  56. Are e-commerce sites like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www%2Cflipkart.com/&quot;&gt;Flipkart&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www%2Camazon.in/&quot;&gt;Amazon (India)&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www%2Csnapdeal.com/&quot;&gt;Snapdeal&lt;/a&gt;, Ebay, etc cheating the Indian population/public when it comes to many electronic devices resale?&lt;br /&gt;
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  58. Most electronic, electrical manufacturers/vendors (like networking products, mobiles, televisions, washing machines, etc) refuse warranty when it comes to these e-commerce sites. However, these sites continue to sell (or allow others to sell) these goods claiming manufacturer/other warranty.&lt;br /&gt;
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  60. Isn&#39;t that willful cheating or misleading?&lt;br /&gt;
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  62. The irony or the salt on the wound is that these very manufacturers/vendors often sell their goods via online retailers/e-commerce sites in other parts of the world!! That&#39;s adding insult to injury, IMHO. I understand that it&#39;s market forces at play, and it&#39;s often a tough choice, and there&#39;s probably no right/wrong answer. If these new e-commerce sites only represent 5% of the retail market, shouldn&#39;t these guys be embracing them happily? Afterall, 95% is still out there via traditional model. Or are they scared it will change and lead to power shift, and/or worried about antagonizing the remaining 95% of the market?&lt;br /&gt;
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  64. Eg., d-link denounces e-commerce sites such as flipkart, amazon, snapdeal!&lt;br /&gt;
  65. Flipkart claims 3 years d-link manufacturer warranty.&lt;br /&gt;
  66. Amazon claims 3 years warranty. Not sure who gives it - manufacturer / amazon / retailer? (Item in question sold by RageDeal and fulfilled by Amazon)&lt;br /&gt;
  67. Snapdeal claims lifetime warranty! (sold by Trico online VOI)&lt;br /&gt;
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  69. I don&#39;t think these sites can ethically claim ignorance if the item is sold by a 3rd party retailer using their website. Although, they can possibly legally do so.&lt;br /&gt;
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  71. &lt;b&gt;What&#39;s your thought? And, who should intervene to protect the consumer?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  104. </content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/3467346454831107371'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/3467346454831107371'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sudhir.lakkaraju.net/2014/11/are-flipkart-amazon-snapdeal-ebay.html' title='Are Flipkart, Amazon, Snapdeal, Ebay, ... cheating the public?'/><author><name>Sudhir</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07617227228550332396</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8n4StxxQDCYFt-pdBl2THdAJGNwChPuG5r-xF2SyocFm6ehOrs8WYAAxJoinW02SzHgyiCxt3u7HmymcUeLZWy-ayo3jfFtpjynwTljbH1qERChVSaSHQlb6RVDhAq6LAJFi86g/s72-c/dlink-india.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781310.post-8149592804693683708</id><published>2014-11-12T03:52:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2014-11-12T03:52:25.942+05:30</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="airtel"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bharti"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bharti airtel"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="broadband"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="speedtest"/><title type='text'>Speedtest - 2014-11-Nov-12</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
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  112. </content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/3092102884091709141'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/3092102884091709141'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sudhir.lakkaraju.net/2014/10/speedtest-2014-10-oct-18.html' title='Speedtest - 2014-10-Oct-18'/><author><name>Sudhir</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07617227228550332396</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781310.post-2539437014481268795</id><published>2014-02-17T01:05:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2014-02-17T15:52:18.114+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Quick Observations on the Moto-G</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
  113. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;&quot;&gt;Played around with the Moto-G for a very brief while before I configured those and handed it off to family members. Neat device.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  114. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  115. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;&quot;&gt;A few observations (will update these in the future, if I get a chance, and/or if I find something).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  116. &lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;&quot; /&gt;
  117. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Camera: &lt;/b&gt;The camera could definitely be much better in low light or indoor lighting that&#39;s not great, I don&#39;t know if it&#39;s just a software issue - device still on 4.3 during launch in India, whether 4.4.2 would make an improvement? Or is it one of cost? If so, what would be a price point to take it to a decent level? Just a thought.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  118. &lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;&quot; /&gt;
  119. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;FM Radio: &lt;/b&gt;The FM Radio seriously lacks options on the UI. Need the following.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  120. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;&quot;&gt;1. Ability to enter a frequency (via keypad) instead of having to goof around with the slider.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  121. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;&quot;&gt;2. Ability to provide names to the stations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  122. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;&quot;&gt;3. Ability to play thru&#39; speaker instead of earphones, and switch back.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  123. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;&quot;&gt;4. Ability to sleep after 15,30,45,60,120 mins or, enter a configurable option.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  124. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;&quot;&gt;5. Ability to create a playlist of stations and optionally play thru&#39; them randomly for every 15,30,.. mins or so (ok, that&#39;s extreme)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  125. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;&quot;&gt;6. Ability to record from the FM station (not that many may use it, still may be handy once in a while).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  126. &lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;&quot; /&gt;
  127. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Storage / MicroSD: &lt;/b&gt;To Motorola::Please, please consider adding a MicroSD card option in future models. I dunno what your fixation is with not providing those, but they&#39;d certainly help, especially in budget devices.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  128. &lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;&quot; /&gt;
  129. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Voice Recorder:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;&quot;&gt;To Motorola::&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;&quot;&gt;Need a default voice recorder so one can record MP3s of kids talking, singing and such - doesn&#39;t have to be video always - especially with the lack of storage space.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  130. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  131. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Update 1:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  132. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  133. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: whitesmoke; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;&quot;&gt;Good job on including the charger, headset for a market like India.Don&#39;t think some of the other country versions have these.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  134. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: whitesmoke; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  135. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: whitesmoke; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Charger:&lt;/b&gt; The charger could have had clearly visible USB indicator (or some marking) on it to easily indicate which side to plug into the phone. Will prevent long term damage of the charger/phone USB port.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  136. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: whitesmoke; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  137. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: whitesmoke; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cases&lt;/b&gt;: I see that the cases, flip shells align pretty much with the camera glass. I would have preferred if the casing was such that it provided at least a few mm protection to the camera, i.e casing stood out and camera was a little bit inside.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: whitesmoke; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;&quot;&gt;Or is it that the camera glass is built with such material so as not to be scratched if placed frequently on irregular/rough surfaces?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  138. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: whitesmoke; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  139. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: whitesmoke; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Update 2:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  140. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: whitesmoke; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  141. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: whitesmoke; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;&quot;&gt;Moto-G receives the sweet pill! Kitkat 4.4.2 update now available for India! Upgraded one phone out of two! Still need to see what it actually brings in noticeably.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  142. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: whitesmoke; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  143. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: whitesmoke; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 14.5600004196167px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  144. &lt;/div&gt;
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  146. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  147. Ok, now that I possibly &amp;nbsp;have your attention with an
  148. &quot;interesting&quot; title/subject, here&#39;s the story.&lt;/div&gt;
  149. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  150. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  151. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  152. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  153. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  154. Quick summary is presented towards the end for those who can’t
  155. read the gory or spicy details. Excuse me in advance for the automatic formatting fiasco below.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  156. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  157. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  158. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  159. &lt;b&gt;Background:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  160. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  161. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  162. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  163. Motorola launched the Moto-G on 13-Nov-2013 (last year) in
  164. Brazil where it also said it will bring the device to India in early Jan in a
  165. dual-sim variant. Now, for those of you who don&#39;t know the Moto-G, it&#39;s a
  166. fantastic budget android phone that literally shows the rest of the world (read
  167. other manufacturers) how to build a phone at budget prices without compromising
  168. on the quality in terms of build or software. The major drawback I see is the absence of a micro-SD card, and minor ones such as a &quot;just ok&quot; camera and non user detachable battery.&lt;/div&gt;
  169. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  170. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  171. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  172. I was very excited about the
  173. India launch, and decided to renege on my earlier promise to myself not to buy
  174. another Motorola device ever - having convinced myself that this is no longer
  175. the earlier Motorola, but a new Motorola, a Google company (oh, and for those
  176. who don&#39;t know, Google has sold off Motorola to Lenovo). I was planning to gift
  177. 3 of these phones to family members and was super happy at such a device coming
  178. to India.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  179. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  180. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  181. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  182. Now, come early January 2014, there was no news about the
  183. launch, and things started getting a bit disappointing until indications
  184. started it would be late January, and then finally, the launch was supposed to
  185. happen on 5-Feb-2014. Of course, my excitement knew no bounds and I waited
  186. impatiently for the launch/sale information. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  187. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  188. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  189. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  190. The phone was launched on Feb-5 and it said that the phone
  191. would be exclusively available with Flipkart for sale from 6-Feb, 12am onwards.
