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Orange expo, Rs25 entry fee?

5 June 2009 23 Comments

Orange Expo

Hi everybody, just a quick post!

While checking the orange expo page, I was surprised to see that there is an entry fee of Rs25 for adults.

Entry fee

I fail to understand is this expo is paying?

Correct me if I am wrong, but I think that THIS IS THE SMALL DETAIL which they forgot to mention in their tv and radio adverts!!!

Nevertheless, perhaps I will be paying them a visit after all.

Did you know that there was an entry fee ???

Oops, its already 9am, and I am still in my small shorts lol! I am LATE! :-)

Yashvin, pages of my life

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It seems that they have a strange marketing strategy.
1. You can download their FREE invitation card from their web site

2. You can check out the FREE invitation card on your telephone bill (According to ReenaDKL)

3. If you dont have an internet connection nor a telephone bill, its only then that you will have to pay an entry fee if you have 25yrs and +.

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  • http://www.vincentlecluse.com Vincent L’Ecluse

    Hi man. You are asking yourself why is this exposition not free??
    Me i’m asking myself why have they include an entree fee and give you free invitaion?
    All you need to do is to have a look at their invitation page.
    Orange Invitation

  • ReenaDKL

    Actually I got the entry ticket in my telecom bill like many others. Also there is a website where you can download and print the ticket….

    Download your free invitation card from our web site http://www.orange.mu/expo/

    so check it out…and yeah never knew you had to pay…sounds stupid nah???

  • http://www.yashvinawootar.com Yashvin

    @Reena, @Vincent :

    lol, thanks for the info!

    A nice point from both of you.
    Anyway, its their expo and their strategy haha!

  • ReenaDKL

    @ Yashvin

    Anyway, its their expo and their strategy haha!

    Lol! Yeah like it’s their expo and their stupidity :)

  • http://www.morinnbuzz.com morinn

    I wonder what they are going to be exposing. :D

  • http://www.vincentlecluse.com Vincent L’Ecluse

    May be it is a marketing strategy.
    They put an entree fee and then give away free invitations.
    When people got a free invitation, they tend to be more motivated to attend the expo.

  • ritzz

    Not fair at all, their marketing code of practice has not been updated!!
    A big mistake in event planning by Orange. Rs 25, i will not pay to go there. Prefere ale lekours Champ de Mars!! Entree gratuit!

  • http://asheshr.wordpress.com curiousEngine

    Nops, I did not know that there was an entrance fee (until I read your blog post :D ) since this was not informatively displayed in the ads.

    Do give us a compte-rendu of your visit!

  • http://www.yashvinawootar.com Yashvin

    Mo diman zotte :

    B ki serti?

    Are we witnessing another flop strategy like the famous unique ‘New improved ….’???

  • http://alomoris.wordpress.com AloMoris

    @yashvin knew about it on the orange site, but what’s the use(download invation cards freely or find some in brochures) viva orange expo :)

  • oldMTuser

    mo pose moem la kestion ki ena kumsa pou zot exposer??

    they are already the worst ISP and telephony provider and they are exposing that too wiz an entry fee…

    they can just keep waiting ….

    been using MT services since 15 years, no improve service, no promo for long dated customers, we just helpless.

    if you want to complain for the services, its useless they just turn the deaf ear

  • Zuzu

    Wait, there is smthing i ddnt get about this expo thing

    I SHOULD PAY TO WATCH THEM MARKETING THEIR OWN PRODUCT?

    wat the hell is that? Pay to watch their nice gadgets?

    wat do WE get? NOTHING
    wat do THEY get? Our MONEY and absolutely FREE ADVERTISING of all their range of products, which by the way, we will have to pay them again to obtain their services!!!!!

    hello, did that ring a bell? they are taking Mauritians for fools or wat?

  • keshav

    its a kind of marketing sa….strategy kuma zot p dir !! hehe

    but 1 thing i didn’t really like…i went to z expo today wiz a frnd…i show my card to z so call “pass oficer” bla bla bla…then we went directly inside z expo…. after some times, i saw that many people carrying an “ORANGE plastic bag”….so i wanted to hav 1 for myself…but to my great suprise…wen i went to ask 1 to z lady there,, she asked me “show ur card- ‘orange card which i got with my bill”…i explained to her, i already gave it to z oficer…bla bla bla,, i got iritated, then i told z lady “gard li pu ouemm, gard li pu ou ban ti-zanfan pu letan dure !! ahahaahha then i walk away frm her arousing angered face :D ”

    ZORANZ EXPO !!!

  • http://themediaguru.blogspot.com carrotmadman6

    Trust me… that Rs 25 is worth seeing those booth girls… :P

    (link)

  • Mike

    I was at the Expo today. I must say that I found that mention of Rs25 very strange indeed since most people got in for free with the card. I did not see anyone paying or money being taken at the door.

  • IsPunk

    it’s 25 rupees…25!! That’s less than 1 USD. Not really such a big deal.

  • http://www.yashvinawootar.com Yashvin

    @IsPunk : Its not about the amount, it’s about the concept behind this ‘strategy’.

    C’est l’intention qui compte lol!

  • http://www.tushal.net Tushal

    Well, to pay Rs25 and to go and watch the girls is a good idea.But to pay Rs25 to go to watch crappy expo is a complete waste of resources!

  • TwinMOS

    Carrotmadman said it all the Rs25 that you pay will be worth seeing these booth girls ;P…..But for an overall review of the expo i had the feeling that i was at a fancy fair.Really they made an exposition of many mobile phones and there were only two attendants for the people as for the other ‘orange workers’ they were all roaming about talking among themselves or simply standing and watching the kind of game that was organised.

    Concerning the computer games that were oragined..OMG :/ no comments on that…the players were just glued to these pc letting many others leave with great disappointment..i think that a time limit should have been applied… if i continue to write you will be bored reading so i stop here for now and let you have your own review on this..

    really orange disappointed me… 4/10

    please note that i made this review only for orange not for the other stands like rawat or samsung.

  • http://lol.lol.wawa n!135h

    lol….like always…was really disappointed….waste of time…and too many ppl (saturday…around 16:40) to be able to see anything….looked at some of the “booth girl”…still wasted petrol…ooh god…

  • http://dakshinee.net Daks

    decoration top :D

  • http://www.yashvinawootar.com Yashvin
  • http://www.sachin-db.net Sachin

    Man, paid ATM tickets, paid entrance fees to “free” expo, paid salary to “cass poz” policemen… we bloggers will soon be taking on the mauritian concept of asking payment for anything. E.g. paid blog comment :-D WLOL!

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