Discount? Yeah... Right

A few months back a cinema chain in Singapore just celebrated its birthday. So it ran a win & scratch promo so that, after years of enjoying the loyalty of its customers, it can reap more money from them.

I, the naive customers, was interested in this promo and got several $2 vouchers for movie tickets.

Unfortunately, the voucher could not be used on the peak hour, which I found out the hard way, in front of ticket counter when I was about to buy tickets for Harry Potter two weeks ago. So today I was planning to use the voucher to watch The Bourne Ultimatum, on weekdays, at 1 pm. I was sure that I would be able to use the voucher at that hour, which proved that I had a peanut for a brain.

Of course I still could not use it. To my surprise, when I was near the counter, I saw an A4-size sign that said the voucher could only be used for 4 films only, and surprisingly, 3 of them were no longer played or shown there (really). And I pointed that out to the staff, so later when I walked pass the counter, the sign was no longer there (again, really).

The staff said that the voucher could only be used to watch old movie. So at the end I still ended up paying the full price at this cinema, which for courtesy reason, I won't mention in this blog, except that its initial is GV and it’s name sounds like Volden Gillage.

Well maybe it's my fault, thinking that this promo was for the benefit of the customers, whereas I should have known better that it's for making money. But unfortunately I could not do anything about it. As a wise and mature adult, I could not scream there and make demand. No, so I will just avoid this cinema from now on. And maybe pee on its seats.