  192. Note that flipkart had also been pumping up the frenzy by talking about exclusive
  193. launch day offers for a few days.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  194. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  195. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  196. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  197. After having read about all the fiasco in US with motomaker
  198. discount offers during special days, how the systems crumbled, I was keeping my
  199. fingers crossed that flipkart would get it right. After all, they were the
  200. poster boys of e-commerce in India and were steadily improving in every aspect –
  201. they couldn’t get anything wrong!, right?? Wrong! – as you will read on going
  202. forward.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  203. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  204. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  205. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  206. &lt;b&gt;Sequence of events:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  207. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst&quot; style=&quot;mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  208. &lt;/div&gt;
  209. &lt;ol style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
  210. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;I logged onto my flipkart account on Feb-6, at
  211. around 12.05 am and placed my first order for a Moto-G.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  212. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;The system didn’t allow me to place 3 orders,
  213. which was my goal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  214. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;It allowed me to place only one at a time and
  215. indicated that I could place another order with delivery dates being calculated
  216. separately on that order.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  217. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;I decided to let it go, proceeded with one order
  218. (around 12.10maybe) to be delivered by 10-Feb (Monday) and then went back in to
  219. order my next phone(s). &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;Order # OD40206080333.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  220. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;I again tried ordering 2 phones in one shot, it
  221. wouldn’t allow me to save anything more than one. I was forced to buy one-by-one
  222. and to my second order went in before 12.20am. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;Order # OD40206030472, &lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;to be delivered by 10-Feb (Monday).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  223. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;I then tried getting in third order at around
  224. 12.21am or so at which point of time, the system said it was out of stock.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  225. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;I suspected that it could be a login related
  226. thing and tried looking up the stock from another machine/browser without
  227. logging in to my flipkart account – it said the same thing “out of stock”. I
  228. resigned myself to getting 2 out of 3 and was still fairly happy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  229. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;Order confirmation by email kept coming in, but
  230. I didn’t see anything about the launch day offers in those. I was beginning to
  231. get worried.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  232. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;I then read the fine print on the stock page
  233. which said that I had to order the phone cases along with the phones in same order
  234. to avail launch day offer. I couldn’t believe my eyes that they could be so
  235. finicky on the T&amp;amp;Cs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  236. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;I called up the flipkart support center around
  237. 12.40am, Feb-6 to see if something could be done about the cases. The gentleman
  238. on the line looked at my orders and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  239. &lt;/ol&gt;
  240. &lt;br /&gt;
  241. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  242. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  243. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  244. &lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;a.&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;Said only one of them (#OD40206080333) was
  245. approved by flipkart for the moment since they were of the opinion that the
  246. second one could have been due to a mistake and wanted my confirmation that I
  247. wanted the second phone as well&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  248. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  249. &lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;b.&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  250. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;I confirmed my 2&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt; phone order # OD40206030472
  251. (amazed that flipkart could not believe the fact that someone could go to the
  252. extent of going thru’ Credit Card payment, entering OTP, confirming
  253. e-transactions, etc).&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  254. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  255. &lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;c.&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  256. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;He entered it into his system and approved the
  257. order.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  258. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  259. &lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;d.&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  260. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;Coming to my case discount request, he said
  261. nothing could be done and that I could try canceling my phone order(s) and
  262. place another one along with the case.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  263. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  264. &lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;e.&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  265. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;When I asked him whether I would be guaranteed
  266. another phone given things were already out of stock, he acknowledged that it
  267. was not possible to guarantee.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  268. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  269. &lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;f.&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  270. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;I was not happy about it and asked him to take
  271. feedback that flipkart had to make the launch day T&amp;amp;Cs more
  272. transparent/clearer so that everyone doesn’t lose out on those offers.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  273. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  274. &lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;g.&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  275. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;At 1:06am, Feb-6, I also wrote to &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:cs@flikpart.com&quot;&gt;cs@flikpart.com&lt;/a&gt; about missing out on the
  276. offers, and that flipkart had to make the T&amp;amp;Cs simpler/transparent and/or
  277. provide options for redemption later.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  278. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -1.5in;&quot;&gt;
  279. &lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  280. &lt;/span&gt;i.&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  281. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;I got a standard response from support at
  282. 11:10am in the morning that the offer was only valid when phone and case were
  283. combined in same order (duh!) and that I could try canceling the order and
  284. placing a new one! This, when the system was already out of stock.&lt;/div&gt;
  285. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -1.5in;&quot;&gt;
  286. &lt;/div&gt;
  287. &lt;ol style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
  288. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;11. &amp;nbsp;Later in the day, I started seeing messages on
  289. twitter handle @flipkart or @flipkartsupport about the same thing, and surprisingly,
  290. they were responding that cases could be redeemed at said discount as long as
  291. phone was ordered on launch day (Feb-6)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  292. &lt;/ol&gt;
  293. &lt;br /&gt;
  294. &lt;br /&gt;
  295. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  296. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  297. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  298. &lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;a.&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  299. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;I was thankful that flipkart realized the mess
  300. and was acting on it&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  301. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  302. &lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;b.&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  303. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;I was flabbergasted that &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:cs@flipkart.com&quot;&gt;cs@flipkart.com&lt;/a&gt; had a standard response,
  304. while their twitter group was more clued in! Maybe the departments are not
  305. synchronized. Or maybe, I didn’t see the timing in that detail.&lt;/div&gt;
  306. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  307. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  308. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  309. &lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;12.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  310. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;I started hearing from others that they would
  311. open up stock around noon and was elated at the prospect of getting in my 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sup style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;
  312. order.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  313. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  314. &lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;13.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  315. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;Before 1pm, 6-Feb, I got 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sup style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt; order
  316. in, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;# OD40206025031&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;, after a few
  317. attempts. By this time, flipkart had changed the UI on the page to clearly
  318. indicate that there was a combined offer and one could buy it from there. I
  319. silently congratulated them on the quick changes they had brought in the UI to
  320. avoid further confusion.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  321. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  322. &lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;14.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  323. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;The 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sup style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt; order was also going to be
  324. delivered on 10-Feb. I was super-excited and happy with myself.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  325. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  326. &lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;15.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  327. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;At around 1.14pm, I got email notification from
  328. flipkart that they “observed that my Moto-G was ordered without a case and they
  329. felt it was best looking with a colorful case” and that I could login to my
