In Hardwarezone forums (http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?s=7b4a5f52e1e4b304626b03616a0cc5cf&t=1682264&pp=15&page=216)
SE Merchants get the following perks:-
For the EmCall component, the SG's GP offered 4 years of EmCall
service, which is 48 mths. Each mth gives a total of 2100min. Most
telcos offer an outgoing call rate of around S$0.15-S$0.20 per min,
for EmCall the rate is quoted at S$0.12/min.
Total value of the EmCall would then be : 48 mths x 2100min x
S$0.12/min = S$12096.
Add that to about S$1000 worth of Mall Points, that would be in
excess of S$13,000 where you pay about a thousand less.
I like to retort here...
Most telcos
offer an outgoing call rate of around S$0.15-S$0.20 per min, for
EmCall the rate is quoted at S$0.12/min
fact: You are quoting wrongly. Emcall is a callback system, not the
usual outgoing call plan. Most telcos charges for outgoinging calls
(using free-incoming callback) $0.03/min... way much cheaper. Take
a look at these 2 examples:
- phoenixcomms.com.sg charges 0.03 cents per
min.
- telcom1515.com
charges 0.033 cents per min.
And besides, who would want to purchase 2100mins of outgoing
calls?? Most people uses free incoming calls to make cheap outgoing
calls to save money. So now we have Merchants paying upfront of
$12,000 just to make outgoing calls???? My whole M1 bill don't even
exceed $80!
The only person that win BIG is the Telco company who is providing
SE merchants with this service. And guess who is the sole Owner???
JP!
Add that to
about S$1000 worth of Mall Points
Yah... Emall is currently disabled from any sales, and the products
are usually overpriced.
But most importantly, those SE Merchants that repurchased the GPs,
will be buying many times the telcos 2100mins plan for every GP
they purchase.
So if I have 10 GPs, I would have purchased 21,000 mins of outgoing
calls per month!
And I am supposed to earn as a MERCHANT??????
