A somewhat biased view on China…
Today, I received a phone call from CMCC (China Mobile Communications Corporation, 中国移动通信, Zhongguo Yidong Tongxin) I’ve been using a post-paid account for more than 3 years now and it seems that I became a really good customer.
Two weeks ago, I received a phone call from 1860. People in China know this number as it is the one used for broadcasting CMCC advertisement and other services like weather forecast, horoscope, etc. So, I received a phone call from CMCC and a woman started to explain to me lost of things about mobile phones, silver cards, plane tickets, supermarkets… WoW! I asked her to slow down but it didn’t help too much. I had to ask a Chinese colleague for some help… My colleague explained to me that I used my mobile phone so much in the last two years CMCC decided to offer me some present.
Then, I had to send them a few SMS in order to choose my present. And today, I received another phone call from 1860. They needed my address to send me a card with 585 RMB (in fact, 600RMB minus the cost of the card) of gas for my scooter!!! Yeah!!!
I should receive the card within 8 working days…
That’s a really good timing! I just repaired my scooter this Sunday!
Spring is definitely there… No more cabs before next winter! ^_^
CMCC is China’s largest mobile phone operator. It is the world’s largest mobile phone operator ranked by number of subscribers, with over 200 million customers. By turnover it is second to Vodafone. A state-owned enterprise, it was spun off from former monopoly China Telecom in 2000, and now has a 37.4% share of the highly competitive Chinese mobile market.
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February 21st, 2006 at 11:14 pm
Wow how awesome is that? FREE GAS!!! Is 585 RMB a lot of money for gas?
What happened to your scooter?
February 22nd, 2006 at 2:17 am
well… 585RMB consist of at least 4 to 5 month of scooter…
and… nothing really bad happened to my scooter. During winter, I didn’t ride my bike at all. I had to change the battery and fill up the gas tank and, of course, wash it… that’s it! Now, the weather is fine and… BYE BYE CABS!!! No more traffic jams and overpriced transportation!!!! ^_^
February 28th, 2006 at 1:58 pm
Are you sure the weather is fine???
Do we live in the same city??? 
February 28th, 2006 at 2:00 pm
bouhouhouhou ;_;
Last week it was starting to get better and now… It’s snowing! It’s freezing cold!!! The battery of my scooter died on Friday night… grrrrrr…. >_
March 28th, 2006 at 7:47 am
[…] Related news: Yesterday, thanks to JayJay, I discovered a Sinopec Gas Station just near our office in Lido. A really small hidden gas station… Why is it so important? Well, Sinopec Gas Station are not so common and they are the only ones accepting the card CMCC offered me a few weeks ago. I now have gas for free!!! ^_^ […]