  330. account and order a new case between Feb-6 and 31-Mar. “Offer could be redeemed
  331. once”, they said!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  332. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  333. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  334. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  335. &lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;a.&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  336. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;I was certainly thankful that things were
  337. improving, but still unhappy and confused about the “order could be redeemed
  338. once” statement.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  339. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  340. &lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;b.&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  341. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;I wrote back about the fact that I had two such
  342. orders and whether the offer would be applicable for both, but received no
  343. response to the email.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  344. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  345. &lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;c.&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  346. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;Much later (9.51pm, 6-Feb), flipkart sent another
  347. note saying I could order a case between 7-Feb and 31-Mar. It was still not
  348. clear whether this was in addition to the earlier one or whether just dates had
  349. changed from 6-Feb to 7-Feb.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  350. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -1.5in;&quot;&gt;
  351. &lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  352. &lt;/span&gt;i.&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  353. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;See below that by this time, my orders had been
  354. cancelled unilaterally by flipkart!! This was adding insult to injury!!&lt;/div&gt;
  355. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -1.5in;&quot;&gt;
  356. &lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;16.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  357. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;A little while later, at 2.28pm, I got a message
  358. that my 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sup style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt; order delivery date was changed from 10-Feb to 17-Feb “due
  359. to reasons beyond their control”. While I was slightly disappointed, I was
  360. still happy that I was still going to get 2 phones on 10-Feb and another one a
  361. week later.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  362. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -1.5in;&quot;&gt;
  363. &lt;span style=&quot;color: red; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;17.&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  364. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;At around 7pm, flipkart
  365. shattered my blissful world by sending in SMS messages that all my 3 orders
  366. were cancelled on my request!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  367. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -1.5in;&quot;&gt;
  368. &lt;span style=&quot;color: red; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;18.&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  369. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;I also got emails around
  370. this time that orders were being cancelled per my request!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  371. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  372. &lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;a.&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  373. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;And that amount would be
  374. credited back to my credit card account by 14-Feb (nice valentine’s day gift!!!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  375. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  376. &lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  377. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  378. &lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;19.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  379. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;I saw the SMS only a while later and called in
  380. the support center at around 8.30pm to find out what was happening.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  381. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  382. &lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;20.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  383. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;I spent about 40 mins talking to a gentleman (Mr.Pratik)
  384. and trying to escalate to his shift supervisor (Mr.Shohom) who was handling
  385. other calls and remained unreachable throughout the said call period. I made it
  386. clear to Mr.Pratik that I never asked for cancellation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  387. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  388. &lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  389. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  390. &lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;21.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  391. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;He first said that the cancellation was since
  392. they were “out of stock”!!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  393. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  394. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  395. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  396. &lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;a.&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  397. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;I made it clear to him that when I ordered
  398. (before 12.20am that day, Feb-6), the stock was pretty much in inventory
  399. according to the system, and that they had happily acknowledged this multiple times.
  400. Infact, to the extent that only my 3&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt; order in first attempt was
  401. blocked and first 2 went in fine without any issues.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  402. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  403. &lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;b.&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  404. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;My 3&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt; order went had gone in just
  405. around 1pm at which point of time, things were again in stock and flipkart
  406. themselves had announced on Google+ at around 1pm that they were restocking and
  407. new orders were being taken!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  408. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  409. &lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;c.&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  410. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;Also, several others had clearly indicated that
  411. they were able to order at around the same time without issues.&lt;/div&gt;
  412. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  413. &lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  414. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  415. &lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;22.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  416. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;After much back-and-forth, he suggested that the
  417. order could have been cancelled by the seller since more than one phone was
  418. ordered per account id.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  419. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  420. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  421. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  422. &lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;a.&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  423. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;I was seriously put off by this!! This was an
  424. arbitrary, unannounced policy being put in place much after the fact!!&lt;/div&gt;
  425. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  426. &lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  427. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  428. &lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;23.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  429. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;I made it clear to him that this was
  430. unacceptable and my orders had to be reinstated since I wasn’t at fault.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  431. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  432. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  433. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  434. &lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;a.&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  435. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;Also, that SMSing and emailing me that I (customer)
  436. had requested for cancellation was heights of lack of concern for the customer!!!
  437. He said it was a system generated message and possibly based on standard
  438. template and hence the error in wording.&lt;/div&gt;
  439. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  440. &lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  441. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  442. &lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;24.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  443. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;He said nothing could be done at this point of
  444. time and was escalating to his supervisors, but that I should try ordering it
  445. when it becomes available again!!!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  446. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  447. &lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;25.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  448. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;I called up the call center next day, 7-Feb
  449. (Friday), at around 8.45/9am and asked for shift supervisor and spoke in length
  450. to a Mr.Kulbhushan about the whole story. He said he’d discuss it with his
  451. managers who will come in around 10/11am and arrange for a call back later
  452. during the day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  453. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  454. &lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;26.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  455. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;As promised, he did arrange for the call back,
  456. and I spoke to Mr.Ahmad (hope I remember the names right) in length about the
  457. issue and how flipkart had to set this right for a long standing customer. He said
  458. that he’d look into it and could probably get 2 phones available, but not the 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sup style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;
  459. due to demand.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  460. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  461. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  462. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  463. &lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;a.&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  464. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;I simply resigned myself to “fate” and accepted
  465. the offer grudgingly, but still asked for my 3&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt; order to be honored
  466. as soon as possible.&lt;/div&gt;
  467. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  468. &lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  469. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  470. &lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;27.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  471. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;A little while later, someone else (a Mr.Akul?
