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Grumbles Soumyadip ChoudhuryOctober 18, 2015 0

Caught again! Flipkart offers fake discount during Big Billion Days sale

Update (December 23, 2015): Instead of fixing the error, Flipkart is taking this to a whole new level. The same book is now being sold at a price of Rs…Continue Reading →

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Is the Gillette Guard as revolutionary a razor as the AP story makes it appear to be?

I love innovation and inexpensive innovations more so. So this headline ‘Cheap razor made after P&G watches Indians shave‘ obviously…

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Why I won’t ever buy from Seventymm.com (and neither should you)

This is not a rant, but an expression of consumer dissatisfaction. A part of an effort to prevent other unsuspecting…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0March 29, 2012
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Dear Seventymm, you suck!

A few days ago my brother went to watch Ra.One and he was not very pleased to see Seventymm.com as the merchandise partner for the film (It is a different…Continue Reading →

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Why Blazeflash is a #fail Courier Service

It was Durga Puja (in Shillong it is puja and not pujo, even for the Bongs) and my two-year-old niece,…

Soumyadip Choudhury 3October 27, 2010
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Toffees for change? Take this sandal instead

My wife, Varsha, gets peeved whenever the attendant at the cash counter offers toffees instead of change. She refuses to…

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