Mike Kwok of RATS has done it again!

[OTEP]

Ipost na ito sa lahat ng mga ibang local forums na member kayo.

Teka, tumataas na naman presyon ko...

[wreckless]

Huh????

I don't think may store na manghihinayang kahit matagal pang magbayad yung bangko..lalo na kung P3x,xxx yung amount na pinag-uusapan..
and besides..fault na rin nila yun dahil hindi maayos yung swipe machine nila..(hindi kaya sinasadya nila yon para CASH na lang ang ibayad ng clients nila...HMMMMM...)

grabe sayang talaga yung transaction na yun ah!!!

feel bad for the establishment pero..
feel worse for Phil(Wiretap_md) na excited na ipakabit yung bumper and for sir Ariel (Suzuki-san) na nag-aksaya ng oras sa pakikipag-usap sa *$$h0l3 na iyon! :asta:

[antoy]

Originally posted by ghosthunter
btw... is Mike Kwok a legal resident in the country? ... :D

Why pre? What do you have in mind? Hehe

[MAXBUWAYA]

post some pic naman of that guy!

[OTEP]

Pinost ko sa AI. Huwag na lang daw tayo bumili kung ayaw natin ayon kay BRENT. Duh talaga. Pano naman yung mga ibang mabibiktima diba?

[mbt]

this guy's EQ is right up (down?) there with NTV-777 boy's...

bakit nga ba sa RATS kayo nagcanvass first, ser philip? aren't there any other dealers of ARB products here?

[OTEP]

Monopoly daw ng RATS ang ARB products.

[Bubbles]

Wala nang ibang dealers. hawak lahat ng Rats.

Background on the guy:

Grew up in jersey. asal jersey boy din. Used to be a salesman for Jaguar. Got fired... hehe

[wiretap_md]

RATS is the official distributor of ARB here in the Philippines. 199 Offroad house and even Roadhouse get their stocks from RATS. It has to pass through RATS. Anyone who wants to be a subdealer of ARB products in the Philippines must pass through RATS. They have the monopoly of supplying ARB products here in the Philippines.





*Edit: by request.

[ARB]

wiretap may PM ka.

[mbt]

daaaamn... the things that happen when a retard gets hold of a monopoly....

[OTEP]

Kaya nga TJM's ang favorite ko dahil sa Kwok na iyan.

[odell]

hehehe. bat kampi si brent duon?.


loko talga un!

[OTEP]

Bakit ako walang PM? Joke Joke Joke! hehe. May YM naman.

[crawdaddy]

wow.
tangina ang kupal talaga non! sa kabaitan ni Ariel na-aksaya tuloy ang oras niya!
then FINAL UPGRADE nalang sana ni Phil hindi pa natuloy! kupal talaga!

tama si Otep: TJM nalang!

also, hindi yan strike 2, strike 3 na! si Wolverine nagago na rin niyan eh!

[chieffy]

it's one of the most stupid decision made by a shop owner...valuable clients like Philip and Ariel dont deserve that kind of treatment...

mas gusto niya pang matulog yung inventory niya kasya mabenta...mas gusto niya pa mawalan ng customer instead of getting more referrals for giving excellent services...

tao ba iyan?! :mad:

[empy]

suzuki-san...please allow me to clarify a few things. i work in operations for a credit card company (US-based nga lang so bear with me if there are a few differences):

- every merchant knows very well that if the point-of-sale machines don't work (this happens more often than we'd like), it's a simple matter to get authorization over the phone - it takes seconds as long as you don't get declined

- every standard merchant agreement states that it is not allowed to 'suppress', or not accept the card as payment if the customer wants to use it. depending on the situation there may be fines

- there is no difference in merchants getting paid with 'manual' transactions vs. swiped transactions - NONE AT ALL. as soon as it goes through, either over the phone or through the terminal, it is logged and the proper financial adjustment made - the difference is literally seconds

- in my experience, merchants who ask their customers not to use their card and pay in cash tend to be shady/fraudulent (i am trying not to generalize here - hindi lahat). the reason - customers who pay with their card can usually get the card company to charge back the merchant in cases of fraud or shady business practices.

my conclusion - your friend mike is full of ****.

[graphire]

Originally posted by M54 Powered

- every standard merchant agreement states that it is not allowed to 'suppress', or not accept the card as payment if the customer wants to use it. depending on the situation there may be fines

i think this is also applicable here sa pinas. ariel and phil should report this shop's refusal to accept card payments and have them fined and their credit card processing license revoked.

[kimpOy]

yup, dapat nga report that SOB!!!
sa Credit Card Company, RAT's mother Company, Consumer Rights Movement (meron ba nito)

phil,do let not make this SOB ruin your dream, get that ARB bumper you've always wanted, call rats tell them to deliver it at makati or anywhere except katipunan, and let call the Credit company, kung AIG yan ask for Mr. Pangan aka "Leon275"
TopHOncho yan sa AIG, poster dito at sa KAC, tignan ko lang kungdi matakot sa kanya 6'3" yan over 300lbs he..he

[Freeman]

Now this is not a case wherein a business competitor of RATS is joining the fray to bring them down. So please don't add any color to it. Also, Mike Kwok was a school mate in LSGH and I have no desire to bring down a fellow La Sallite. I have heard a lot of complaints about Rats but I personally never had any experience in dealing with Mike. I also have my share of disgruntled customers.

Why did Mr. Kwok and the sales clerk react irrationally to that transaction? This is my GUESS - Mike probably wanted out of it, he probably changed his mind about the price he quoted and thought he could sell it for a higher price to another buyer.

If you really feel that you were treated shabbily, as a consumer, it is your right to complain to the manufacturer/supplier and to the credit card company. If not, treat it with a grain of salt, and let fate decide on Mike's future.