  472. maybe. I hope I am getting these names right, although they could all be
  473. fictitious! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Wingdings; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;J&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;) called
  474. from flipkart support and said they looked at my orders and cancellation and in
  475. view of my escalation, could give me 1 phone out of 3!!!! I told him Mr.Ahmad
  476. had already “promised” 2 and now I was again being “downgraded”? He said in
  477. that case, since someone had already spoken to me and offered 2 phones, that
  478. would stay.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  479. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  480. &lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;28.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  481. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;I was contacted later (around 5pm, Feb-7 maybe) by
  482. someone from flipkart and told that I could order my “allotted” 2 phones, but
  483. that it had to be a new order, and that it would have to be cash-on-delivery
  484. and delivery time was still to be determined!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  485. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  486. &lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;29.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  487. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;I was simply sick of all of this by this point
  488. of time (as you can see, even in writing, because, I’ve lost track of details
  489. like who/when/…). I told him that flipkart had to get the order in “now”, and
  490. that delivery was to be made in next-day-guarantee category at flipkart’s
  491. expense since they goofed up big time!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  492. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  493. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  494. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  495. &lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;a.&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  496. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;There was a lot of back-and-forth in him saying
  497. he couldn’t offer next-day shipping, etc&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  498. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  499. &lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;b.&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  500. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;I asked him to escalate, and he finally said, I
  501. still had to make the courier payment of Rs.90 for speed shipping, but that
  502. flipkart would credit back the amount in store payment to my account for the 2
  503. orders!!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  504. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  505. &lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;c.&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  506. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;It was revolting, but I accepted it for what it
  507. was worth!&lt;/div&gt;
  508. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  509. &lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;30.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  510. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;As of now, I only have one order coming in on
  511. 11-Feb! No idea about the next one!! No express delivery!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  512. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  513. &lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;31.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  514. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;So much for customer service!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  515. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  516. &lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;32.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;
  517. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;I have seen a few complaints about such suo moto
  518. cancellations, but nothing so painful. Or maybe others haven’t had the patience
  519. to write it up.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  520. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpLast&quot; style=&quot;mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  521. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  522. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  523. &lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  524. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  525. &lt;b&gt;Summary:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  526. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst&quot; style=&quot;mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  527. &lt;/div&gt;
  528. &lt;ol style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
  529. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;Flipkart took my money for 3 phones (on launch
  530. day, Feb-6, Thursday).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  531. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;Cancelled my orders later on Feb-6 stating I
  532. asked for cancellation, without me asking for cancellation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  533. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;Has not offered to give me 3 phones asap/now inspite
  534. of repeated escalations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  535. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;Made me “order” 2 phones in a new order (Feb-7),
  536. not reinstating the old ones, thereby making me possibly lose out on launch day
  537. offers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  538. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;Forcing me to pay cash-on-delivery, thereby theoretically
  539. tying up funds on both credit-card and cash (of course it’s my choice to accept
  540. or not). Not to mention me losing out bonus points on credit-card.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  541. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;Not offering next-day-delivery by default due to
  542. such mix-up, not offering to waive the cash payment, offering store-credit
  543. after much haggling, but still showing no indication of using it for delivery.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  544. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;Only one phone is being sent now, doesn’t look
  545. like next-day-delivery (order taken on 7-Feb, but coming in only on 11-Feb).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;Order
  546. # OD40207045235&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
  547. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;No idea when 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sup style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt; phone is going to be
  548. delivered&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;(Order
  549. # OD40207065295)&lt;/span&gt;, nor whether I can get a discounted case.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  550. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;No possibility of getting 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sup style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt; phone
  551. for now.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  552. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;Experience leaves a very bad taste in mouth
  553. about Flipkart. Not sure I can blame Motorola on this, except if they had not anticipated
  554. the demand, and/or not shared their experiences with flipkart after the
  555. motomaker discount offer disaster in the US.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  556. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;Looks like flipkart has seriously mismanaged the launch / promotions / offers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  557. &lt;ol&gt;
  558. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;Flipkart certainly hadn’t anticipated the level
  559. of demand&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  560. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;The promotional exclusive launch day offers were
  561. misleading – no mention of having to buy phone-and-case in one order&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  562. &lt;ol&gt;
  563. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -1.5in;&quot;&gt;Corrected later&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  564. &lt;/ol&gt;
  565. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;No mention about “offer open till stocks last”
  566. or “limited supply only” – at least not prominent&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  567. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;Full page ads in all leading newspapers, along
  568. with promotion about launch-day-offers would have got people visiting the site,
  569. only to be disappointed with the “out of stock” message&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  570. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;System very unreliable, if discussions with
  571. support to be believed, else how could an order that was confirmed during
  572. payment be cancelled since stock out of inventory later&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  573. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;Unconfirmed policy of 1 phone per account –
  574. another mixup that could have been avoided by making it clear up ahead&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  575. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;Impression:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  576. &lt;ol&gt;
  577. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;Email, twitter, call center support
  578. channels not in synch with each other&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  579. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;Most responsive: twitter channel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  580. &lt;/ol&gt;
  581. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-indent: -0.25in;&quot;&gt;No indication of when 16gb is likely to be
  582. restocked&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  583. &lt;/ol&gt;
  584. &lt;/ol&gt;
  585. &lt;div style=&quot;text-indent: -24px;&quot;&gt;
  586. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  587. &lt;div style=&quot;text-indent: -24px;&quot;&gt;
  588. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  589. I&#39; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;I’m sure there are the envious few who already have the
  590. phone by now, the happy thousand who have had no issues with ordering, and the
  591. top brass of FK, Motorola have possibly congratulated themselves over the
