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I'll definitely be looking around now.
Samantha.
If Blyk had a FIT team now would be a good time to show its head ;)
Samantha.
Damn me, and trying to have good will!
My
God
That is a proper rant! :) Hope you hear something...
K
I hope I hear something too, otherwise they'll be getting another one too!
Thanks for reading (you actually earnt that),
Samantha.
silly service.
When i first read about them i did a google search, and i think 99% of the articles were about this and that company scoring a contract with Blyk for providing this or that service from this or that location in Europe.
What i personally would find frustrating would be the Member (Non-)Care and rudeness, but then again ive found that most UK citizens find anything below half-hour sessions of apologies, thanks and declarations of undying respect and care to one another to be rude. Sorry to sound quite anal about this, but thats the way my years living in the UK can be summarized in this aspect of life.
That said, i wonder why in your rant(s) you have resorted to very similar opinion forming comments and wording such as "inapt,"inability to fix anything" (surely this is an hyperbole) etc. Although you are, naturally, entitled to your own opinion, im wondering whether and to what extent you have been using words like these in your past / future / current conversations with Blyk. Im sure it makes you feel a bit better, but remember that peoples attitudes and perceptions usually fuel arguments on the other side. Nevertheless, such issue management and negative publicity & PR containment plan (or lack of it) is worrying to say the least, and highlights some structural friction in their processes. I just dont think you, me, him, her or even it has a 'best solution' on how to fix things. Or am i wrong? There is ofcourse one avenue to circumvent this, but i dont think its feasible:
--> Make Blyk open-source! That way you could post the entire code portfolio on some geek-forum and let the community debug the service...but oh wait, that would allow pretty much anyone to scrutinize trade secrets and copy the business model....back to square one without passing go...dang...
As to you feeling bad about inviting your friends, dont be, its a free service, so anything that works is a bonus. That said, advise them not to port their number in for now, wait out the glitches.
Thanks for you comment.
As for the rudeness, it's not that. It is bad. I've had to deal with it a lot, and yes, in quite a few senses of the word, I am a typical British person, and I hold quite strong attachments to being polite, well-mannered, and so on. It's a good point, some British people are very particular about politness, and I suppose I am one of them. But all I expect out of a company is politeness. I want them to accept that their service is not the best possible that they can offer, and they should accept when they are wrong. And personally I haven't seen or heard them say that.
As for the wording. When I'm on the phone, it's exactly the same. I don't change my language just because the method of communication has changed (in fact, I'm a strong believer that it shouldn't at all). If they want to argue, or discuss anything that I have said, I'm more than willing for them to do that. I've invited Blyk to do that, I've given them access and opportunuities to phone me, and the best I've received is a standard e-mail response. I want a discussion.
I don't either expect a quick-fix, but I do expect them as a mobile network to work properly, and to fix errors when they arise. So far, they haven't. It's now been five weeks to the day, since my account was last properly, fully active. I mean, how long should I have to wait?
They have multiple problems, and they should be willing to address these. And I don't see how expansion is a way to do this. They'll only be unleashing the same (poor) service unto other people and countries. They should slow, think, and look at what is going on. They only need to visit the Forums on Blyk's website to see what I mean.
Thanks,
Samantha.
Erm... isn't that the point?