note to self #311016

there is an offer of a mobile phone, plus other deals, from a company. and because i'm a customer of the company's subsidiaries, they make it sounds like i got a first-class treatment. it really isn't like that, since later on as i checked, this is how they can afford to give you $100 supermarket voucher. upon checking, you actually need only paying $15 * 24. however, the one that comes with $100 voucher, you've got to pay $20 * 24. so there you go, you actually pay $5 * 24 = $120. and they still win your $20 after giving you a voucher of $100. street smart but my math is not that rotten either. i'm losing the appetite to change my mobile phone for the moment. i'm using one of those really old nokia model, and it hasn't let me down so far. so, i won't worry if one day, it get thrown at a croc!

on a side note, generally, i think i have the tendency to take on risks. maybe this is a sign that i'm getting old now.