  592. stupendous launch and demand. &amp;nbsp;I just
  593. hope this piece provides an insight into some of the things that had gone wrong
  594. and hopefully helps put in place better systems for the future.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  595. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  596. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  597. &lt;/div&gt;
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  610. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  616. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  620. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  622. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  624. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  626. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  628. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  630. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  632. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  634. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  636. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  637. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoListParagraphCxSpLast&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;&quot;&gt;
  638. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  639. &lt;br /&gt;
  640. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;
  641. It’s quite possible, I may have missed out some more of the
  642. finer details, but at this point of time, I give up the effort of trying to
  643. document any more things!&lt;/div&gt;
  644. &lt;/div&gt;
  645. </content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/5798721751130102025'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/5798721751130102025'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sudhir.lakkaraju.net/2014/02/how-flipkart-took-my-money-cancelled-my.html' title='How Flipkart took my money, cancelled my order and screwed me'/><author><name>Sudhir</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07617227228550332396</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781310.post-1143802491714377120</id><published>2013-11-24T21:53:00.002+05:30</published><updated>2013-11-24T21:53:59.367+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Speedtest 2013-11-Nov-24 (Sunday)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
  646. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3122230890&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.speedtest.net/result/3122230890.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  647. </content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/1143802491714377120'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/1143802491714377120'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sudhir.lakkaraju.net/2013/11/speedtest-2013-11-nov-24-sunday.html' title='Speedtest 2013-11-Nov-24 (Sunday)'/><author><name>Sudhir</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07617227228550332396</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781310.post-5169095225265525413</id><published>2013-06-16T07:46:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2013-06-16T07:46:26.306+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Flipkart Flyte Closure: Definitely Fishy, Sad</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
  648. I distinctly remember seeing tons &amp;amp; tons of M.S.Subbulakshmi&#39;s albums including the ever famous &quot;Bhaja Govindam&quot;, &quot;Vishnu Sahasranamam&quot;, &quot;Venkatesa Suprabhatam&quot; on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flipkart.com/mp3-downloads&quot;&gt;Flyte&lt;/a&gt;. I&#39;m searching now and can only find 5 albums of hers! Only 5!&lt;br /&gt;
  649. &lt;br /&gt;
  650. I see that iTunes has these at the regular/&quot;whopping&quot; Rs.120/- .&lt;br /&gt;
  651. &lt;br /&gt;
  652. I&#39;m definitely wondering if entrance of iTunes Indian store has got something to do with Flyte&#39;s closure. Of course, I may be completely mistaken and off the mark, but the coincidence is definitely too troubling.&lt;br /&gt;
  653. &lt;br /&gt;
  654. Like I hinted in my earlier post, Flyte&#39;s closure is definitely a very sad event :(&lt;/div&gt;
  655. </content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/5169095225265525413'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/5169095225265525413'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sudhir.lakkaraju.net/2013/06/flipkart-flyte-closure-definitely-fishy.html' title='Flipkart Flyte Closure: Definitely Fishy, Sad'/><author><name>Sudhir</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07617227228550332396</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781310.post-6567602622776869271</id><published>2013-06-16T07:33:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2013-06-16T07:33:07.449+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Flipkart Flyte MP3 Music Store closing down :(</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
  656. Flipkart&#39;s MP3 Music store - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flipkart.com/mp3-downloads&quot;&gt;Flyte&lt;/a&gt; - is closing down tomorrow, 17-Jun-2013. It&#39;s indeed a sad day since they had a lovely collection that was huge, fantastically classified, very nominal (when compared to iTunes in several sections).&lt;br /&gt;
  657. &lt;br /&gt;
  658. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flipkart.com/s/mp3help&quot;&gt;http://www.flipkart.com/s/mp3help&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  659. &lt;br /&gt;
  660. &lt;i style=&quot;background-color: yellow;&quot;&gt;Q: Why Flipkart has stopped selling Flyte MP3? I cannot see Flyte MP3 category in Website?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  661. &lt;i style=&quot;background-color: yellow;&quot;&gt;A: Flipkart has decided to stop selling digital MP3 files due to business reasons.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  662. &lt;br /&gt;
  663. Makes me wonder what those could be..&lt;br /&gt;
  664. &lt;br /&gt;
  665. &lt;ul style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
  666. &lt;li&gt;Entrance of iTunes?&lt;/li&gt;
  667. &lt;li&gt;Higher % cut ask from labels?&lt;/li&gt;
  668. &lt;li&gt;Lower returns than expected?&lt;/li&gt;
  669. &lt;li&gt;Insufficient labels, categories?&lt;/li&gt;
  670. &lt;li&gt;...&lt;/li&gt;
  671. &lt;/ul&gt;
  672. &lt;br /&gt;
  673. I sincerely wish they had stayed on. Would have been a good alternative to iTunes which still appears to have a lot to learn about Indian music going by the looks of the site at the moment.&lt;br /&gt;
  674. &lt;br /&gt;
  675. Copied from the site:&lt;br /&gt;
  676. &lt;dt style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flipkart.com/s/mp3help#&quot; style=&quot;border: 0px; color: #004b91; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 2; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 3px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Why Flipkart has stopped selling Flyte MP3? I cannot see Flyte MP3 category in Website?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/dt&gt;
  677. &lt;dd id=&quot;dd1&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #333333; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 5px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  678. Flipkart has decided to stop selling digital MP3 files due to business reasons.&lt;/div&gt;
  679. &lt;div style=&quot;border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;
  680. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  681. &lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  682. </content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/6567602622776869271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/6567602622776869271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sudhir.lakkaraju.net/2013/06/flipkart-flyte-mp3-music-store-closing.html' title='Flipkart Flyte MP3 Music Store closing down :('/><author><name>Sudhir</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07617227228550332396</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781310.post-9067593932475820902</id><published>2012-11-22T10:38:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2012-11-22T10:38:43.339+05:30</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="internet"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="speed"/><title type='text'>Speedtest - 2012-11-Nov-22</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
  683. &lt;br /&gt;
  684. &lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;&quot;&gt;
  685. Test Date: Nov 22, 2012 10:27:59 am&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  686. &lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;&quot;&gt;
  687. &lt;b&gt;Connection Type: Wifi&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  688. &lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;&quot;&gt;
  689. &lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Server: Chennai&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  690. &lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;&quot;&gt;
  691. &lt;b&gt;(with Aircel, via Samsung Galaxy S3)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  692. &lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;&quot;&gt;
  693. &lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  694. &lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;&quot;&gt;
  695. Download: 1468 kbps&lt;br /&gt;Upload: 1180 kbps&lt;br /&gt;Ping: 247 ms&lt;/div&gt;
  696. &lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;&quot;&gt;
  697. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  698. &lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;&quot;&gt;
  699. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  700. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  701. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.speedtest.net/android/297411190.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://www.speedtest.net/android/297411190.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  702. &lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;&quot;&gt;
  703. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  704. &lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;&quot;&gt;
  705. &lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  706. &lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;&quot;&gt;
  707. &lt;b&gt;(with vodafone india, via Apple Ipod Touch, 4th Gen)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  708. &lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;&quot;&gt;
  709. &lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  710. &lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;&quot;&gt;
  711. Download: 1.16 Mbps&lt;br /&gt;Upload: 0.55 Mbps&lt;br /&gt;Ping: 45 ms&lt;/div&gt;
  712. &lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;&quot;&gt;
