Friday, June 29, 2007

the oldest trick in the book

so my camera's been dead since the first lion sighting on safari. it fell at the precise moment that i had been saving its batteries for. after much murphy-cursing, i left my sleek little sony to its lifeless fate for the next 3 weeks. and then, over chai on a nice rainy afternoon, a much-had epiphany struck. like a bolt from the blue. just like they say. i took my sleek little sony and flicked it. and again. no luck. no life. epiphany failed.

this morning, emboldened by my success with the idea customer service chaps, i tried my luck again. and voila! i have a fully functional sony DSC-T33. what can i say, these laaton ke bhoot are just wired to be beaten.

and btw, all you fellow idea dialer tone sufferers, call idea right away. you just have to say the d in dialer for them to scamper around and promise prompt action and freedom from all d-rated promotions.

5 comments:

Sheetal said...

what, what! what are these magic words, these powerful incantations?
i have called them, pleaded, complained online, sent them an email and still she persists in warbling... 9..8..na a na na..

yet another ace do i hold up my sleeve.. i hope they ignore me and i'll go do it. ha!

your blog's wearing new colours... nice nice

footloose said...

rats. sheetal, mine's crooning 9..8..na a na na.. too now. a teeny step up from the amma song, for sure, but not quite the tring tring i was expecting.

u don't s'pose this is their 'default' dialer tone? i'm just gonna call them and sing out the tone i want. can't hardly wait.

and yes, yes, new colors to suit my rangeen mizaaj in the monsoons :D

Shweta said...

Ho ho ha ha you poooor beleaguered ideawalas!
How did the cam start working? did you whack it on the nose or what?
why did you not think of this then, silly?

footloose said...

bah. hanso ji, while you can. your cell woes will come sooner than later. just u wait!

about the cam, yeah, just whacked the nose and boxed the ears. guess these epiphanies only strike in the northern hemi. what to do!

Sheetal said...

hahaha it is done. I now have a boring 'tring tring' tra la la... it has worked.