​HKTV customer promised free coffee machine given melon instead, CEO steps in

A man who made a purchase on HKTVmall’s online store is understandably disgruntled after he was given a free melon instead of the coffee machine he was promised with his purchase as part of a promotion. Same same, but different.

For HKTV’s latest promotional campaign, which was heavily advertised across the Kwun Tong, Chai Wan, Tseung Kwan O, Tsuen Wan and Tung Chung MTR lines,  customers are entitled to receive a free gift when they make an online purchase of HKD400 or above.

According to a post made on the customer’s Facebook page, he was promised a coffee machine according to his delivery address (the gift varies depending on where you live). 

However, upon entering his address online, the coffee machine was switched to a canteloupe instead.

The man, surnamed Lee, naturally exercised his god-given right to complain on the internet, threatening to contact the media about HKTV’s egregious, life-changing error.

 

 

咁大間HKTV,搞個活動話每站都送禮品,咁好啦送到自己果區話有咖啡機,咁咪支持下囉,明明落單果下都重顯示緊係咖啡機,轉頭埋左單就變左話送蜜瓜,去cs問又話問相關部門然後等email覆我。八月一號開始搞呢個活動,八月二號0時十幾分落單就已經話無曬,咁就唔好呃消費者啦。王生,枉香港人咁撐你,400$就試到你點做生意,我圖都cap低埋,呢次唔搵記者做野我跟你姓。

Posted by 李穎 on Saturday, 1 August 2015

About an hour later, a Facebook user by the name of Cheng Wai Lam replied to the post.

“I am Ricky Wong. I want to know how you entered your address,” the comment said.

Lee naturally had his doubts and questioned the authenticity of the account at first, but later the official Ricky Wong Facebook page replied again, this time with a detailed explanation and further instructions.

“I need to sleep now. Will follow up with you again tomorrow. If you have already placed an order over HKD400, I guarantee you will receive a free coffee machine,” wrote the CEO, clearly a stickler for customer satisfaction. 

In the end, Lee was finally able to get his coffee machine instead of a canteloupe. And they all lived happily ever after. 

Photo: Hans via Pixabay
 


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