  713. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  714. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  715. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.speedtest.net/iphone/383955062.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://www.speedtest.net/iphone/383955062.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  716. &lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;&quot;&gt;
  717. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  718. &lt;/div&gt;
  719. </content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/9067593932475820902'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/9067593932475820902'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sudhir.lakkaraju.net/2012/11/speedtest-2012-11-nov-22.html' title='Speedtest - 2012-11-Nov-22'/><author><name>Sudhir</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07617227228550332396</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781310.post-4202048229800107738</id><published>2012-11-15T23:37:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2012-11-15T23:37:34.165+05:30</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="charity"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="internet"/><title type='text'>Donate to Wikipedia - and - you should know how to ask</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
  720. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt; runs on donations.&amp;nbsp;I&#39;m not into debating whether it&#39;s the right model to adopt or not.&lt;br /&gt;
  721. &lt;br /&gt;
  722. They have &quot;improved&quot; their way of &lt;a href=&quot;https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserLandingPage?uselang=en&amp;amp;country=IN&amp;amp;template=Lp-layout-default&amp;amp;appeal-template=Appeal-template-default&amp;amp;appeal=Appeal-default&amp;amp;infobox=Default&amp;amp;form-template=Form-template-default&amp;amp;form-countryspecific=Form-countryspecific-variable1&amp;amp;utm_medium=sitenotice&amp;amp;utm_source=B12_FpcwNondRup_IN&amp;amp;utm_campaign=C12_iwpenIN_FR_IN&quot;&gt;asking for donations&lt;/a&gt; by making the requests in local currency (at least this is the first time I noticed). See the banner that was presented to me earlier today. I couldn&#39;t say no, given the amount of usage that I put wikipedia to!&lt;br /&gt;
  723. &lt;br /&gt;
  724. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  725. &lt;/div&gt;
  726. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  727. &lt;a href=&quot;https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserLandingPage?uselang=en&amp;amp;country=IN&amp;amp;template=Lp-layout-default&amp;amp;appeal-template=Appeal-template-default&amp;amp;appeal=Appeal-default&amp;amp;infobox=Default&amp;amp;form-template=Form-template-default&amp;amp;form-countryspecific=Form-countryspecific-variable1&amp;amp;utm_medium=sitenotice&amp;amp;utm_source=B12_FpcwNondRup_IN&amp;amp;utm_campaign=C12_iwpenIN_FR_IN&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;66&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl1tr6H-ddzMCq7L6q9dEER8VqDaqnH_asJbIRkSFEhgKmCDG9TBVu4q2gJB99gSZfU3SQ0qbusWJEuFSFklHI0Des09L3gzvK5tFA3V-pmFJpEFDWwPKa93NT2y94bhGZktqkHg/s640/wikipedia-donation-ask.JPG&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;goog_55705130&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;goog_55705131&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blogger.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  728. &lt;br /&gt;
  729. Did you donate? If not, &lt;a href=&quot;https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserLandingPage?uselang=en&amp;amp;country=IN&amp;amp;template=Lp-layout-default&amp;amp;appeal-template=Appeal-template-default&amp;amp;appeal=Appeal-default&amp;amp;infobox=Default&amp;amp;form-template=Form-template-default&amp;amp;form-countryspecific=Form-countryspecific-variable1&amp;amp;utm_medium=sitenotice&amp;amp;utm_source=B12_FpcwNondRup_IN&amp;amp;utm_campaign=C12_iwpenIN_FR_IN&quot;&gt;please consider doing so&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;
  730. </content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/4202048229800107738'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/4202048229800107738'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sudhir.lakkaraju.net/2012/11/donate-to-wikipedia-and-you-should-know.html' title='Donate to Wikipedia - and - you should know how to ask'/><author><name>Sudhir</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07617227228550332396</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl1tr6H-ddzMCq7L6q9dEER8VqDaqnH_asJbIRkSFEhgKmCDG9TBVu4q2gJB99gSZfU3SQ0qbusWJEuFSFklHI0Des09L3gzvK5tFA3V-pmFJpEFDWwPKa93NT2y94bhGZktqkHg/s72-c/wikipedia-donation-ask.JPG" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781310.post-7305402009659773955</id><published>2012-11-07T18:15:00.002+05:30</published><updated>2012-11-07T18:15:41.241+05:30</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="apple"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="facebook"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="google"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="internet"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="mobile"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="social networking"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="technology"/><title type='text'>Improving app discovery the social way</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
  731. &lt;br /&gt;
  732. &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;
  733. I love to discover apps for my mobile, tablet, ipod touch, etc and I&#39;m sure most of the others who have such handheld devices feel the same way. While the current app engines like &quot;Google Play&quot;, &quot;ITunes Store&quot;, &quot;Amazon Apps&quot;, &quot;Samsung Apps&quot; etc try to fulfill this in some way or another, it still doesn&#39;t fully meet my/everyone&#39;s requirements.&lt;/div&gt;
  734. &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;
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  736. &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;
  737. For long, I&#39;ve wanted the ability to know what apps are popular with my friends, and for me to publish what I use in an easy way so that others can see what I&#39;ve discovered (other than me having to write about it).&lt;/div&gt;
  738. &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;
  739. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  740. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;Would it be possible for Google/Apple to aid app discovery by allowing my phone/tablet/... to publish the list of (my selected) apps that I have installed on my phone/tablet/... to Google+, Facebook, Twitter (via some URL), etc?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: small;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: small;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;Google+/FB/ (or Google/Apple) then in turn needs to have a way for users to discover the popular apps, categories (and such) in their circles at the aggregate level and even deep dive to individual users.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: small;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;
  741. I terribly miss the capability to share my list of apps in an easy way and/or discover what others are using.&lt;/div&gt;
  742. &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;
  743. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  744. &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;
  745. Is this already available and I&#39;m somehow missing it? Or do you know if there are such plans on the cards and it&#39;s on its way? If so, when? If not, do you know how it can be brought to the attention of the powers that be?&lt;/div&gt;
  746. &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;
  747. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  748. &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;
  749. I feel that it may also be worthwhile to provide a mechanism to indicate the phone manufacturer, model, OS, etc in FB, G+ posts - if users wish to include it - and provide a similar mechanism for discover.&lt;/div&gt;
  750. &lt;div&gt;
  751. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  752. &lt;/div&gt;
  753. </content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/7305402009659773955'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/7305402009659773955'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sudhir.lakkaraju.net/2012/11/improving-app-discovery-social-way.html' title='Improving app discovery the social way'/><author><name>Sudhir</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07617227228550332396</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781310.post-2032774559429497155</id><published>2012-11-04T18:13:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2012-11-04T18:14:00.677+05:30</updated><title type='text'>GPRS speed testing</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Test Date: Nov 4, 2012 6:11:26 pm&lt;br&gt;  Connection Type: Cell&lt;br&gt;  Server: Chennai&lt;br&gt;  Download: 332 kbps&lt;br&gt;  Upload: 15 kbps&lt;br&gt;  Ping: 78 ms&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;A detailed image for this result can be found here:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.speedtest.net/android/283595654.png&quot;&gt;http://www.speedtest.net/android/283595654.png&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Ookla operates Speedtest.net using a massive global infrastructure to minimize the impact of Internet congestion and latency. With millions of tests performed every day across hundreds of servers, Speedtest.net is the ultimate resource for bandwidth testing and related information. Visit it on your computer today to find out why.&lt;/p&gt;    </content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/2032774559429497155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/2032774559429497155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sudhir.lakkaraju.net/2012/11/gprs-speed-testing.html' title='GPRS speed testing'/><author><name>Sudhir</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07617227228550332396</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781310.post-4442339453654546301</id><published>2012-11-02T23:56:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2012-11-02T23:56:42.492+05:30</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="android"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="google"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="mobile"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="samsung"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="technology"/><title type='text'>Upgrade after almost 6 years</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
  754. Back in 2006, I talked about &lt;a href=&quot;http://sudhir.lakkaraju.net/2006/10/my-new-mobile-phone-nokia-6233.html&quot;&gt;my second phone, the nokia 6233&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
  755. &lt;br /&gt;
  756. After spending about Rs.2000 recently in making it looking brand new, I decided to take the dive.&lt;br /&gt;
  757. &lt;br /&gt;
  758. And got myself a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.samsung.com/in/galaxys3/indexs3.html&quot;&gt;Samsung Galaxy S3&lt;/a&gt;, 32GB!&lt;br /&gt;
  759. &lt;br /&gt;
  760. That&#39;s the reason for excitement and cryptic posts :)&lt;br /&gt;
  761. &lt;br /&gt;
  762. More another day, another time.&lt;/div&gt;
  763. </content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/4442339453654546301'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/4442339453654546301'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sudhir.lakkaraju.net/2012/11/upgrade-after-almost-6-years.html' title='Upgrade after almost 6 years'/><author><name>Sudhir</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07617227228550332396</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781310.post-7154611457201184321</id><published>2012-10-19T20:15:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2012-10-19T20:15:11.963+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Got a phishing scam call today, 19-Oct-2012</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
  764. &lt;br /&gt;
  765. 19-Oct-2012&lt;br /&gt;
  766. &lt;br /&gt;
  767. A few weeks ago, instead of hitting delete on one of those &quot;get rich schemes&quot; that come via SMS, I happened to hit respond by mistake. Before I realized that I hit &quot;reply&quot; an empty sms response went out and I couldn&#39;t cancel it before it went out.&lt;br /&gt;
  768. &lt;br /&gt;
  769. I set my mental register to have a watch out for when I&#39;d get further sms/calls regarding this. And, it happened today (or so I think).&lt;br /&gt;
  770. &lt;br /&gt;
  771. As I was driving, I got a call from +002061 and a very polite lady on the phone with clearly Indian accent started talking to me asking if my name was indeed Sudhir Parasuram. When I confirmed, she said that my computer was affected by virus and they found it because they run daily scans to users who connect to the network and that the scan was being done in UK and they found my name reported today. She wanted me to check for a file on my computer&#39;s recycle bin and also give my computer name.&lt;br /&gt;
  772. &lt;br /&gt;
  773. Around this point of time, I started asking, who she was, why she&#39;s calling me, where from and if that she was for real, she should send me this info via email. She had vague responses and almost hung up the phone on me at that point.&lt;br /&gt;
  774. &lt;br /&gt;
  775. Gotta be more watchful now and inform the wifey as well!&lt;br /&gt;
  776. &lt;/div&gt;
  777. </content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/7154611457201184321'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/7154611457201184321'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sudhir.lakkaraju.net/2012/10/got-phishing-scam-call-today-19-oct-2012.html' title='Got a phishing scam call today, 19-Oct-2012'/><author><name>Sudhir</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07617227228550332396</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781310.post-3164053793613954698</id><published>2012-10-19T10:32:00.004+05:30</published><updated>2012-10-19T10:32:43.515+05:30</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="internet"/><title type='text'>How not to irritate your customers/prospects</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
  778. Hello there! It&#39;s been a while since I posted anything.&lt;br /&gt;
  779. &lt;br /&gt;
  780. I was trying to get a new &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.standardchartered.co.in/personal/credit-cards/en/&quot;&gt;standard chartered credit card&lt;/a&gt; due to their &quot;no surcharge on fuel at any outlet&quot; policy and 5x rewards points for 3 chosen categories options. Imagine my frustration when it was not even possible to get in touch with them in a productive manner! See screenshot below.&lt;br /&gt;
  781. &lt;br /&gt;
  782. Internet presence for a lot of companies needs to improve tremendously for them to make significant and satisfying impact.&lt;br /&gt;
  783. &lt;br /&gt;
  784. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  785. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1LfYWEm_wVRuEUp-70w5SSEsfn7o0wsiaSWwDgFOKy4vDWT-rUM7pwi9451fLhJJsT6AtVkz23YPoM-KffVzXyumzDpBcremTZ_eGMfZwCvFTdSDezR5_Rx-wVMk-QtxiuqSWA/s1600/standard-chartered-chat.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;299&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1LfYWEm_wVRuEUp-70w5SSEsfn7o0wsiaSWwDgFOKy4vDWT-rUM7pwi9451fLhJJsT6AtVkz23YPoM-KffVzXyumzDpBcremTZ_eGMfZwCvFTdSDezR5_Rx-wVMk-QtxiuqSWA/s320/standard-chartered-chat.JPG&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  786. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  787. </content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/3164053793613954698'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/3164053793613954698'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sudhir.lakkaraju.net/2012/10/how-not-to-irritate-your.html' title='How not to irritate your customers/prospects'/><author><name>Sudhir</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07617227228550332396</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1LfYWEm_wVRuEUp-70w5SSEsfn7o0wsiaSWwDgFOKy4vDWT-rUM7pwi9451fLhJJsT6AtVkz23YPoM-KffVzXyumzDpBcremTZ_eGMfZwCvFTdSDezR5_Rx-wVMk-QtxiuqSWA/s72-c/standard-chartered-chat.JPG" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781310.post-4913467431962085007</id><published>2012-06-07T18:03:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2012-06-07T18:03:29.141+05:30</updated><title type='text'>SPAM SMS and Pesky calls on the rise once again?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
  788. &lt;br /&gt;
  789. Of late, the number of spam SMS (and pesky calls) is on the rise. It was quiet for quite a while, but the noise has started to grow once again. When I recently received 2 SMS in the middle of the night around 1.30am, that&#39;s sign that the bad times are back. On an average I&#39;m receiving at least one SMS a day now, and one call once in 2/3 days.&lt;br /&gt;
  790. &lt;br /&gt;
  791. Are you seeing the same?&lt;br /&gt;
  792. &lt;br /&gt;
  793. &lt;a href=&quot;http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/news/telecom/SMS-spam-is-back/articleshow/13888492.cms&quot;&gt;http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/news/telecom/SMS-spam-is-back/articleshow/13888492.cms&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  794. &lt;br /&gt;
  795. Not sure how much the &lt;a href=&quot;http://ndnc.in/&quot;&gt;National Do Not Call&lt;/a&gt; (http://ndnc.in) registry is helping.&lt;br /&gt;
  796. &lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/4913467431962085007'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/4913467431962085007'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sudhir.lakkaraju.net/2012/06/spam-sms-and-pesky-calls-on-rise-once.html' title='SPAM SMS and Pesky calls on the rise once again?'/><author><name>Sudhir</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07617227228550332396</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781310.post-3061673710265587044</id><published>2012-06-04T07:13:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2012-06-04T08:46:25.504+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Speedtest.net Mobile Result</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
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  799. &lt;br /&gt;
  800. Test Date: Jun 4, 2012 7:12 AM
  801. &lt;br /&gt;
  802. Connection Type: Wifi
  803. &lt;br /&gt;
  804. Server: Chennai
  805. &lt;br /&gt;
  806. Download: 1.42 Mbps
  807. &lt;br /&gt;
  808. Upload: 0.58 Mbps
  809. &lt;br /&gt;
  810. Ping: 40 ms
  811. &lt;br /&gt;
  812. &lt;br /&gt;
  813. Internal IP: 192.168.2.5
  814. &lt;br /&gt;
  815. &lt;br /&gt;
  816. &lt;br /&gt;
  817. A detailed image for this result can be found here:
  818. &lt;br /&gt;
  819. &lt;br /&gt;
  820. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  821. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.speedtest.net/iphone/267818139.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;http://www.speedtest.net/iphone/267818139.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://www.speedtest.net/iphone/267818139.png&quot; title=&quot;2012-06-Jun-04-02 Speedtest.net&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  822. &lt;br /&gt;
  823. &lt;br /&gt;
  824. Ookla operates Speedtest.net using a massive global infrastructure to minimize the impact of Internet congestion and latency. With millions of tests performed every day across hundreds of servers, Speedtest.net is the ultimate resource for bandwidth testing and related information. Visit it on your computer today to find out why.
  825. &lt;br /&gt;
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  827. &lt;br /&gt;
  828. Sent from my iPod&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/3061673710265587044'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/3061673710265587044'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sudhir.lakkaraju.net/2012/06/speedtestnet-mobile-result_04.html' title='Speedtest.net Mobile Result'/><author><name>Sudhir</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07617227228550332396</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781310.post-1606128230686479604</id><published>2012-06-04T07:11:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2012-06-04T08:46:49.119+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Speedtest.net Mobile Result</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
  829. Test Date: Jun 4, 2012 7:09 AM
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  831. Connection Type: Wifi
  832. &lt;br /&gt;
  833. Server: Mumbai
  834. &lt;br /&gt;
  835. Download: 0.97 Mbps
  836. &lt;br /&gt;
  837. Upload: 0.57 Mbps
  838. &lt;br /&gt;
  839. Ping: 112 ms
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  841. &lt;br /&gt;
  842. Internal IP: 192.168.2.5
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  846. A detailed image for this result can be found here:
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  850. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.speedtest.net/iphone/267817092.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://www.speedtest.net/iphone/267817092.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  852. &lt;br /&gt;
  853. Ookla operates Speedtest.net using a massive global infrastructure to minimize the impact of Internet congestion and latency. With millions of tests performed every day across hundreds of servers, Speedtest.net is the ultimate resource for bandwidth testing and related information. Visit it on your computer today to find out why.
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  857. Sent from my iPod&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/1606128230686479604'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/1606128230686479604'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sudhir.lakkaraju.net/2012/06/speedtestnet-mobile-result.html' title='Speedtest.net Mobile Result'/><author><name>Sudhir</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07617227228550332396</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781310.post-5123806819309720453</id><published>2012-05-27T00:00:00.004+05:30</published><updated>2012-05-27T00:00:42.443+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Samsung: What&#39;s wrong with this tab firmware upgrade picture?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
  858. &lt;br /&gt;
  859. &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;&quot;&gt;
  860. I am in the process of upgrading my Samsung Galaxy Tab 750 firmware image. What&#39;s wrong with the picture?!!!!!&lt;/div&gt;
  861. &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;&quot;&gt;
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  863. &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;&quot;&gt;
  864. The fact that my tablet has to be connected to the pc while my laptop is downloading the firmware from the net!!!!!!!!! I couldn&#39;t get more irritated with such nonsense. Why does it say it has to stay connected to the laptop? Why can&#39;t the kies software just download it and prompt to apply it when I next connect my tab?! Silly! Maybe I&#39;m missing something?!&lt;/div&gt;
  865. &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;&quot;&gt;
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  868. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyVh9bV8AtJYzMtP5RPT8X35dT0zh27C2NSlzO8kNgMpvF3ov0qX5eGE_vLC7mKdI2UhfvyPUgTzZDzwZZM3X2yMgujIGv4XPyiVcklfvWzNGxMW5McoA5jlLOUrlgeGFhqcFduw/s1600/samsung-tab-upg.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;281&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyVh9bV8AtJYzMtP5RPT8X35dT0zh27C2NSlzO8kNgMpvF3ov0qX5eGE_vLC7mKdI2UhfvyPUgTzZDzwZZM3X2yMgujIGv4XPyiVcklfvWzNGxMW5McoA5jlLOUrlgeGFhqcFduw/s320/samsung-tab-upg.JPG&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  869. &lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;&quot;&gt;
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  871. &lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/5123806819309720453'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/5123806819309720453'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sudhir.lakkaraju.net/2012/05/samsung-whats-wrong-with-this-tab.html' title='Samsung: What&#39;s wrong with this tab firmware upgrade picture?'/><author><name>Sudhir</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07617227228550332396</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyVh9bV8AtJYzMtP5RPT8X35dT0zh27C2NSlzO8kNgMpvF3ov0qX5eGE_vLC7mKdI2UhfvyPUgTzZDzwZZM3X2yMgujIGv4XPyiVcklfvWzNGxMW5McoA5jlLOUrlgeGFhqcFduw/s72-c/samsung-tab-upg.JPG" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781310.post-4339289393951733375</id><published>2011-06-01T18:15:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2011-06-01T18:15:00.305+05:30</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="google"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="movies"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="youtube"/><title type='text'>Youtube Movies</title><content type='html'>Watch free movies as well as rent some @&lt;br /&gt;
  872. &lt;br /&gt;
  873. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/movies&quot;&gt;YouTube Movies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  874. &lt;br /&gt;
  875. Came in via the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.com/googlefriends/archive.html&quot;&gt;Google Friends Newsletter&lt;/a&gt;.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/4339289393951733375'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/4339289393951733375'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sudhir.lakkaraju.net/2011/06/youtube-movies.html' title='Youtube Movies'/><author><name>Sudhir</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07617227228550332396</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781310.post-5163766469972328441</id><published>2011-05-27T17:38:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-05-27T17:38:35.926+05:30</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="internet"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="me"/><title type='text'>Internet &amp; Smartphone pangs in the night?</title><content type='html'>The &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://gigaom.com/2011/05/23/report-mobile-workers-in-bed-with-smartphones/&quot;&gt;Sleepless? Then Stop Taking Your iPhone To Bed.&lt;/a&gt;&quot; article @ &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gigaom.com&quot;&gt;Gigaom&lt;/a&gt; reminds me of myself at times! It&#39;s a different thing &lt;a href=&quot;http://sudhir.lakkaraju.net/2010/12/my-next-phone-looking-always-to-future.html&quot;&gt;I don&#39;t have a smartphone&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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  877. Hmm....</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/5163766469972328441'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/5163766469972328441'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sudhir.lakkaraju.net/2011/05/internet-smartphone-pangs-in-night.html' title='Internet &amp; Smartphone pangs in the night?'/><author><name>Sudhir</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07617227228550332396</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781310.post-4561602107855725098</id><published>2011-05-22T17:13:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-05-22T17:13:34.454+05:30</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="market"/><title type='text'>Moserbaer Super DVD - M&amp;E industry dilemma?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;http://moserbaer.com/&quot;&gt;Moserbaer&lt;/a&gt; is one of India&#39;s largest CD/DVD manufacturers. They also happen to sell movie VCDs/DVDs in retail format as well as online @ &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.moserbaerhomevideo.com&quot;&gt;MoserBaerHomeVideo&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
  878. &lt;br /&gt;
  879. Most of their online DVDs are Rs.99/- or so. However, they have something called the SuperDVD which is usually 3 movies @ Rs.30 to Rs.50 or thereabouts. The video quality is very good, only thing is they miss subtitles.&lt;br /&gt;
  880. &lt;br /&gt;
  881. Interestingly, while their online catalog shows VCDs and regular DVDs which are priced close to the 3 digit number (Rs.100/-), they don&#39;t list the SuperDVDs. I don&#39;t think it&#39;s unintentional. Just shows that they are scared everyone will order only those online and regular business may get affected. However, IMHO, if that&#39;s indeed the case, it just shows how short sighted they are. They are fighting the inevitable.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/4561602107855725098'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/4561602107855725098'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sudhir.lakkaraju.net/2011/05/moserbaer-super-dvd-m-industry-dilemma.html' title='Moserbaer Super DVD - M&amp;E industry dilemma?'/><author><name>Sudhir</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07617227228550332396</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5781310.post-5799067215597519767</id><published>2011-05-22T15:22:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2011-05-22T15:22:55.569+05:30</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="me"/><title type='text'>Growing Impatient?</title><content type='html'>For a while nowadays, I can&#39;t wait to completely read a book or watch a movie. I tend to the read the plot/synopsis/story line online before completing the book/movie (very often as soon as the movie starts and has gone on for a few mins). This wasn&#39;t the case earlier! What&#39;s happening? :)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/5799067215597519767'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5781310/posts/default/5799067215597519767'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sudhir.lakkaraju.net/2011/05/growing-impatient.html' title='Growing Impatient?'/><author><name>Sudhir</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07617227228550332396</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry></feed>

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